Software Development Team Leader

We are ZF R&D Tech Center in Romania!

Our presence in Automotive R&D market in Timisoara begun in 2007 when we started as BeeSpeed – Timisoara Engineering Center having a strong partnership with ZF Group along this journey. All our services contributed to the global mission of developing a safer vehicle for the driver and the passengers.

Starting with 1st of January 2019, we became part of the ZF Group, which is a global leader in driveline and chassis technology as well as active and passive safety technology. The company has a global workforce of more than 165,000 employees with approximately 168 locations in some 32 countries. In 2022, ZF achieved sales of 43.8 billion euro.

- Motivation to grow teams;

- Good moderation, communication and presentation skills;

- Good analytical thinking skills;

- Experience with software construction, including AUTOSAR architecture;

- Experience in coordinating teams in automotive software projects;

- Knowledge of functional safety & cybersecurity would be a plus.

As a SW Development team leader, your main responsibility is to develop your team, assure delivery of the projects/work packages with the expected quality standards and planned schedule.

People related tasks:

- Integrate new team members and coach them;

- Create and follow development plans for the people in your team;

- Perform evaluation with the people;

- Involvement in the hiring process;

- Drive activities for team bonding;

- Define strategy for his team (roles to be developed, competencies, etc);


Project related tasks:

- Plan & track the progress of tasks for the team members in coordination with the project;

- Help solve impediments and foster improvements;

- Ensure delivery of the work packages in time and with the expected quality;

- Maintain close interaction with the stakeholders for the team’s projects;

- Involvement in case of red-alerts/high prio topics;

- Participate in strategy definition on group level;


Administrative related tasks:

- Ensure the necessary equipment for the team members;

- Involvement in various improvement programs in the location/discipline;

- Reporting hours and tracking the projects budget;

- Maintain inventory for the team’s equipment;

- Support in organizing the Business Trips, workshops, etc.