The role:

As US Production Manager, you will be responsible for bringing up, releasing, and maintaining all new vehicles, Teledrive Stations, and Teledrive Centers requested in the US.

You will manage and coordinate a team of internal and external vehicle technicians responsible for the assembly and integration of our Vay System in our vehicle and Teledrive Station fleet. You will also be managing a team of maintenance technicians, Technical Support Engineers, and Testing Operators, responsible for the maintenance, diagnostic, and repair of systems.

You will be accountable for production team efficiency and performance, as for the readiness of our fleet of vehicles and teledrive stations, ensuring permanent safety and quality standards.

You will work closely with our operations team in LAS and our Production team in Europe as our technical program managers to plan, organize, and execute the work.

The responsibilities:

Production of new vehicles and teledrive stations

• Assembly, integration, and maintenance of the Vay System hardware and software into our fleet of vehicles and teledrive stations
• Define Strategy in-house/ outsource for the bring-up of new vehicles and teledrive station requests
• Coordinate, working closely with our Production Team in Europe, all activities required to deliver new cars and teledrive stations in US

Ordinary and Extraordinary Maintenance of Commercial Fleet:

• Coordinate internal and extraordinary inspections, maintenance, and repairs of vehicles and telestations for safe on-road usage
• Make sure required documentation for the release and maintenance of vehicles, telestations, and tele-driving hardware is fulfilled and updated
• Be the contact person for third parties, scheduling and coordinating external vehicle maintenance processes or service requests involving the vehicle technicians' team
• Sync with Commercial Operations teams to ensure all vehicles and teledrive stations are in a “ready” state for demonstration, testing, and commercial requirements

Workshop Up-Keeping

• Maintain workshop space to a high professional level in terms of safety, efficiency, tidiness, and cleanliness
• Workshop layout optimization and make sure production processes are followed
• Propose and introduce continuous improvement measures to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the team
• Be an advocate for quality and safety in the workplace

Management of team

• Manage and monitor all key performance indicators within the team to ensure efficiency and performance
• Inspire our team to deliver outstanding work and service that sets very high standards
• Independently conduct regular performance and feedback meetings to promote employee development
• Organizing working hours, substitution arrangements, and coordinating vacation and sick leave, where you demonstrate organizational skills
• Recruitment and management of employees
• Training of new technicians and managing flexibility matrix and skills development, training programs of the team

The profile:

• Production experience: Experience in a management position in a company in the automotive field
• Talent development and team spirit: You are a talent scout and a team player, you master the management, promotion and reorientation of a diverse team. You skillfully build positive working relationships with internal stakeholders
• Multi-talented and adaptable: You are comfortable in a fast-paced environment with new technologies and strong customer focus and complex processes and can effectively prioritize and manage multiple work streams simultaneously
• Organizational skills: You are an organizational talent, always think strategically and analytically and keep an overview even in challenging times and focus on the essentials
• Customer focus: You are an open-minded person with a hands-on mentality and have a strong customer focus
• Background: You show an interest in our tele-driving systems and ideally have knowledge of the involved technologies, or are willing to acquire this knowledge
• You are available to travel to Germany for extended periods for training and business activities

Our values:

• We pioneer change: At Vay, we’re doing work that has never been done before. This comes with challenges, frustrations and failures along the way. We embrace these challenges through perseverance and innovation, delivering creative solutions to overcome them.
• We fuel collaboration: At Vay, we work as a team and strive for a common goal. We celebrate diversity and encourage different opinions. Our teams and partners communicate and collaborate openly. Together we build, improve, and grow.
• We drive action: At Vay, everyone takes pride and commitment in their role for every task and every challenge. We are biassed towards action and get behind the steering wheel, even when there is none. We are empowered to take initiative and drive it to completion.
• We build trust: At Vay, we consistently do the right thing, and follow through on our commitments to stakeholders, users and society. We understand their expectations and always respond in a way that feels human and respectful. We always put safety first and safety second.
• We create magic: At Vay, we don’t just make things that work, we build products people love. We create unexpected and delightful moments for our riders. We design end-to-end experiences that leave a lasting expression.

Additional benefits:

• Company ESOP (stock options)
• You’ll be joining a highly committed, experienced, fun, and international team from over 30 countries. The team has previously worked at companies such as Tesla, Google, Waymo, Zoox, Byton, Argo, Amazon, Uber as well as Audi, BMW, and Daimler and has founded various companies before
• You would be a part of solving transportation in metropolitan areas all over the world
• We organise thoughtful & fun team events throughout the year
• We provide healthy snacks, drinks, and coffee at our downtown office in Las Vegas