Walter Baumgartner

• > 280 projects ww, 330’ Mio € R&D budget
• > 3000 Engineers managed in 17 locations in all regions
• Portfolio of more than 40 re-usable automotive System Functions;
• Body-, GW-, (Pneum.) Seat-, Door-, Lift Gate-, Sunroof - Control Units
• Reach 100% pass rate for all safety and security assessments
• A-Spice Level 2 as project average
• Successful launches reaching customer satisfaction and over-achieved profit line

• Leading ~ 2000 System Engineers in 22 Locations globally, serving several hundred projects
• Introduction of Platform Development for Interior
• Introduction of Function Development in Interior
• Functional Safety-, Security Development
• Function Library, Function Allocation Framework
• Interior Core Engineering Strategy definition and roll out

• Introduction of Platform Development for Body&Security
• Introduction of Advanced Development in B&S
• Core Development Architecture-, System-, Function-, Security- & Safety-Engineering
• Function Library, Engineering Excellence (PMT)
• B&S Generic Budget and Productivity Management

• Management of ~ 1000 System Test Engineers in 20 locations serving several hundred B&S projects
• Manufacturing Test Strategy for all B&S products
• Test Management and Execution for all B&S projects
• Introduction of Test Library, Test Architecture, Test KPIs and yearly productivity gain of > 10%/year

• Build Tire Information Systems (TIS) from single project to most profitable Product Line in B&S
• ‘TIS’ business plan, strategy, innovation, roadmaps
• Function-, System Architecture- and product platform development to reach R&D/Sales of ~ 6-7 %
• System Application development and Product life cycle management
• Resource Management in F, G, US, Jpn, Ro, China, Mex
• R&D cooperation Good Year Tires, Conti Tires

• Lead Safety Systems Core Engineering
• Introduction System- & Function development
• Architecture definition of future Safety Systems
• Introduction of Platform Development
• CMMI Process/Methods/Tool definition and roll out

- Account for Honda, Nissan, Daimler-Chrysler-MMC & Division Safety Systems

• Customer management and it's development projects world wide towards most profitable Customer Center in Safety
• Germany, France, UK, USA, Japan and Mexico
• Leadership of a global development team
• Introduction of re-usable Function Modules
• Set up of development teams in Japan, Mexico
• Set up of a manufacturing Joint Venture in Japan
• Pre-development of Safety Function 'Rollover'

• Customer responsibility for Daewoo and Honda (G, UK, USA, Jpn, Korea and Mexico)
• Safety Electronic developments for Daewoo and Honda world wide
• First Safety Electronic developments for Daewoo to get EU and America street release in cooperation with Siemens Restraint System
• Cooperation management Daewoo Precision Industries
• Representative of Manager Asia

• Airbag electronic HW development for Japanese and Korean customers
• ASIC Know How Transfer to Korean License partners

Semiconductor Research in design and technology

Semiconductor Simulation

Diploma Thesis with patent application