Thomas Ritter

Department Leader Hardware - Head of Electrical Engineering for HV Inverter

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

About

Experience

  • Head of Electrical Engineering for HV Inverter at Schaeffler
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Vitesco Technologies (Full-time · 4 yrs 11 mos)
    • Head of Technical Lead and Architecture
      Dec 2021 - Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

      Global department leader for 75 hardware technical project leader and architects for power electronics (HV inverter & DCDC, LV inverter & DCDC, HV boxes, transmission control units) in eight locations (North America, Europe, Asia).

    • Team Leader Electrical Engineering
      Dec 2019 - Nov 2021 · 2 yrs

      Team leader for 12 hardware technical project leader and architects for power electronics (HV inverter & DCDC) Tasks: • Professional and disciplinary leadership of a hardware development team for HV inverters and DCDC converters consisting of 12 technical project leaders and architects • Planning and coordination of cross project technical topics as well as supporting offer creations and cost calculations • Evolving of tools, methods and processes for the area of work • Support for investment and budget planning • Support for planning and coordination of the international cooperation between different development locations • Responsible for personnel processes including training, development and qualification of my employees • Cross project resource planning and prioritization of the tasks for the team • Analysis, development and optimization of workflow within the team and alignment with team leaders of other locations • Deputy of the department head for hardware development releases

  • Technical Project Leader - Electrical Engineering at Continental
    Feb 2017 - Nov 2019 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    Technical project leader for electrical engineering of HV inverter & DCDC converters Tasks: • Technical leadership of an international project team in the field of hardware development for HV inverters and DCDC converters • Definition and control of work products over the whole life cycle until start of production • Alignment and release of hardware architecture, requirements and design • Budget and headcount demand assessment according the work packages within the project • Risk and change management in the field of hardware development • Representation of the HW towards the project team, management and customers • Detailed planning of deadlines, milestones, resources, reviews and tests • Ensure the application of the development process acc. Continental product life cycle From Feb 2017 - Jun 2018 as external employee

  • Solectrix GmbH (Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany)
    • Hardware Project Lead
      Mar 2015 - Jan 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Hardware project lead for electrical engineering of embedded systems Tasks: • Planning of HW projects from acquisition to serial introduction incl. scheduling, resource estimation and risk assessment • Requirements engineering, development of HW architecture and test strategy in cooperation with the customer, project partners and suppliers • Analog and digital schematics design incl. circuit simulation • Coordination of layouts, documentation and development accompanying tests • Development of new and optimization of existing HW development processes • Training and technical guidance of new hardware development engineers

    • Hardware Development Engineer
      May 2013 - Feb 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Hardware Development Engineer for electrical engineering of embedded systems Tasks: • Development of concepts and architecture • Schematics and layout design incl. circuit simulation and creation of production data • Commissioning tests and documentation • Customer support

  • Electronic Technician at ASSDEV GmbH
    May 2007 - Apr 2014 · 7 yrs

    Electronic technician for serial testing and failure analysis at ASSDEV in Forchheim (EMS provider) From 12/07 - 04/14 part-time work