Digital Car Key Project Engineer

Mercedes-Benz Group China Ltd.

Mercedes-Benz Group China Ltd., Beijing (Hybrid)

Job Type Full-time

Experience Senior

Posted 1 week 4 days ago

Hybrid Senior Level

Job Objective

Act as the China Project Manager for Digital Car Key (DCK) programs, driving project planning, milestone tracking, risk management and successful delivery across multiple vehicle platforms and carlines.

Lead ICCE and other protocol-related initiatives and ecosystem collaboration, coordinating with industry partners, standardization organizations, smartphone OEMs, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to support China-specific DCK requirements and future technology roadmaps.
Serve as the New DCK ECU BTV, responsible for development governance, validation planning, release readiness, and vehicle integration activities throughout the product lifecycle.
Coordinate cross-functional teams across Germany, China, India, suppliers, and vehicle projects, ensuring alignment between software, hardware, cybersecurity, backend, homologation, testing, production, and after-sales organizations.
Drive program execution and technical decision making for Digital Car Key features, managing dependencies, resource planning, issue escalation and change management for MB.OS architecture.
Lead vehicle integration and rollout activities for Digital Car Key solutions, ensuring compatibility across vehicle EE architectures, backend systems, mobile ecosystems and future mobility services.
Coordinate cybersecurity, homologation, compliance and certification activities, ensuring Digital Car Key solutions meet both global Mercedes-Benz standards and China regulatory requirements.
Prepare and present management-level reports, steering committee materials, and executive decision proposals, driving alignment across business and engineering organizations.

Qualifications

Education: University degree in mechatronics, automotive, electrical engineering, or a related field.

Experience: 5+ years of automotive industry experience with OEMs or suppliers, including Digital Car Key, Access & Drive Authorization, or vehicle security-related systems. Proven experience owning vehicle functions or products from concept definition through SOP, including requirement engineering, feature prioritization, stakeholder management, and release planning.

Strong understanding of Digital Car Key ecosystems, mobile device integration, and relevant communication technologies including BLE, NFC, and UWB. Detailed protocol implementation experience is beneficial but not required. Experience coordinating cross-functional and global development teams is required.

Specific knowledge:

Electronic and software design for Body EE ECUs.
Communication and diagnostic protocols including CAN, LIN, and ETH.
HiL testing, testbench setup, and system troubleshooting.
MDS, localization, and change management processes at Mercedes-Benz.
PDM systems such as Dialog, Smaragd, ACM, and Start.
Vector toolchain including CANoe, CANape, and CANdela, as well as E/E architecture topology.
Security concepts including secure boot, key management, hardware security modules (HSM), and cryptographic algorithms.
Native Chinese and fluent spoken and written English, with strong management presentation skills.
Self-responsibility, teamwork, and good communication skills.