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José Julian Vilches

Technical Program Lead & Product Strategy

€900/day
Stuttgart, DE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About José Julian

I support technology-driven companies in clearly aligning product strategy and technical implementation.
With 12+ years of experience in Automotive, ADAS/SDV, Embedded Systems, and HIL, as well as an Executive MBA (ESSEC & Mannheim), I offer the combination of strategic thinking and technical depth necessary for complex decisions.

How I help:

  • Product Strategy, Value Proposition & Product-Market Fit

  • Market Analysis (TAM/SAM/SOM) & Competitive Analysis
  • Roadmap Development, Trade-offs & Decision Support

  • Technical Program Management for Complex Platforms
  • Architecture Reviews & Systems Engineering

  • Due Diligence for Automotive, IoT, and Deep Tech Products

What makes me unique:
I translate technical realities into clear, economically sound decisions.
My experience ranges from ADAS/SDV architectures and embedded systems to HIL/Simulation and platform strategy.
I bring order to complex or unclear situations and deliver structured, actionable results.

Typical Project Outcomes:

  • Clear product strategy and prioritized roadmap

  • Decision proposals with ROI/NPV and technical risks
  • Market and competitive analyses for new product positioning

  • Accelerated program execution and improved stakeholder alignment
  • Evaluation of technologies, architectures, and suppliers
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • German

    Conversational

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • EMERSON T&M (formerly National Instruments),
    Principal Technical Program Leader
    AUTOMOBILE
    December 2025 - Today (6 months)
    70 Stuttgart, Germany
    Lead technical strategy for Software Defined Vehicle Product Line, bridging business and engineering priorities.
    • • Delivered 900k€ saving (Q1-Q2) by restructuring development investment roadmap and introducing feature reuse across multiple platforms within a €30M product portfolio
    • • Increased project intake by 45% by expanding features beyond the core product line
    • • Collaborated with a strategic partner to extend standard testing rack capabilities, expanding potential addressable market by an estimated 15%
    Roadmapping Business Plan Development Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy System Engineering Technical Program Leadership
  • EMERSON T&M (formerly National Instruments)
    Senior Expert Platform Application
    AUTOMOBILE
    January 2021 - February 2024 (3 years and 1 month)
    Stuttgart, Germany
    Technical lead for Early Access Program (Record, Replay, Simulation for HIL).
    • • Introduced traceability concepts, allowing identification of recurring customer requests, enabling a 500k€ savings during the first 6 months of the Program roll-out within a €15M
    • • Accelerated Platform Adoption, securing the delivery of 6 projects within 4 months through 80% re-use
    • • Reduced undetected regressions by 30% with new build replication tooling (CMake, Gtest, CI)
    Platform Strategy DevOps HiL ADAS Technical Project Management
  • Valeo,
    R&D Process Engineer (System/Software/Mechanics/Hardware)
    AUTOMOBILE
    January 2017 - October 2021 (4 years and 9 months)
    70 Stuttgart, Germany
    Owned Process Development & Deployment of ADAS ultrasonic-based projects (APAC Region) for 60+ engineers multi sites and multimillion euro projects (R&D budgets)
    • • Ranked among top 5% global performers, appointed deputy to my Operations Group Manager
    • • Cut problem resolution lead time by 20% by smoothing exchange between development and testing teams
    • • Integrated TDD within A-SPICE, detecting 15% more bugs before Software Test
    • • Automated project performance tracking through Dashboard deployed in Google Cloud
    ASPICE C/C++ Innovation Management Change Management Process Optimization

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Education

  • Executive MBA
    Modules
    2025
    Executive MBA

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