Director Chip Solution

Giesecke+Devrient

Job

In this role, you will develop the chip strategy and architecture for eID solutions, coordinate technical teams, and align customer requirements with product capabilities to create optimal solutions.

Job summary

This listing has been machine translated. Show original

Your role in the team

  • Veridos provides secure and innovative identity solutions to governments worldwide. We help ensure every citizen has access to a trusted legal identity - enabling participation in society and access to essential services. From passports and ID cards to mobile IDs and border control systems, we deliver end-to-end identity solutions tailored to national needs. Join our multicultural workforce to create innovative solutions that make a worldwide impact.
  • As Director Chip Solution, you should bridge the gap between customer requirements, product capabilities, and project execution. This role is critical for ensuring end-to-end integration, system architecture consistency, and strategic alignment across all components of our eID and ePP solutions. The role will be accountable for solution design, chip strategy and management (including OS + App Strategy), technical coordination, and decision-making throughout the project lifecycle. Establish and oversee the overarching architecture for complex solutions, ensuring all components (ID & Documents, middleware, personalization - hardware and software, verification - field reader) work seamlessly together.
  • Define the chip strategy and roadmap based on use cases, ensuring product competitiveness in cost, performance, and total cost of ownership (init, pre-perso, perso).
  • Manage the complete product portfolio throughout its lifecycle.
  • Evaluate trade-offs (throughput, cost allocation, resources) and make informed optimization decisions.
  • Consolidate market and customer needs into actionable technical specifications aligned with product capabilities and roadmap.
  • Act as a technical expert/consultant for sales, proposal management, and delivery to guide optimal solution design.
  • Ensure end-to-end product certification and qualification, including field performance and system functionality tests (PoC validation included).
  • Serve as key interface with the Solutions Business Line to define and oversee system architecture for complex solutions (ID/Documents, middleware, personalization HW/SW, field verification).
  • Ensure the chip team meets strategic objectives. Manage team budget, resources, and full lifecycle responsibilities: chip strategy, roadmap, P&L, and coordination of chip R&D projects (BRL, cost control, prioritization).
  • Drive the smart/embedded ID product business and steer the portfolio for short-, mid- and long-term needs to maintain competitiveness.
  • Ensure the Chip Team delivers on all strategic and operational objectives, with full responsibility for budget, resource allocation, and lifecycle-aligned planning.
  • Own the end-to-end Chip Strategy, Roadmap, and P&L, and coordinate all Chip R&D activities (BRL, cost control, prioritization).
  • Steer the smart/embedded ID product business and guide the portfolio for short-, mid- and long-term market needs to maintain product competitiveness.

Our expectations of you

Education

  • Engineering degree, ideally in Electronics, Computer Engineering, Embedded Systems, or a related technical field.

Qualifications

  • Strong understanding of the Identity business ecosystem, including standards, certifications, and regulatory requirements relevant to ID documents and secure embedded products.
  • Project Management background and strong technical understanding of product, personalization system architecture, and integration principles.
  • Proven track record in delivering complex, multi-component solutions within high-security environments.
  • Strong ability to assess technical, financial, and economic solution options and provide strategic recommendations.
  • Familiarity with secure embedded chip technologies, document personalization systems, ICAO standards, NIST guidelines, and secure document testing frameworks; solid knowledge of Chip OS, applications, and cryptography in the ID business.
  • Data-driven decision-making approach with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent coordination capabilities across cross-functional teams and strong communication skills at all stakeholder levels.
  • Solution-oriented mindset and ability to perform under pressure.
  • Fluent in English and willing to travel internationally.

What we offer

  • We are an equal opportunity employer! We promote diversity in all its forms and create an inclusive work environment, free from prejudice, discrimination and harassment, in which all employees feel a sense of belonging.

Benefits

Topics you will work on

Job locations

About your employer

Giesecke+Devrient ist ein weltweit tätiges Unternehmen für Sicherheitstechnologien, sowohl in der physischen als auch in der digitalen Welt. Milliarden von Menschen profitieren in ihrem privaten und geschäftlichem Alltag von G+D.

Founding year
1852
Company type
Established Company
Work model
Onsite, Hybrid
Industry
Internet, IT, Telecommunication
  • Öko-Institut Consult gGmbHFreiburg im Breisgau, Berlin

    • Easy Apply
    • Hybrid
    • Onsite
    • Part Time/Full Time

    Operation, monitoring, and further development of the network infrastructure. Administration and configuration of firewalls, routers, and switches. Ensuring network availability, performance, and security. Participation in IT security concepts and...

    • TCP/IP
    • Active Directory
    • Windows
    • Microsoft Exchange
    • Office 365
    • Linux
    • VLAN
    • +4
  • Die Deutsche RentenversicherungBerlin

    • Hybrid
    • Onsite
    • Part Time/Full Time

    Area of responsibility “DRV Bund IT” is the service provider for Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund, developing and operating a complex IT system landscape in close coordination with its customers. Our “IT4IT” domain provides IT departments across DRV...

    • Docker
    • GitLab
    • Jenkins
    • OpenShift
    • Grafana
    • PostgreSQL
    • ArgoCD
    • +2
    • +4
  • Tröger & Cie. AktiengesellschaftNuremberg, Regensburg, Bayreuth

    • Easy Apply
    • Hybrid
    • Onsite
    • Full Time

    Anyone who joins here not only designs software – they bring machines to life that are recognizable on real construction sites. Software Developer (m/f/d) Basic Engineering Our client is an internationally leading manufacturer of technically...

    • Ethernet
    • C
    • Git
    • Python
    • Bash
    • Linux
    • C++
    • CAN
    • J1939
    • +4
    • +5

Director Chip Solution

Giesecke+Devrient