Lead Engineer - Hardware

Overview

Lead the technical execution of embedded electronics hardware development for the Life Safety division across NPI, NTI and sustaining engineering programs, based at Eaton India Innovation Center and working with EMEA teams.

What you'll do

• Provide technical leadership on electronics hardware development for the Life Safety division across NPI, NTI and sustaining engineering programs.
• Lead end-to-end hardware product development from requirements and concept through design, verification, validation, certification and commercialization.
• Own system/subsystem specifications, hardware architecture, component selection, schematic design, PCB development, prototyping and product testing.
• Ensure hardware solutions meet product performance, reliability, safety, cost, manufacturability and applicable UL, IEC and NEC requirements.
• Provide technical leadership to cross-functional product teams and drive resolution and decision-making on complex engineering issues.
• Develop innovative and competitive technical solutions that create customer value and meaningful business impact.
• Establish engineering estimates and development schedules, monitor technical execution, manage risks and drive projects toward committed milestones.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Software/Firmware, Systems Engineering, customers and other global engineering teams.
• Drive engineering excellence, design reuse, standardization, continuous improvement and technical capability development across the Embedded Hardware team.
• Contribute to product and technology roadmaps, mentor engineers, drive innovation, and protect intellectual property through invention disclosures and patents.
• Support technical reviews and design reviews, ensuring critical design decisions, risks, requirements and verification evidence are appropriately evaluated before progressing through development milestones.
• Provide technical mentoring and guidance to hardware engineers in circuit design, architecture, validation, technical problem solving and product development practices.
• Drive continuous improvement in development practices, leveraging lessons learned, design best practices, design-for-excellence principles and structured engineering methodologies.

What you'll need

• B.E. / M.E. / M.Tech in Electronics, E&TC or Industrial
• 9 to 15 years of design experience with embedded systems
• Hands-on experience in hardware architecture design, feature and performance specifications, and 16/32-bit microcontroller or DSP based designs
• Experience in electronics design for life safety, fire panels, fire devices and controls
• Hands-on experience in high speed design, digital design and mixed signal design
• Hands-on experience with simulation tools such as PSpice, LTSpice, ModelSim, etc.
• Analog circuit design and analysis skills including Op Amps, filters, power supply components and constant current drivers
• Digital circuit design and analysis skills including microprocessor circuits and communication interfaces and protocols such as RS232, SPI, I2C, Ethernet and wireless
• Schematic design and expertise in PCB design guidelines for signal integrity and high speed design, with understanding of PCB design impact on EMI/EMC
• Troubleshooting and bench skills including testing and debugging of hardware
• Hardware module level validation and physical layer testing
• Technical leadership: ability to provide clear technical direction, guide engineering teams and lead resolution of complex hardware and system-level challenges
• Influencing skills: ability to influence cross-functional teams and stakeholders, build alignment and drive technical decisions
• Effective communication: strong verbal and written communication, explaining complex technical subjects to engineering and non-engineering stakeholders
• Collaboration and teamwork with global and cross-functional teams
• Problem solving and decision making: analytical mindset to evaluate alternatives, manage technical trade-offs and make sound decisions
• Innovation mindset: ability to challenge existing approaches and translate new ideas into practical product solutions
• Ownership and accountability for technical deliverables, product quality, project commitments and engineering outcomes
• Stakeholder management: understand business and customer needs, manage expectations and build working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Details

• Location: Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra, India