Engineering Leader - Products and Platforms (EMEA)
Location
Pune | India
Job description
Eaton India Innovation Centre (EIIC) is currently seeking a Engineering Leader - Products and Platforms (EMEA). Eaton India Innovation Center (EIIC) in Pune, is an integral part of Eaton's global engineering and technology footprint and house one third of Eaton's intellectual horsepower with 2000 Engineers. EIIC is home for complete product design life cycle management, from research and technology efforts to product development &launches to product sustaining engineering activities. It has seven centers of excellence collaborate to leverage our size, scale and knowledge—and harness the power of One Eaton—for all of your power management solutions. Through proven technical excellence, EIIC continues to augment Eaton's leadership in improving existing products and services and developing new offerings. EIIC operates through its two state-of-the-art campuses located at Kharadi and Magarpatta City along with a world class 70000 Sq ft lab in Pune. Today, EIIC's current research and technology efforts are focused on global trends that are driving our future including: energy systems, intelligent machines, advanced materials and additive manufacturing. EIIC is focused on augmenting Eaton's vision of 'improving the quality of life and environment through the use of intelligent power management technologies and services'.
What You'll Do We are looking forward for engineering leader to shape RDE portfolio for ES EMEA products and platforms group. Engineering leader will be responsible for implementing strategies focused around Controls, Low Voltage Switchgears (LVS), Medium Voltage Switchgears (MVS), Emergency Lighting, and Fire portfolio along with Critical Power Systems. Build and leverage synergies between various BU products. Provides leadership in the development strategy and roadmap for products and developments. Leader will be also responsible for driving strategic projects pertaining to cost out through VAVE and resourcing and leverage the scale of skills and expertise. S/he works closely with teammates from Eaton India Innovation Center (Pune) and various facilities in EMEA for New Product Developments, Cost out, sustaining and application engineering projects. Build Organization Capabilities – Hire and development plans for the talents for ES-EMEA business. Provide leadership to innovate new differentiating products and Technologies with specific focus on making them intelligent & smart. Lead strategic initiatives to improve the timelines and quality of deliverables. Define strategic roadmap for building strong breakers team and RDE portfolio on key product lines
Key Responsibilities R&D leader responsible for driving organic growth through development of multiple product portfolios of ES-EMEA in various range of accountabilities in engineering teams at EIIC. The revenue numbers of the product basket that the role is responsible for engineering development sum up to $1.5B
- Leads diverse product teams from EIIC location. Provides leadership for the team to meet its short and long-term goals. Define clear plan to leverage EIIC Lab and Prototype infrastructure to accelerate launches of key NPI/NTI programs for division.
- Provide leadership to innovate new differentiating products and services. Lead strategic initiatives to improve the timelines and quality of deliverables. Define roadmaps & drive Innovation / technology roadmap.
- Lead innovation events to shape ideas from the team.
- Drive growth in respective team in terms of breadth and depth of capabilities in Electromechanical, Embedded design as well as adjacent technology areas in product engineering.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and mentoring for Engineers and related COE team at EIIC to develop innovative Technology, to meet all requirements for performance, reliability, cost and manufacturability.
- Synergies and leverage engineering capabilities across groups. Manages department budget and performance to forecast.
- Recruits and retain a team of engineers and support staff to provide both local product development and engineering services to the global engineering needs. Train, develop & motivate subordinates to achieve their professional goals & review their accomplishments.
- Develop and control the schedule and direct the work to effectively manage time.
- Monitor progress & achievements on projects. Provide regular reports on development & support activities.
- Manage and develop people: identify, attract and develop key engineering talent for the organization.
- Utilizes DFSS & Agile concepts / tools for new product development &/or existing product improvements. Teach, Mentor and Coach DfX for EIIC engineering community.
- Drive Functional excellence through Continuous improvement using CI methodology.
- Champion DFX , Eng. Excellence deployment ensuring project health and contribute in planning per Pre-Prolauch requirements
- Understand stakeholder requirements and communicate them to other Eaton teams, and act as the liaison for program activities as appropriate.'
Qualifications - BE/ME in Mechanical / Electronics, Electrical Engineering
- 15+ years of design experience
- Min 6+ years of experience in coaching & mentoring people
- Experience leading a team through all stages of the prodcut development cycle Experience in product development leveraging DfX methodology Engineering technical expertise to solve problems and make design recommendations
- Knowledge in Agile ProLaunch and PreLaunch processes
- Drive growth in respective team in terms of breadth and depth of capabilities in electro-mechanical design as well as adjacent technology areas in product engineering
- Sound Analysis Mindset and drive DP maturity to enhance NPI efficacy
- Sound knowledge of best practices in software engineering methodologies, processes, and technologies with a passion for programming
- Demonstrated leadership skills, experience with design processes, program management skills, knowledge of customer strategies, successful new product introduction experience, creative/innovative thinking
- Act as a technical mentor and expert tech reviewer in domain
- Review and approve design proposals based on requirements /statement of work and present to stakeholders/customers
- Act as a technical mentor and expert tech reviewer in domain. Review and approve design proposals based on requirements/statement of work and present to stakeholders/customers
- Continuously develop and enhance the technical capabilities of the teams to provide best in class design in line with present and future business needs
- Monitor progress and achievements on projects. Provide timely status and reports to stakeholders
- Participate in the creation of technology road map based on Product/COE Strategy globally and deploy them within the group and build organization's capability
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to enhance the value proposition and quality of the engineering deliverables.
- Manage and develop talent: identifies, attracts and develop key engineering talent for the organization.
- Drive employee survey action plans to attain high level of employee engagement & managerial effectiveness.
- Drive culture of innovation with focus on new patent disclosures and high-impact ideas
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.
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