Schneider Electric - Digital Power is looking for a dynamic leader that is driven by results and operational efficiency. He/She will be managing the delivery of a range of Metering products leading a team of engineers from all domains of product development. Direct experience in product development is essential and background in Agile methodology is a plus.
Responsibilities
As a resource manager, accountable for ensuring the right competency and capabilities of teams to develop embedded products.
Team management (including supporting Agile leadership in project budget resource planning)
As a delivery manager, accountable for product deliveries including new product development, maintenance of existing products in the product line and support to other product teams on specific engineering competencies.
As a delivery manager, accountable for end to end deliveries and complete product life-cycle starting from gathering requirements from Business managers upto industrializing the designed product for mass manufacturing and handling field and production line queries.
As a delivery manager, responsible for all engineering commitments including product cost, development timeline, product quality, etc. Report product development progress from time to time, highlighting risks, mitigation plans and dependencies.
As a leader, responsible to drive cross team transformations aimed at continuous improvement of the entire reporting organization.
Lead by example and continue the Digital transformation of the team with specific focus on Agile, System Engineering, DevOps and optimized processes and methods.
Guide the team on technical topics in the area of expertise.
Collaborate with internal and external teams to bring in best Engineering practices and processes.
Collaborate with all the stakeholders involved in product development to ensure the projects are well managed and the team delivers best in class products. Manage stakeholder expectations.
Ensure that the lab is evolved to a state-of-the-art facility which is scalable to support new product lines.
Qualifications
Relevant Bachelors / Master degree
Required Experience
Working experience with Electrical / Electronic / Energy management products or solutions (10-15 years)
Experience of managing a team of product developers
Strong understanding of elements of embedded product development (Hardware, Firmware, Testing, Certification, etc.)
Knowledge on different industrial communication protocols (MODBUS, Ethernet, IEC 61850, BACnet etc).
Good understanding of product development life cycle (Agile methodology, Safety reviews, Quality gates, etc)
Experience of leading/mentoring projects in an embedded product development environment
Demonstrated working experience with multi sited teams in different time zones experienced with knowledge transfer process.
Results oriented team player. Ready to own responsibility be self-motivated
Excellent oral written communication in English
Team player should be able to work closely with leads, peer groups, architects and design teams.
