Head of Bangalore Design Center

You will manage multiple teams across Hardware/Electrical, Embedded Software, Functional Test Engineering, Project Managers and Quality Assurance to ensure the team deliver and achieve schedule and quality delivery within the business target. You will provide leadership roles to Hardware / Firmware / Test Engineering Managers, Project Managers and Quality engineers. You will staff and maintain effective use of the departmental resources within the operation budget and performance goals. You will ensure that staff is maintained at an effective level of training and competence to meet those goals and committed schedules. Staffing includes recruiting, retaining, training, organizational development and salary administration. You will establish performance indicator and monitor periodically. You will identify and adopt best practices and lesson learnt from inside and outside company for continuous improvement in project execution (time to market), and driving adoption of new technologies. You will identify and remove barrier of execution which slow down the project execution, including engaging other groups in Logistics, IT and other shared services in company. You will provide leadership to encourage and lead a positive work environment that fosters integrity and performance standards. You will have and share a vision of success that assists individuals to reach their full potential. You will embrace the team for challenge and work toward success. The Essentials - You Will Have: Job related Competencies Experience managing middle managers and with multiple disciplines such as Embedded SW, HW, Test, and Project Management. Have experience handling multiple projects and complex/large hardware development projects. Experience working with multi-site development team. Analytical with track records for solving complex Embedded SW/HW technical challenges. Advocate in Product Development process. Experience leading process improvements to improve organization capabilities with proven results. Experience working with complicated systems with many interdependencies and legacy support requirements. Industrial Automation experience (I.E. Controller, drives, I/O HMI/Industrial PC or communication will be preferred. Critical Competencies for Success: Develop talent - You will manage, motivate and retain members of the organization. Develop team technical competencies to ensure the team can stay competitive to support our needs. Strategic - You are strategic while demonstrating business judgment. You have the skills to guide costs to improve overall team productivity. Results-Oriented - You must be performance-driven and able to provide measurable results. You can, and have an urgency and the ability to produce results. You will work in a lean organization. You will have demonstrated the ability to evolve a culture where performance is the norm. Communication - You are comfortable, articulate, and dynamic in front of technical committee and senior leadership. Conflict Management - You will be direct, candid and have conflict resolution skills. There will be regular executive team interactions, so a presence will be necessary. Perspective - You will provide a worldly perspective of macro and industry influences to help guide our technology in new directions. You will provide perspective coming in from outside the organisation to aid in the collective leadership teams understanding and acceptance of insights, changing business perspective and information management strategies. This perspective is presented with patience and guidance. Dealing with Ambiguity- You manage change; decision-making and act without necessary having the total picture. The Preferred - You Might Also Have: Bachelors of Engineering Degree in Electrical, Computer Science or related field. MS Preferred. 15 years of experience in Engineering Design including 10 years in Embedded SW/HW development. 8 years of managerial experience in hardware product development. Experience managing middle managers and with multiple disciplines such as Embedded SW, HW, Test, Project Management. What We Offer: Our benefits package includes Comprehensive mindfulness programs with a premium membership to Calm Volunteer Paid Time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees Company volunteer and donation matching program - Your volunteer hours or personal cash donations to an eligible charity can be matched with a charitable donation. Employee Assistance Program Personalized wellbeing programs through our OnTrack program On-demand digital course library for professional development