Senior Manager - Firmware

What you’ll do:

Eaton, a market leader in power management, is also a trusted brand in cutting-edge technology in power distribution and control creating valuable solutions for our customers. As a global power management company, we help our customers solve their greatest power challenges through our industry leading electrical, aerospace, hydraulic and vehicle products and services. For more than 100 years, our teams have helped people work more safely, be more energy efficient and live more sustainably. 

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 2500 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.

Through proven technical excellence, EIIC continues to augment Eaton’s leadership in improving existing products and services and developing new offerings. EIIC operates through the campus located at 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”. 

The Eaton India Innovation Center is currently seeking a Firmware Leader to join our team! This position is based at our office in Magarpatta City, Pune. As the Embedded Firmware Leader, you will provide leadership to technology and product development teams, as well as testing teams, working on control software, IoT, and embedded platforms. You will provide technical guidance to a team of experts in firmware development and define and drive processes and practices, such as MBD and DevSecOps, for the entire group to enhance operational efficiency.

• You will collaborate with other engineering leaders within the group to set priorities, address resource contention issues, and identify opportunities for resource rotation and sharing to ensure the achievement of deliverables and other milestones.
• As a people leader, you will be responsible for hiring and building the team, establishing a progressive work culture, and improving overall standards of the firmware teams within the group to positively impact the quality and effectiveness of customer deliverables.
• The ideal candidate will have prior experience in architecting, designing, and developing a wide array of embedded applications on bare-metal, Linux, and multiple RTOS platforms.
• You should be passionate about technology and capable of balancing the adoption of new technologies with meeting customer needs. You must possess strong drive and thrive in globally distributed team environments while demonstrating an energizing leadership style that influences and drives change.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential, along with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and tasks while adapting swiftly to changing priorities.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelors/Masters/PhD in Electronics, Electrical, or Computer Science with relevant experience in embedded systems.
• Experience: 20–25 years of experience in embedded development (RTOS/Linux) and solution architecting for IoT solutions.

• Technical Knowledge:
  • Proven skills in solution architecture for embedded systems and cloud-connected IoT solutions.
  • Expertise in the design and implementation of embedded and cloud-connected IoT applications.
  • Expertise in multiple communication protocols (e.g., CAN, TCP/IP, Profinet, EIP).
  • Hands-on experience in co-designing hardware solutions.
  • Strong understanding of cybersecurity requirements with the ability to drive security requirements and design for embedded applications.
  • Proven track record of deploying high-quality products in the software industry.
  • Demonstrated expertise in driving design and development practices like MBD and DevSecOps.
  • Excellent grasp of software design principles, algorithms, object-oriented design, and use of design patterns and interfaces protocols

Skills:

• Ability to understand technology trends and competitive landscapes.
• Deep knowledge of the industry, strategic suppliers, and partnerships.
• Possesses a broad strategic vision of the company’s future products and services.
• Expertise in leading technology investigation and adoption.
• Proven people leadership, with experience in leading large teams.
• Expertise in mentoring and coaching skills to nurture team growth and development.
• Effectiveness in managing vision and purpose to align team efforts with organizational goals.
• Expertise in process management, driving results, and customer-centric solutions.
• Strong innovation leadership with the ability to influence across organizational levels.
• Drive solutions cost management and define quality and customer KPIs.
• Effectiveness in managing within a highly matrixed organization.