T&E (Transactional and Edge) R&D Director
Reporting directly to the Vice President of Global R&D and based in Bangalore, this R&D Director role is counted on demonstrating one’s transformational leadership to lead R&D organization, and drive development of Global products, platforms and process innovation through collaboration with other R&D hubs and peer functions.
Skill Set Required:
·Lead New Product Development
·Intellectual property management and innovation leadership
·Change Management
·Technical Risk Management
·Multi-task resource planning and project management
·Engineering Finance and Business Acumen
·Self-starter, highly motivated individual, open communicator, enabler
·Executive communication and effective influencing skills
·Knowledge of power electronics and embedded systems techniques
Experience Required:
·Overall experience of 15+ years in engineering domain (Electrical, Electronics, Embedded System or Software Engineering)
·Minimum 5 years of experience in leading a multidisciplinary research and development team of over 30 people.
·Minimum 10 years of experience with demonstrated success to work in a multinational company operated through its global supplier chain and high-volume production.
Qualifications Required:
Master’s degree in in Electrical, Electronics, Embedded System or Software Engineering from a prestigious university.
Responsibilities & Expectations from the Hiring Role:
To provide R&D leadership, vision and guidance to an engineering team having the mission to create profitable, differentiated solutions for a key offer portfolio of Schneider Electric. The primary role of the person filling the position is to collaborate with Business Leadership and support R&D Vice President to develop the Vision for new and emerging solution needs, while strategically evolving the India R&D team skills to creatively and diligently planning the Offer Technology Roadmap, defining customer centric new generation product platforms, and refining R&D metrics and offer creation process.
·Lead and guide team to provide invention disclosures and support of intellectual property development.
·Strengthen market leadership position globally through providing localized customer application and continuous quality improvement supports with agility.
·Provide operating & capital expense budgets, responsible for adherence to budgets.
·Act as an ambassador of Schneider Global R^D and a trusted advisor in front of global customers and peer functions. Provide leadership and contributions to site-wide initiatives.
·Drive and sponsor technology anticipation and feasibility projects in strategic alignment with global product development plans.
·Manage continuous improvements of Design Standards and offer creation process. Drive synergies among global R&D centers. Formalize best practices and share among global R&D centers.
·Drive development and deployment of common building blocks and global platforming strategy to expedite offer development speed, improve offer quality and reduce design cost.
·Provide resources and technical guidance to proactively improve field quality and support customer issues.
·Establish strategic partnership with universities and research labs. Leverage governmental funding and emerging technologies to drive new business growth opportunities.
·Responsible for developing and maturing Global multi-generation technology roadmap and ensuring alignment with Global multi-generation product roadmap.
Products:-
Mix Software and Hardware, Good combination of Strategic and Execution. Similar Industry - Delta , Philips , Someone who can lead the large team
Core Technology - Power Electronics, Firmware coding, Cloud Connection , Battery
Focused on the Home application, Retail
Router, Racks, Data center
Software BG + Medical Devices is ok