Director - UAV Engineering - Embedded Technology Domain

Director Engineering - Embedded

LOCATION: Navi Mumbai

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Deliver products: To lead and manage a team of engineers that meets the company's goals and objectives-deliver products with best possible quality, within budget and on agreed schedule.

- Strong engineering discipline: To build and mature a sustainable top-class engineering organization that strives to deliver global best engineering outcomes in an Aligned, Empowered and Ownership driven culture.

- Mature engineering practices: To drive the strategic direction of our products & services considering customer feedback and emerging technologies; steer technology/process/tool choices for continuously improving reliability, predictability and usability; to keep up-to-date with the latest product development methodologies; establish practices to deliver products that are consistently error free, maintainable and reusable.

- Learning & Growth: Establish and nurture a learning driven growth culture for enabling own growth as well as growth for the team members as well as the organisation.

- Performance improvements demonstrated through various learning strategies are encouraged.

Technology Domain: (Embedded)

- Safety critical systems for domains like Automotive, Industrial Robotics, Aerospace & Defense,

- High density and high performance consumer electronics like Mobiles/Tablets/Laptops.

- Low power and ultra-low power electronics.

- Compact imaging electronics.

- Power electronics

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE:

Essential:

- Strong technical leader with very strong academic and industry experience. Preferred from top institutions.

- Hands-on leader with the ability to lead and develop a team of technically strong members and with the ability to provide sound technical direction to the team.

- Has a track-record of delivering industry recognised successful products, as an individual and as a team leader.

- Has a track-record of building industry best embedded teams and leading from the front, interacting with Business Management, Field Leaders and demanding Customers.

- Worked in an Indian or global company that delivers high quality products integrating electronics with software and/or mechanical systems. Has demonstrated experience in leading cross-functional project teams.

- Has deep appreciation for technology evolution and modern engineering practices, quality assurance, testing, configuration & release management, defect management and associated tools, deployed in world-class engineering product creation processes.

- Can actively contribute to problem-solving, trialling and resolving defects with engineers in the team.

- Is willing to coach/mentor upcoming leaders in engineering function.

- Aligned with the values and vision of 'IF'.