Senior Product Engineer; Electrical & Electronics

Senior Product Engineer (Electrical & Electronics)

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Title:

Sr Product Engineer

Position Summary:

Responsible for supporting product lifecycle activities, including new product introduction, product transfer, and ongoing manufacturing operations. This role ensures product quality, yield, and compliance through engineering evaluation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement initiatives. It collaborates cross‑functionally to drive process enhancements, cost optimization, and operational excellence, enabling smooth transition from design to production and sustaining high‑performance standards throughout the product lifecycle.

• Support and drive product transfer into manufacturing.
• Perform data trending and analysis.
• Apply FMEA, DOE, and statistical analysis to optimize product quality and reduce costs.
• Drive process improvements, cost reduction, and product sustaining activities.
• Manage Engineering Change Request and Notifications (CRs and CNs), including updates to work instructions and test requirements.
• Support documentation: engineering drawings, BOMs, test reports, assembly procedures, and validation plans.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and operational excellence programs.
• Frequent cross‑functional collaboration and occasional travel to other sites.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff.

• Lead component lifecycle management for multiple projects, ensuring timely updates and accuracy in Altium Vault and database. Define best practices for component selection and obsolescence management.
• Develop embedded systems, electrical designs, schematics, and PCB layouts for current and new products.
• Collaborate with product development teams to ensure design compliance and manufacturability.
• Drive design reviews, risk assessments, and operational readiness reviews.
• Coordinate embedded system testing at module and product levels for smooth production deployment.
• Manage suppliers for PCA fabrication and testing methodologies, including ICT and FCT during development and mass production.
• Lead the resolution of technical issues by performing troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and implementing corrective/preventive actions during NPI, production ramp‑up, and sustaining phases.
• Validate prototypes for compliance with specifications and regulatory standards such as EMC/EMI and safety requirements.
• Generate detailed documentation, including engineering drawings, BOMs, and validation plans.
• Mentor junior engineers in troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective/preventive actions during NPI, production ramp‑up, and sustaining phases.
• Drive improvements in NPI and sustaining processes to enhance efficiency and quality.

Listed responsibilities are an essential, but not exhaustive list, of the usual duties associated with the position. Changes to individual responsibilities may occur due to business needs.

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience.
• Excellent working knowledge of embedded systems, circuit theory, and analog/digital electronics.
• Excellent knowledge of PCBA design and solid understanding of ICT/FCT and PCBA manufacturing processes.
• Excellent knowledge of Altium Designer or similar PCB design tools.
• Experience in EMC/EMI design and countermeasures.
• Advanced problem‑solving techniques (FMEA, 5 Whys, 8D) and statistical engineering tools (DOE).
• Ability to lead…