Senior Manager, Hardware Engineering

Senior Manager – Hardware Engineering

We are seeking a highly experienced Technical Manager to lead the hardware development of our Industrial Automation offers. This role is ideal for a senior technical leader with a strong background in electronics and mechanical system design, deep experience in safety‑critical, standards‑driven environments, and a proven track record of delivering industrial or automotive products from concept through customer release.

• Driving strong system engineering practices
• Guiding the teams in risk analysis, modelling, simulation and automation of design and verification
• Championing design for cost, safety, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability
• Driving knowledge reuse, standardization, common architectures, design principles and reusable platforms to continuously improve standardized hardware development processes and time‑to‑market
• Providing technical and people leadership across the full product development lifecycle from concept and feasibility to customer release and field support
• Ensuring compliance with industrial and/or automotive standards (e.g., functional safety, EMC, environmental, reliability)
• Leading development in safety‑critical environments with strict regulatory oversight
• Commiting to strict compliance with relevant standards (e.g., IEC, ISO, UL, SIL, CE)
• Driving a strong culture of engineering rigor, quality, and documentation
• Driving the application of AI, automation and data‑driven methods across requirements, system design, schematics and layout, and verification testing to improve quality, safety and speed‑to‑market in regulated industrial automation products
• Leading, mentoring and developing multidisciplinary hardware teams (electronics, mechanical, systems)
• Defining and driving clear, measurable goals aligned with the Hardware CoE mission
• Fostering strong collaboration with product management, firmware, software, safety, validation, manufacturing, and supply‑chain teams
• Promoting an inclusive, systems‑thinking culture of collaboration and improvement across globally distributed teams

• Proven track record of driving end‑to‑end hardware product development, from concept and system architecture through customer release and field deployment
• Strong hands‑on expertise in electronics engineering, including analog and digital design, power electronics, embedded hardware, EMC/EMI, signal integrity and power integrity
• Background in mechanical engineering, including thermal management, structural design, design for manufacturability, assembly and serviceability
• Deep understanding of electromechanical system integration for industrial environments
• Experience in systems engineering (requirements definition, traceability, architecture, interface management, design trade‑offs, risk analysis)
• Experience developing products in safety‑critical, highly regulated environments, knowledge of IEC, ISO, UL, CE, EMC, environmental and reliability standards (functional safety experience is plus)
• Experience with modelling, simulation and verification methodologies, including MBSE approaches
• Understanding of hardware verification and validation strategies: reliability, stress and compliance testing
• Knowledge of AI and data‑driven techniques in hardware development (requirements analysis, design reviews, test generation, defect detection)
• Experience driving automation of engineering workflows with explainability, auditability and compliance
• Strong people‑leadership skills: mentoring senior engineers, building technical capability, developing future leaders
• Ability to reduce silos and collaborate across product lines, software, systems, safety, manufacturing and quality
• Strategic systems thinker with strong judgment, balancing technical depth, business priorities and execution rigor
• Excellent communication and influencing skills; self‑mandated authority, expertise and collaboration
• Passion for engineering excellence, improvement and safety‑critical product integrity

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering or related discipline; 15+ years experience in hardware product development in…