Embedded Controls Hardware Architect

** What’s in it for you**:

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** Controls Hardware Architect
** at Thermo King, you will pioneer modern embedded controls hardware architectures and development practices across our product lines and steer the creation of our next-generation solutions. In this pivotal technical leadership role, you will take full ownership of functional, technical, and integration architectures for embedded controls hardware, ensuring robust connectivity with Thermo King’s internal ecosystems as well as the external systems and devices relied on by our customers, dealers, and partners.

You will partner with the architecture team and cross-functional colleagues, set the benchmark for world-class controls solutions and champion end-to-end development from concept through execution.
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* What you will do:

*** Serve as technical expert for embedded controls hardware architecture technology stack definition, leading analysis and improvements to design simplicity, modularity & re-use to provide embedded controls hardware capabilities across Thermo King products
* Create and govern architecture standards, cybersecurity, wireless electronics, and modularity component roadmaps across product models, platforms, and regions with key engagement activity with Product management, Product Platform engineering, Telematics, and Controls teams
* Evaluate and select appropriate embedded controls hardware technologies and platforms for solution development.  Lead tradeoff analysis and recommendations, preparing and presenting architectural reports to senior management
* Create embedded controls hardware design process standard work guidelines, templates/tools (ie, system diagrams, calculation spreadsheets, error checking, etc...) to improve product development cycle time, promote consistency across teams, and to enable rapid innovation with a high degree of reuse
* Provide technical leadership and mentoring to controls hardware engineering teams; supporting the design, review, and implementation of controls hardware electronics components
* Ensure embedded controls hardware meets all functional, security, regulatory (e.g., wireless, cybersecurity compliance), and quality requirements for industrial and transportation environments
* Multi-region travel up to 5% may be required
** Key Competencies & Skillset:
*** Proficient in embedded controls hardware selection, PCB design, layout, schematic capture, and use of design/development tools (e.g. Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, Siemens Xpedition/PADS Professional, etc...), including design for signal integrity and controlled impedance layer stack-up techniques.
* Experience with microprocessor and microcontroller architectures along with various communication links (CAN, SPI) and their impact on embedded hardware design.
* Experience with IoT wireless electronics hardware selection and product design (RF, analog, digital electronics design) and components.  Knowledge of radio technologies such as cellular / GPS / WiFi / BT standards and certifications.
* Experience with industrial connectivity protocols such as CAN, J1939, Modbus, MQTT, OPC-UA, secure IP-based protocols, and Automotive Ethernet (100

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* Knowledge of UML, SysML, or MBSE for system modeling and design
* Working knowledge of Dev Ops tools (e.g., Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops, etc..)
** What you will bring:
*** Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science or related technical field with 8 years of experience
* Previous experience leading embedded controls hardware development or leading electronics architecture definition preferred
* Strong organizational, leadership, and…