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.

What will you do?

Key Responsibilities

Technical & Systems Leadership:


* Driving strong system engineering practices



* Guiding the teams in risk analysis, modelling, simulation and automation of design and verification



* Champion design for cost, safety, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability.



* Drive knowledge reuse, standardization, common architectures, design principles, and reusable platforms to continuously improve standardized hardware development processes and time-to-market.

Product Development & Lifecycle Ownership:


* You will provide technical and people leadership across the full product development lifecycle from Concept and feasibility to Customer release and field support.



* Ensure compliance with industrial and/or automotive standards (e.g., functional safety, EMC, environmental, reliability).



* Lead development in safety-critical environments with strict regulatory oversight.



* Ensure strict compliance with relevant standards (e.g., IEC, ISO, UL, SIL, CE)



* Drive a strong culture of engineering rigor, quality, and documentation.

Innovation & Advanced Engineering


* Drive 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.

People & Cross-Functional Leadership


* Lead, mentor, and develop multi-disciplinary hardware teams (electronics, mechanical, systems)



* Define and drive clear, measurable goals aligned with the Hardware CoE mission



* Foster strong collaboration with product management, firmware, software, safety, validation, manufacturing and supply chain teams.



* Foster a culture of engineering rigor, systems thinking, continuous improvement, and collaboration across globally distributed teams.

What qualifications will make you successful?


* 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



* Good background in mechanical engineering, including thermal management, structural design, and design for manufacturability, assembly, and serviceability



* Deep understanding of electromechanical system inte...