What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Electrical/Hardware Engineering position at assaabloy?
ENGINEERING MANAGER – Electrical Engineering; Hardware
Are you an ambitious electrical hardware engineer with strong personnel management and organizational skills who is looking for an opportunity to lead an electrical hardware team? If so, we may have the perfect opportunity for you!
ASSA ABLOY is the worldwide leader in access solutions. Our offering covers products and services related to openings, such as locks, doors, gates and entrance automation solutions. This also includes expertise in controlling identities with keys, cards, tags, mobile and biometric identity verification systems. ASSA ABLOY is a market leader in locksets, high security key systems, door closers, exit devices, electro-mechanical products, and access control systems for new construction, renovation, and replacement applications. The company's customer base includes commercial construction, institutional and industrial markets.
What you will be doing
As the Manager you will plan, organize, and mentor your team of Electrical Hardware Engineers to produce innovative new products and implement product enhancements. You will balance workloads & priorities, provide technical guidance and coach your team for professional growth. You will be self-motivated and take initiative in an agile environment.
- Manage a team of Electrical Hardware Engineers working in cross-functional and multi-location project teams.
- Participate in Pre-Product Innovation (PPI), New Product Innovation (NPI), and Continuous Product Innovation (CPI) development projects.
- Contribute to teams' agile processes from start to finish including Scrum and Kanban management, deployment and testing methodologies etc.
- Plan and implement strategies needed to accomplish departmental goals.
- Review and approve product designs, ensure work produced is to department standards and project expectations.
- Work closely with key stakeholders from multiple departments to meet business objectives
- Assist in determining schedule and budget requirements
- Effectively collaborate to negotiate and resolve or appropriately escalate issues as needed.
- Promote best practices for design, risk analysis & design review
What we are looking for
Education:
- BS in Electrical Engineering, MS degree preferred
Experience:
- 10 Years of Engineering Experience with 5 years in team leadership roles.
- Demonstrated history of developing products relevant to the marketplace, innovative leadership, driving to lowest cost.
- Strong familiarity with analog, digital, and embedded hardware
- Familiarity with battery-powered systems and wireless communication technology
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and complex environment
- Experience in using agile processes and methodologies (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Continuous Improvement)
Other Qualifications:
- Strong Presentation, Organizational & Communications Skills
- Demonstrated leadership qualities and ability to mentor junior members of the team.
- Proactive in cross-functional leadership and team coordination skills
- Ability to function in an extremely dynamic, constantly evolving business environment, maintaining an “always learning” disposition
- Strong team-building skills and teamwork orientation; ability to coach, mentor, and lead by example
- Able to work in Electrical CAD software, Altium preferred.
- Must be proficient with MS Office suite of tools
Reports: Directly to Senior Manager, Firmware/Hardware
Position may be based in New Haven or Berlin CT and frequent travel between locations is required depending on needs. Infrequent domestic and international travel will be required.
We are the ASSA ABLOY Group
Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 52,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access.
As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.
As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.
