Hardware Architect

Job Role : Hardware Architect

Job description :

Role is responsible for defining the overall hardware architecture to convert the business enquiry into a potential business win for the highly cost sensitive 2W cluster products.

Primary Responsibilities :

- Study market trends and explore appealing features for the competitive 2W Cluster market

- Strategies and define the hardware architecture road map for 2W cluster products.

- Bring-in innovation in design approach to achieve tight cost and quality targets

- Be a technology enabler while working closely with Sales team and Customer to convert business enquiries to business wins

- Review and approve the design at each quality check gate during hardware development and ensures the product is being built with intended cost and quality.

- Work closely with engineering team to ensue resolution of inter-competency issue in benefit of program time line and compliance to requirements and quality.

- Drives continuous skill upgrade among hardware engineers by visualizing the upcoming technical challenges

- Manage escalated risks and issues, having an impact on hardware development project timing, cost and quality by getting involved in technical discussions with customer as required.

- Ensures necessary stakeholders involvement in successful delivery of hardware projects.

- Guide Reviews hardware quote response to PD Quote Leader

- Interact with teams in different regions and achieve consensus to ensure productive outcome.

Desired Competencies :

- Deep knowledge of embedded electronics product architectures and scalable systems design approach

- Well versed on design practices to achieve demanding cost and reliability targets

- Well informed on Mobility, Connectivity, Display, Driver Information trends

- Shall have 2W Electrification products knowledge/experience

- Shall have good appreciation on the requirements and their impact on product's cost and quality

- Shall have understanding on EMC requirements and how to build a reliable product for automotive domain

- Shall have appreciation for DFM, DFT, DFMEA, Built-in-quality

- Should be able to guide the team for delivering successful product development with optimized resource utilization.

- Should be good at Change Management, Strategic Planning, Business Acumen, Decision Making, Influencing others, Good listening skills and Cross cultural communications and presentation