Engineering Manager in Navi Mumbai, Airoli

Role & responsibilities: (Bold font is mandatory)

Product Strategy and Planning:

• Assist the product manager(s) in the development and execution of the product line strategy aligned with business objectives, and market demands.
• Act as an interface between product line management and engineering to prioritize projects and tasks that best align with the product line strategy.
• Identify opportunities, and technical debt and inform the product line to add it to the product roadmap.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize features, enhancements, and new product development initiatives.

Product Development:

• Lead a team of engineers, external partner project teams and product specialists (internal resources and engineering partners) in the design, development, and testing of new products and solutions.
• Assist in the definition of product requirements, specifications, and performance metrics in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Manage projects using Project Central that cover the entire product lifecycle from concept to launch, including product validation, pilot testing, and commercialization.

Project Management:

• Develop and execute project plans, budgets, and timelines, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality solutions within scope, schedule, and budget constraints.
• Proactively identify and mitigate technical, operational, and commercial risks associated with automation projects, ensuring robust contingency plans are in place.
• Assist with project procurement, scope of work definition, PO creation, and approval of invoices when deliverables are received.

Cross-functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with GPLM, Engineering Leadership, Operations, manufacturing, and sales teams to ensure seamless execution of product development projects.
• Provide technical expertise and support to field engineers, sales, and customer service teams during product demonstrations, and client engagements.
• Assist the GPLM / Regional operations teams with customer order support activities (RFP/RFQ/RFI) like technical proposals, technical clarifications, etc.
• Assist the product managers with product-sustaining activities like bug fixes, new features, etc, and create control definition, control system architecture, etc. for generic controllers & application specific controllers when applicable.

Required Skills:

• Bachelors degree in engineering or a similar discipline and must be PMP certified.
• With 12 to 15 years of experience in overseeing project management and architecture, development, optimization of embedded firmware, middleware, and system software.
• Proven experience in PLC, RTU, IoT devices, and SCADA systems, including design, development, implementation, and maintenance. Ability to understand P&IDs I/O lists and engineering drawings (GA/BOM, Schematics etc).
• Strong technical skills in PLC programming, SCADA software, RTU communication protocols (e.g., DNP3, IEC 104, Modbus), and related technologies.
• Project Management: Strong project management skills, including planning, budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation.
• Implementation PLC/SCADA system into Manufacturing shop/Automation Shop
• Extensive experience in Industrial Automation and controls, project management, engineering, or technical leadership roles.
• Proven record of successfully managing and executing projects in a highly technical and regulated environment.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and levels of the organization.
• Excellent problem-solving, and strategic thinking abilities.