Description :

Job Description :

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be :

Team and People Development :

- Build an inclusive and encouraging environment for employees within the organization for the purpose of new product development and sustenance of M [GM1] &A products.

- Develop and implement strategies towards talent development and aligning to the vision of global product group and local management.

- Identify and implement plans for technical competency development within M&A group.

- Attract, develop, appraise, and retain qualified and skilled staff.

- Motivate, empower, and develop the hardware development functional team.

- Contribute and support to manage budget to fund yearly operations and infrastructure, people development.

- Build culture of collaboration, transparency, result oriented project teams with strong alignment to respective business sites.

Project & Delivery Management :

- Steer the Hardware development team in M&A to ensure delivery of projects/products to time and budget.

- Ensure projects [GM2] /programs are well defined, prioritized, tracked, and communicated in a consistent and effective manner well aligned with global functional leads for the group.

- Closely work with Global Measurement & Analytical Functional leaders understanding product roadmap, priorities and program management.

Process & Quality Improvement :

- Facilitate evaluation of tools, technologies, and processes.

- Continuously improve development processes and tools for productivity.

- Interact with Emerson Measurement & Analytical engineering teams to identify synergies and best practices and share across other product groups in Measurement Solutions and within M&A for maximizing benefits.

- Engage in budgeting, resource planning, and vendor management where applicable.

- Other responsibilities or tasks that are within your skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.

- The business reserves the right to make reasonable adjustments in line with business requirements.

Who You Are:

- You will communicate with clarity and impact, delivering messages in a concise and compelling manner while actively listening and checking for understanding.

- You will tailor your communication style to meet the needs of diverse stakeholders and articulate ideas in ways that are broadly understandable.

- You will encourage and model the expression of diverse perspectives, fostering open and inclusive dialogue.

- You will approach difficult issues with optimism and confidence, sharing sensitive or unpopular viewpoints in a motivating and respectful way.

- Youre honest and transparent, letting people know where they stand and willingly stepping up to lead challenging assignments.

- You will view talent development as a strategic priority, consistently using various methods to support others' growth.

- You will stay alert for developmental opportunities across teams and clearly communicate the value of stretch assignments.

- You will create a motivating work environment by understanding what drives each individual, giving them the autonomy to succeed, and inviting their input.

- You will earn trust easily by honoring commitments, keeping confidence, and expressing yourself with integrity and credibility.

- Even in uncertain situations, you will make high-quality decisions by seeking relevant input, separating facts from opinions, and demonstrating sound judgment that others respect.

- You are clearly able to take high quality decisions, even with incomplete information and during uncertainty.

- You will actively seek inputs from relevant sources to make timely, well-informed and effective decisions.

- You will convey clear performance expectations and follow up consistently while delegating jobs to achieve effective ownership.

- You will track the project work and progress and push team members to achieve higher performance.

For This Role, You Will Need:

- Bachelors or masters degree in engineering.

- Overall 15+ yrs of experience in Firmware Development domain with 3-5 years of experience in leadership.

- Strong domain experience with knowledge of software development lifecycle with and experience of working with NPD stage gate process, tools and methodologies.

- Participate in design reviews, peer reviews, code reviews, to provide required guidance.

- Excellent technical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.

- Demonstrated success in building and maintaining high-performance new product development teams.

- Understand the Measurement solutions business to encourage sharing of new ideas and best practices within the group.

- Demonstrated ability to work in a matrix environment within a complex global organization.

- Experience of leading functional teams and work effectively with internation teams.

- Ability to flex working hours to accommodate global time differences.

Technical & Engineering :

- Leadership Strong understanding of hardwarefirmwaresoftware co-design and system-level architecture.

- Experience with embedded systems, real-time operating systems (RTOS), and low-level hardware interfaces.

- Knowledge of functional safety standards (e.g., IEC 61508) is a plus. Exposure to digital transformation, Industrial IoT (IIoT), and smart instrumentation concepts.

- Ability to guide teams on design for manufacturability (DFM), design for testability (DFT), and lifecycle support.

Program & Stakeholder :

- Management Proven ability to manage cross-functional dependencies across hardware, firmware, software, quality, supply chain, and manufacturing.

- Strong experience in stakeholder expectation management, including senior leadership and external partners.

- Ability to balance short-term delivery pressures with long-term technology and capability building.

- Experience managing risk, issue escalation, and mitigation planning at program level.

People & Organizational Effectiveness :

- Experience in succession planning and leadership pipeline development.

- Capability to manage performance improvement plans and difficult personnel situations professionally and constructively.

- Strong coaching and mentoring skills, including developing first-time managers and technical leads. Ability to lead teams through organizational change and ambiguity.

Process, Compliance & Governance :

- Familiarity with engineering governance models, audits, and compliance requirements. Experience driving process standardization across geographically distributed teams.

- Understanding of quality systems, root cause analysis, CAPA, and continuous improvement frameworks (Lean, Six Sigma awareness level).

Business & Strategic :

- Acumen Ability to translate business strategy into engineering execution plans.

- Experience with cost optimization, value engineering, and ROI-based technical decision-making.

- Understanding of market needs, customer use cases, and competitive benchmarking to guide product development.

- Comfort working with KPIs, metrics, and dashboards to track team and product performance.

Communication & Influence :

- Strong ability to influence without authority in a matrix organization.

- Experience presenting complex technical topics to non-technical stakeholders.

- Skilled at facilitating technical and strategic discussions across cultures and geographies.

Nice-to-Have / Future-Ready Skills :

- Exposure to AI/ML applications in measurement, analytics, or diagnostics.