About the Role:

Join EyeROV, where your robots will go to work for the Indian Navy, Coast Guard, Tata Power and other marquee customers, operating in some of the harshest underwater environments there are.

As Senior Manager R&D in Kochi, you'll lead the design of next-generation ROVs, AUVs and surface vehicles from first sketch to TRL9, and take on the challenge of making them work reliably in the real world.

Key Responsibilities:

- Define Product Vision and Strategy: Develop a comprehensive product strategy that aligns with the company's objectives and addresses market needs in the robotics and embedded systems domain.

- Market and Customer Insights: Conduct extensive market research to understand industry trends, customer needs, and pain points.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, design, and marketing teams to develop and coordinate the product development process.

- Product Lifecycle Management: Oversee the product lifecycle from ideation to launch and post-launch support.

- Technical Expertise: Design and Architecture of Embedded and Software part of EyeROV products and solutions, which include underwater remotely operated vehicles, autonomous underwater and surface vehicles.

- Data-Driven Decision Making: Utilize data analysis and interpretation to make informed decisions and improve product performance.

- Field evaluations and Continuous Improvements: Willing to travel to the field to evaluate product performances.

Mandatory Skills:

- Robotic experience

- Embedded systems

- Team handling

- Lead or Manager role experience

Tech Stack & Requirements:

- Proven work experience in product management in Robotics/Electronic Hardware companies.

- Should have led and worked in the full product life cycle from development to post-sale upgrades.

- Should have worked with cross-functional roles, including electro-mechanical systems, software, and an understanding of production aspects of product development.

- Established Project management with complex systems having a minimum BoM of 100+ components and 10+ subsystems/blocks.

- Should have led a team of at least 10+ R&D team members.

- Experience in ROS.

- Programming skillsets: C, C++, Python.

Added Advantage:

- Worked on the defense grade system developments.

- Experience in Marine/Subsea Electromechanical systems.

- Experience in project management tools like Zoho Projects.

- Prior experience in startups.

- Experience in embedded systems/hardware design.

- Should be adept with Electronic hardware certifications and standards and have executed the same.

Qualification:

- BE/B.Tech/M.Tech and PhD in Electronics/Electrical or circuit branches.

Location:

- Kochi (Onsite)