Cost Out Engineer-Electronics Category

Eaton Corporation; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation in Pune, India, is seeking a role focused on analyzing commercial and technical data of electronic components, PCB gerbers, and assemblies to support cost-out, resiliency, and NPIs. The incumbent will work with Global Procurement, product development, and suppliers to develop category strategies and improve engineering data for electronics components.

The position emphasizes reducing NPI times, leveraging data analytics for new project opportunities, and applying broad

Qualifications

• Understanding of electronic component specifications, lifecycles, and industry standards, PCB fabrication, gerbers.
• Awareness of applicable environmental standards – IEC / UL / ISO / RoHS / REACH.
• Sound knowledge of spend data analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze spend data to identify cost-out gaps in electronics components and PCBAs.
• Build strategies to drive enterprise-wide cost-out & resiliency projects with global teams.
• Engineering data improvement for electronics category (components, PCB, box-build).
• Drive supplier consolidations and data improvements to reduce part proliferation.
• Apply basic engineering tools and analytics to support component selection and validation.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, product teams, and suppliers to resolve DFM/DFT/ DFA issues.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders for strategy execution.
• Engage suppliers to generate cost-out ideas and NPIs.
• Understand electronics hardware, firmware, interfaces.
• Knowledge of PCB layout, fabrication, testing and validation.
• Multi-discipline product knowledge including PCB, electronics, and mechanics.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Schematic & PCB CAD

Electronic components knowledge

Data analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electronics/ETC

Tools

OrCAD

Altium

Mentor Graphics

CAM350

Job description

What you’ll do:

"The primary responsibility of this role is to analyze commercial, technical data of electronic components, PCB gerbers and assemblies for generating and supporting different type of cost out, resiliency and NPI projects. It also requires developing and executing category wise strategies, in close collaboration with various cross functional teams like Global procurement organization, product development teams and suppliers across the globe. The incumbent would be responsible for Engineering data improvement for Electronics Components and contribute in data libraries development.

"The Incumbent also need to contribute in reducing new product development times, by suggesting cost effective and technically compatible products from strategic suppliers of the category. The applicant should have capability to leverage data analytics & ideation principles to create new project opportunities. The incumbent needs to have knowledge of requirements related to electrical, electronic products development."

• 1. Analyze spend data for finding out gap for cost out in different type Electronics Components and, PCBAs etc.,
• 2\. Contribute in building strategies to drive enterprise-wide cost-out & resiliency projects for category, working along with Global Procurement Leaders, Engineering counterparts and Supply Chain team team.
• 3. Engineering data Improvement for Electronics category (components, PCB and Box build components).
• 4. Drive productivity by supplier consolidations, key data improvements & avoiding part proliferation.
• 5. Demonstrates the application of basic Engineering tools/ principles and evidence of creative thinking through component selection, PCB Fabrication knowledge, preliminary validation through simulations or engineering analytics.
• 6. Confers with manufacturing, Product teams, suppliers to resolve Design for Manufacturing, Design for Testing, Design for Assembly issues.
• 7. Builds strong relationships with Stakeholder for easy execution of strategies.
• 8. Suppliers' engagement to generate new ideas and solution to gain cost out, resiliency and support NPIs.
• 9. Understanding on electronic devices-hardware, firmware, interfaces.
• 10. Good knowledge on PCB layout, PCB Fabrication, product design, testing & validation.
• 11. Having knowledge on products of multi discipline: PCB layout, gerbers and fabrication, Electronic, Electrical, and Mechanical would be preferred.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's or Masters in Electronics/E&TC

• 1. Total relevant work experience: If BE/B-Tech - 3-6 years / If MTech - Fresher

Skills:

• 2. Understanding of electronic component specifications, lifecycles, and industry standards, PCB fabrication, gerbers.
• 3. Awareness of applicable standards and environmental compliances – IEC / UL / ISO / RoHS / REACH etc.
• 4. Sound knowledge on spend data analysis.
• 9. Strong analytical & problem-solving skills.
• 1.Strong knowledge of electronic component selection, understanding specifications, lifecycles,ability to read schematic and circuit diagrams, PCB layout, fabrication, gerbers, and industry standards. Hands on expertise in Silicon Expert and in Schematic and PCB CAD tools like OrCAD, Altium, Mentor Graphics, CAM350 and other leading tools in market.
• 2. Strong knowledge in finding out gaps for electronic cost out on products.
• 3. Good to have experience of Design, testing and validation of various Hardware products.
• 1. Work & interact with global cross-functional and cross-cultural team.
• 2. Good interpersonal skills, ability to clearly communicate to internal/external customers and suppliers.