Engineering Manager- Hardware

Eaton Corporation; Hadapsar; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation in Hyderabad, Maharashtra (Hadapsar) seeks an Engineering Manager- Hardware to lead electrical, mechanical, and embedded teams through concept, design, verification, and production ramp-up.

The role requires 14+ years in engineering with strong leadership and systems engineering expertise, spanning hardware development, product safety, and manufacturability. Global collaborations drive architecture and roadmaps, ensuring timely launches.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• 14+ years of engineering experience with significant cross-functional leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams across Electrical, Mechanical, Embedded/Firmware, Systems, and Verification & Validation disciplines.
• Drive end-to-end product development using systems engineering across the lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Product Management to translate voice of customer and market needs into requirements, architectures, and roadmaps.
• Lead market studies, competitive analyses, and benchmarking for electrical products (inverters, DER, circuit breakers, power management).
• Provide technical leadership for hardware products and embedded systems, ensuring safety, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Oversee system architecture, requirements management, interface definition, and design reviews.
• Lead NPI, industrialization, manufacturing transfer, design transfer, and production ramp-up with Operations/Quality/Manufacturing.
• Ensure cross-functional collaboration across Engineering, Product Management, Program Management, Operations, Sourcing, and Sales.
• Build a culture of ownership, customer focus, innovation, disciplined engineering, and talent development.

Skills

Electrical design

Leadership

Systems engineering

NPI/industrialization

Embedded familiarity

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical/Electronic/Mechanical/Systems Engineering

Job description

Career Opportunities: Engineering Manager- Hardware (76025)

Requisition ID76025-Posted10/28/2026

Lead a multidisciplinary engineering organization responsible for the development, industrialization, launch, and lifecycle management of complex electrical and electromechanical products. The role provides leadership to Electrical, Mechanical, Embedded/Firmware, Systems, and Verification and Validation teams, driving execution from concept and product definition through production and lifecycle support while meeting quality, schedule, cost, regulatory, and customer commitments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and retain multidisciplinary engineering teams across Electrical, Mechanical, Embedded/Firmware, Systems, and Verification and Validation disciplines.
• Drive end-to-end product development by applying systems engineering practices throughout the product lifecycle, from stakeholder-needs definition and concept development through architecture, detailed design, verification, validation, launch, and lifecycle management.
• Partner closely with Product Management to translate voice of customer, market trends, regulatory needs, competitive intelligence, and business priorities into product requirements, engineering plans, system architectures, and technology roadmaps.
• Lead or technically guide market studies, competitive product analysis, and benchmarking for electrical products, evaluating architecture, functionality, performance, safety, reliability, connectivity, cost, manufacturability, and product differentiation.
• Provide technical and organizational leadership for electrical products such as inverters, DER solutions, circuit breakers, power management products, connected electrical devices, and related electromechanical systems.
• Oversee system architecture, requirements management, interface definition, design trade-offs, design reviews, system integration, verification, validation, product qualification, and technical risk closure.
• Lead NPI, industrialization, manufacturing transfer, design transfer, production ramp-up, and product launch activities in collaboration with Operations, Sourcing, Quality, Manufacturing, and external partners.
• Ensure effective cross-functional collaboration across Engineering, Product Management, Program Management, Operations, Sourcing, Quality, Manufacturing, Sales, and other global stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership in hardware development, embedded systems, system integration, product safety, reliability, and design for manufacturability and serviceability.
• Manage portfolio and project execution, resource planning, budget, engineering risks, priorities, and stakeholder alignment across global teams.
• Build a culture of ownership, customer focus, innovation, disciplined engineering execution, continuous improvement, and talent development.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Systems Engineering, or a related engineering field.
• 14+ years of engineering experience, including significant leadership of cross-functional product development teams.

Skills:

• Strong hands-on hardware and electrical product development background, with experience in electrical or electromechanical product design and realization.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams comprising Electrical, Mechanical, Embedded/Firmware, Systems, and Verification and Validation engineers.
• Demonstrated expertise in systems engineering, including stakeholder-needs analysis, requirements development and management, system architecture, interface management, design trade-offs, system integration, verification, validation, and product realization.
• Strong experience in NPI, industrialization, manufacturing readiness, design transfer, production ramp-up, and product launch.
• Working knowledge of embedded software or firmware development, system integration, and validation processes.
• Excellent people leadership, stakeholder management, communication, decision-making, and global collaboration skills.

Preferred Experience

• Extensive product development or engineering leadership experience with electrical products, especially inverters, distributed energy resources (DER), circuit breakers, power conversion, power distribution, energy management, or grid-connected products.
• Experience applying systems engineering practices to complex, multidisciplinary electrical or electromechanical products across the full product lifecycle.
• Demonstrated partnership with Product Management in customer and market assessment, product definition, portfolio planning, value proposition development, and product or technology roadmap creation.
• Hands-on experience conducting or technically leading competitive analysis, product teardowns, benchmarking, and market studies in the electrical products domain.
• Ability to connect customer needs, competitive insights, market opportunities, and regulatory trends with system requirements, technology choices, product architecture, and engineering priorities.
• Global engineering team leadership and collaboration across regions, functions, and manufacturing locations.
• Experience with regulatory compliance, product safety, reliability engineering, quality systems, and relevant electrical product standards.
• Experience with connected products, industrial controls, residential energy, energy transition, or power management applications.