Manager - Lab Mobility

Eaton Technologies; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Technologies in Pune, India seeks an Engineering Manager - Test Lab to lead eMobility lab processes and drive safety, performance, and program alignment.

The role focuses on establishing best practices, managing lab budgets, and ensuring compliance with industry standards while fostering continuous improvement across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electronics/manufacturing engineering.
• 7–10 years of relevant experience in industry.
• Experience in manufacturing/engineering/test environment.

Responsibilities

• Establish eMobility lab processes by coordinating with Test lab leaders.
• Leverage tools and processes to create general test systems across labs.
• Drive safety culture across assembly, testing, product teams and facilities.
• Manage day-to-day test lab operations to meet performance metrics.
• Align with program teams and support resource decisions for projects.

Skills

Results-oriented

Adaptable

Matrix leadership

Delegation balance

ISO/OSHA knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electronics / Manufacturing Engineering

Job description

Role Overview

The Engineering Manager - Test Lab is responsible for driving the overall safety, performance, day-to-day operations and deployment of test Lab strategic goals for eMobility test cells of Mobility business. The primary function of this role is to establish eMobility lab processes, best practices, and expertise to drive cultural excellence in each technical area.

Responsibilities

• Establish eMobility lab processes by leveraging current best practices at global lab locations by coordination with Test lab leaders for managing test lab operations.
• Leverages state of the art tools, methods and processes to create General test systems across the test labs for specific product line testing.
• Operates and drives a high performance safety culture across the assembly, testing, product teams and facilities groups.
• Manages day-to-day test lab operations in achieving Test Lab performance metrics related to Safety, Utilization, On Time delivery, FPY etc.
• Integrate with program/project teams to ensure alignment. Drives resource decisions to support program/project needs.
• Deployment of Test lab strategic goals related to building end-to-end organizational capabilities in terms of people test infrastructure around strategic focus areas.
• Manage Test Lab budget for capital expenditure and operational expenses. Creates a yearly budget forecast, monitors spending on a continuous basis and provides monthly adjustments to the forecast.
• Ensures testing and assembly labs are compliant with all Eaton and local/global Industry standards (MESH, EHS, TS, OSHA, ISO, IEC, UL etc.) with supporting documentation and internal/external audits as applicable.
• Performs GEMBA Walks and 5S duties, including managing resolution to findings.
• Fosters an environment which promotes Eaton's goals, values and philosophy, encourages continuous improvement and builds customer relationships, vigorously promotes excellence and pride of accomplishment among employees and ensures that the attitudes are matched by engagement and accomplishment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electronics / Manufacturing Engineering from an accredited institution
• 7 to 10 years of relevant experience in industry (manufacturing/engineering, test environment, etc.)

Skills

• Must be results-oriented and highly adaptable
• Ability to achieve results in a matrix environment
• Ability to influence outside of a direct reporting relationshipAbility to balance between delegation and a hands-on approach with critical assignments
• Supportive team player in a corporate environment
• Familiarity with ISO/QS/AS/OSHA standards certification

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in testing Power Electronics Electro-Mechanical (Inverter, Power Distribution Circuit Protection, DC DC converter) components and systems
• Experience related to prototyping, Teardown-benchmarking Instrumentation using advanced method/tools like Additive manufacturing, 3D scanning etc.
• Advanced degree in Engineering
• Project management skills