Head of Engineering

Pailin Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering firm in Singapore is looking for a Head of Engineering to lead a world-class engineering organization. You will implement efficient processes, manage global teams, and ensure alignment with company strategies. The ideal candidate has over 15 years of development experience and a strong background in engineering leadership. This position offers a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Comprehensive mindfulness programs

Volunteer Paid Time off

Employee Assistance Program

Personalized wellbeing programs

On-demand digital course library

Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years of development / R&D engineering experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading global development teams.
• 2 years of experience managing iterative development methods such as Agile.
• Strong experience in various product development processes such as waterfall and SAFe.

Responsibilities

• Create a vision for embedded software / test / hardware / digital engineering excellence.
• Drive efficiency, time to market and quality through robust process improvement.
• Ensure development team alignment with company strategy.
• Collaborate with global peers for team success.

Skills

Development / R&D engineering experience

Leadership of global development teams

Project / program management

Iterative development methods (Agile)

Collaboration and influence

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Job Description

Based in Singapore and reporting to the VP / GM of APBC, the Head of Engineering at Rockwell Automation APBC will create a vision for the direction and culture of embedded software / test / hardware / digital engineering excellence, driving a world-class engineering organization.

You will

Focus on driving efficiency, time to market and quality through robust process improvement, organizational development and innovative platform development.

Ensure the development team is aligned with the company strategy and drive value into the system offerings at every phase of our customers journey through design, operate and maintain.

Consult with senior leaders in providing direction to ensure business growth and financial success; predictably deliver high-quality, scalable solutions, assess and recommend how to maximize the value of the engineering organization across multiple time horizons.

Apply knowledge of embedded solutions and architectures to blueprint and manage the product development roadmap, build enhancements within an existing architecture, implement improvements to the architecture and develop a platform for the future.

Provide exceptional leadership to senior managers and managers who each manage their own engineering teams and also require you to engage and influence QA, product management, customer support, product design, UI, IT and other Shared Service functions.

Collaborate with a globally distributed set of peers and their development organization to help your teams achieve greatness.

Maintain and raise our engineering standards, improving Time to Market, maintaining and improving excellent quality, driving adoption of new technologies and will be in an important position to lead us through rapid evolution. The engineering organization is responsible for the entire life cycle of the products – introduction to retirement / end of life.

The Essentials - You Will Have

Minimum of 15 years of development / R&D engineering experience.

A Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or related field.

Experience in developing, implementing, modifying and utilizing various product development processes waterfall, SAFe, etc.

5+ years of experience leading global development teams virtual, remote, hybrid.

5+ years of demonstrated experience working with different forms of project / program management.

2 years of experience managing iterative development methods such as Agile and Scaled Agile.

Location is Singapore. Some travel to other North American and global campuses in (example : India, China, USA) would be required.

Demonstratable track record in building succession and growing organizational, managerial, and technical leadership.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have

Knows key hardware methods and models as applied throughout the development and delivery process and has successfully developed and deployed them.

Has experience in and working knowledge of hardware development.

Industrial manufacturing experience as a design team, OEM or end user.

Industrial automation experience with controller, drives, IO, HMI, industrial PC's or communication - in particular familiarity and/or certification with industrial standards such as ISO 62443 and ISO 61508 or their equivalents.

Experience working with complicated systems with many interdependencies and legacy support requirements.

Ability to leverage internal and external innovation to increase customer value and reduce time to market.

Experience establishing teams to architect platforms that are sustainable and scalable.

Stays current in the state of the art, technologies, and talent.

Successful in data driven continuous improvement.

Demonstrated examples of building collaborative relationships through indirect influence.

Leads and motivates with positivity, particularly in challenging environments.

A track record of growing talent, both at the Sr Technical levels and at the managerial level.

Long term planner and an agile, creative short-term executor

Minimum of 15 years' experience in hardware development, preferably in large scale software programs.

Minimum of 7 years in team leadership or management.

What We Offer

Our benefits package includes …

Comprehensive mindfulness programs with a premium membership to Calm.

Volunteer Paid Time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees.

Company volunteer and donation matching program – Your volunteer hours or personal cash donations to an eligible charity can be matched with a charitable donation.

Employee Assistance Program.

Personalized wellbeing programs through our OnTrack program.

On-demand digital course library for professional development.

and other local benefits!