Electronics Engineer - Leadership

Company Description:

Miko is an advanced artificial intelligence innovation lab with a mission to bring AI and robotics to every consumer home. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, our workforce spans several countries, including the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. To check out various product offerings, visit Miko's website

KEY PURPOSE OF THE JOB (POSITION SUMMARY):

We are looking for a Lead Electronics Engineer focused on Hardware Platform Innovation. You will be responsible for setting and delivering the Electronics Hardware for all range of Miko products. Ensure that team members are responsible for and capable of delivering high quality design solutions to aggressive and predictable timelines. In this role, the Hardware Architect will closely work with multiple teams and groups including Product Development, Product Management, Sourcing, Product Marketing and Quality Assurance, etc

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan and direct hardware engineering activities to meet the company's objectives

• Connect engineering vision and goals to business goals of the companies

• Lead multi-functional development teams and drive issue resolution for product prototypes and various HW sub-systems like modules, Flex PCBAs, PCBAs at engineering builds.

• Modularize existing products electronics design;

• Conduct design review for all hardware engineering verticals; Collaborate with cross functional teams to develop and qualify products to meet specification, reliability and regulatory

• Provide technical leadership for all hardware development by directing product design and function

• Evaluate the reliability of materials, properties, and techniques used in production

• Manage and track engineering development schedules and budgets. Identify and prioritize project tasks and risks

• Drive deliveries and issues with global suppliers, integrate their work and schedules into the project, communicate status and the big picture to the project team & management

• Know how to recruit and develop top engineering talent

• Maintain and optimize budgets to meet goals

• Understand and collaborate on the complete product lifecycle from concept to execution

• Recommends new technology and ideas to improve sprints and efficiency

• Work closely with Product marketing to deliver the fast prototype to valid the meaningful innovation in field.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Must have an entrepreneurial spirit, very responsive, hands-on (i.e., ability to do some of the engineering yourself) and willing to work hard, in a fast-paced environment

• Outstanding people manager, with demonstratable experience in managing and leading complex teams, nurturing talent and driving a high performance culture

• Experience with product innovation, at an early stage

• Experience with creating minimum viable products (MVPs) and, testing, iterating, and prototyping

• Must have the experience of successfully leading and managing multiple complex projects starting from design, prototyping through to mass manufacturing.

• Ability to prepare budgets, with regard to a technical roadmap

• Excellent communication skills

• Proven leadership abilities with high-performing teams

• Ability to create assembly instructions and other visual documentation related to manufacturing systems.

• Understanding of Design for Manufacturability.

• Demonstrable technical design experience with a considerable amount of time spent in a leadership position.

• You will possess strong commercial, operational and financial acumen

• Proven leadership in global organization and problem-solving ability, able to resolve conflict amongst cross-functional peers and act decisively to drive product development forward within a fast past and ambiguous environment

• Strong project / program manager skills.

• Demonstrable experience working in a multinational or global electronics company.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work independently and effectively as a team

. • Preferred experience in a consumer electronics environment

• Extensive knowledge of IOT architectures;

• Highly developed hardware design skills;

• Experience in managing direct subordinates, able to hire, coach and develop AD (advance develop) teams

• Strong written and oral communication skills

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: ·

Education: Bachelor / Master in Electronics Engineering or equivalent.