Lead Hardware Engineer, Electrical Engineering

The team you will be a part of

This role in summary

Lead and Drive Embedded System deliverables including Software, Hardware for Whirlpool’s Tech Stack strategy workstream & ADI projects. Work with cross-functional teams to deliver project objectives with speed, quality, and efficiency. Bringing good practices for driving continuous improvement in existing processes.

Your responsibilities will include

• Plan and execute end to end development projects, defining milestones, timelines, and resource allocation to achieve project objectives efficiently.

• Work closely with Software, Hardware, Wiring Harness, Electromechanical, GSS, Architects, Platform leaders closely to define & deliver project objectives.

• Lead technical discussion with external & internal stakeholders to define tech stack strategy for Whirlpool’s future designs. 

• Pro-active knowledge documentation and sharing within team and amongst cross technology teams

• Collaborate closely with the software engineering team to ensure seamless integration between hardware and software components.

• Conduct thorough hardware testing and validation to ensure the reliability, performance, and compliance of the hardware designs.

• Conduct subsystem design reviews interfacing with leadership and cross functional for gaining alignment at each build.

• Make strategic decisions regarding component selection, sourcing, and vendor relationships to optimize cost, quality, and availability.

• Optimize hardware designs for power efficiency, performance, and manufacturability.

• Address technical challenges and roadblocks, proposing innovative solutions and leading the team to successful outcomes.

• Maintain a strong awareness of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in embedded hardware development.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management and manufacturing, to ensure successful product launches.

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and innovation within the engineering team.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Power Electronics Engineering

• Minimum 10-15 years of experience in household appliance/consumer electronics hardware development, circuit design and verification (microcontrollers, mixed-signal components, motor controls and AC to DC power conversion, Power Electronics)

• Proven expertise in designing digital and analog circuits, schematic capture, and PCB layout.

• Extensive knowledge of microcontrollers/microprocessors and various embedded systems architectures.

• Strong familiarity with communication interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, USB, Ethernet, and wireless protocols (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc.).

Preferred skills and experiences

• Extraordinary Performance - Highly Effective Organization that Consistently Delivers Results, Drive Key Organization Design and Effectiveness Opportunities to Positively Impact Business and Financial Performance’.

• Great People - Robust and Diverse Talent and Leadership Pipeline for the Future, Develop the Critical Capabilities.

• 5+ years of experience project management, technical leadership in development, testing and implementation of large scale, complex technology projects or equivalent

Preferred (not required) Skills:

• Familiarity with mechanical design, CAD, plastics molding and materials preferred

• Product validation experience, PCB and product manufacturing process knowledge is a plus