Associate Engineer, Electronics Category

About the Role

The primary responsibility of this role is to analyze commercial and technical data of electronic components, PCB gerbers, and assemblies for generating and supporting different types of cost-out, resiliency, and NPI projects. It also requires executing category-wise strategies in close collaboration with various cross-functional teams like Global Procurement Organization, Product Development Teams, and suppliers across the globe.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze spend data for finding out gaps for cost-out in different types of Electronics Components and PCBAs.
• Contribute in building strategies to drive enterprise-wide cost-out & resiliency projects for the category, working alongside Global Procurement Leaders, Engineering counterparts, and Supply Chain teams.
• Perform Engineering data improvement for the Electronics category (components, PCB, and box build components).
• Drive productivity by supplier consolidations, key data improvements, and avoiding part proliferation.
• Demonstrate the application of basic Engineering tools/principles and evidence of creative thinking through component selection, PCB Fabrication knowledge, preliminary validation through simulations, or engineering analytics.
• Confer with manufacturing, Product teams, and suppliers to resolve Design for Manufacturing, Design for Testing, and Design for Assembly issues.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders for easy execution of strategies.
• Generate new ideas and solutions to gain cost-out, resiliency, and support NPIs.
• Contribute to engineering data improvement for Electronics Components and contribute in data libraries development.
• Contribute in Cost Out or Resiliency Improvement Initiatives by suggesting cost-effective and technically compatible products from strategic suppliers of the category.
• Leverage data analytics & ideation principles to create new project opportunities.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Understanding of electronic devices-hardware, Component working principles, schematics, and interfaces.
• Good knowledge on PCB layout, PCB Fabrication, product design, testing & validation.
• Experience with Silicon Expert.
• Hands-on expertise in Schematic and PCB CAD tools like OrCAD, Altium, Mentor Graphics, CAM350, and other leading tools in the market.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Electronics/E&TC.
• Understanding of electronic component specifications, lifecycles, and industry standards.
• Awareness of applicable standards and environmental compliances – IEC / UL / ISO / RoHS / REACH.
• Sound knowledge on spend data analysis.
• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills.
• Strong knowledge in finding out gaps for electronic cost-out on products.
• Good to have experience of Design, testing and validation of various Hardware products.
• Knowledge of requirements related to electrical, electronic products development.
• Work & interact with global cross-functional and cross-cultural teams.
• Good interpersonal skills, ability to clearly communicate to internal/external customers and suppliers.
• Understanding of electronic component specifications, lifecycles, and industry standards, PCB fabrication, gerbers.
• Understanding of products of multi-discipline: PCB layout, gerbers and fabrication, Electronic, Electrical, and Mechanical would be preferred.