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Collaborate with Product Line Managers to understand product requirements, business objectives, and market-driven feature needs, and translate them into technical requirements and system-level architectures. Define and maintain the digital architecture, technology roadmap, and platform strategy for Medium Voltage Switchgear and Distribution Transformer product portfolios.
Establish reusable architecture frameworks and technology building blocks that can be leveraged across multiple product families to improve scalability, interoperability, maintainability, and time-to-market.
Drive architecture decisions related to embedded systems, IoT connectivity, industrial communication protocols, cybersecurity, edge computing, remote monitoring, and intelligent asset management.
Lead architecture reviews and provide technical oversight throughout the product development lifecycle to ensure alignment with approved architecture, product requirements, and business objectives.
Act as the technical authority for digital product initiatives and guide engineering teams in making sound architectural and technology decisions.
Provide technical mentorship and coaching to system, hardware, firmware, software, and validation engineers during product development and technology investigations.
Collaborate with global engineering teams to evaluate emerging technologies and assess their applicability to future product and platform developments.
Drive technical innovation through identification, evaluation, and adoption of new technologies that create customer value and strengthen product competitiveness.
Support development teams in resolving complex system-level technical challenges and trade-off decisions.
Promote architecture governance, design best practices, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement in development processes.
Contribute to intellectual property creation through patents, technical disclosures, and innovative technology solutions.
Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, reliability, safety, cybersecurity, and product certification requirements.
Partner with industrialization and manufacturing teams to ensure architecture decisions support product scalability, quality, serviceability, and lifecycle objectives.

Qualifications:

B.E. (15+ Years) in EnTC
15 Years

Skills:

Strong expertise in System Architecture, Systems Engineering, and requirements decomposition for industrial products.
Experience in translating product requirements into scalable technical architectures and executable development scope.
Proven knowledge of Embedded Systems, Hardware-Software Integration, RTOS/Linux-based platforms, and Connected Products.
Understanding of Industrial IoT, Edge Computing, Remote Monitoring, Asset Health Management, and Digital Product Architectures.
Knowledge of industrial communication protocols and networking technologies such as IEC 61850, Modbus, MQTT, OPC-UA, CAN, and Ethernet.
Understanding of cybersecurity principles and secure product development practices for connected products.
Experience in defining reusable platform architectures, common technology frameworks, and portfolio-level technology roadmaps.
Working knowledge of digital and analog electronics, communication interfaces, PCB technologies, and Design for Manufacturing principles.
Familiarity with product development lifecycle processes including requirements management, design, verification, validation, certification, and industrialization.
Knowledge of Medium Voltage Switchgear, Distribution Transformers, Protection, Monitoring, and Power Distribution applications is preferred.
Strong systems-thinking, technical leadership, problem-solving, stakeholder influencing, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Ability to mentor engineering teams, drive architecture governance, and evaluate emerging technologies for future product applications.

About Eaton

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere.

Size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Engineering

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