Manager - Indoor Specification

About Signify

Through bold discovery and cutting-edge innovation, we lead an industry that is vital for the future of our planet: lighting. Through our leadership in connected lighting and the Internet of Things, we're breaking new ground in data analytics, AI, and smart solutions for homes, offices, cities, and beyond.

At Signify, you can shape tomorrow by building on our incredible 125+ year legacy while working toward even bolder sustainability goals. Our culture of continuous learning, creativity, and commitment to diversity and inclusion empowers you to grow your skills and career.

Join us, and together, we’ll transform our industry, making a lasting difference for brighter lives and a better world.

More about the role

What you’ll do

• Provides leadership for the team to meet its short and long term goals.
• Provide leadership to innovate new differentiating products and services. Lead innovation events to shape ideas from the team and contribute to MGTP and MGPPs.
• Lead strategic initiatives to improve the overall execution performance, reliability, cost and manufacturability.
• Develop and control the schedule and direct the work to effectively manage time. Monitor progress & achievements on projects. Provide regular reports on development & support activities
• Manage and develop people: identify, attract and develop key engineering talent for the organization.
• Recruits and retain a team of engineers and support staff to provide both local product development and engineering services to the global engineering needs. Train, develop & motivate subordinates to achieve their professional goals & review their accomplishments.
• Support current and future business needs through the development, engagement, motivation and retention of employees.
• Support/Drive overall strategy for engineering team processes and capabilities to deliver high performance, on-time delivery in line with the business objectives & stakeholder needs.
• Conducts project reviews to requirement analysis and product design. Identification of risks, creating mitigation plans & analyzes errors and improvements.
• Demonstrates and leads Signify values and philosophies to sustain a culture of inclusiveness.
• Utilizes DFSS concepts / tools such as PDSC, P-Diagram, DFMEA, Risk Management & DVPR for new product development &/or existing product improvements. Enrich & foster climate of innovation to drive growth & accelerate capability development and generate IP through disclosures and patents / trade secrets.
• Look for opportunities to expand/grow business, build customer relations, influence, negotiate to set realistic expectations with customers.

What you’ll need

• Bachelors / Masters degree in Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical) 15+ Years of experience in leading multi skilled engineering team driving new product development.
• Sound knowledge on ambient and architectural lighting products, connected lighting and sensor integrations, experience in driving New Product development involving Sheet metal & Plastic design, 2D / 3D CAD package (Solid Works, Creo, AutoCAD) and manufacturing.
• Should have strong knowledge about drawings, dimensioning standards, tolerance standards & stack-up, engineering calculations, complete system / component sizing, modeling and simulation, strong analytical skills - understanding mechanical stresses, fatigue life, part fits.
• Drive growth in respective team in terms of breadth and depth of capabilities in electrical and mechanical design as well as adjacent technology areas in product engineering.
• Proven track record of demonstrating competencies to manage a large and diverse team.
• Sound knowledge & demonstrated experience of complete product development life cycle on multiple projects including requirements, design, development, verification & validation, qualification & certification.
• Experience working with connected lighting products involving electronics hardware, sensors & sensing technologies, wired & wireless communication protocols, IOT & Cloud connectivity.
• Well verse with engineering cost out processes & tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Everything we’ll do for you

You can grow a lasting career here. We’ll encourage you, support you, and challenge you. We’ll help you learn and progress in a way that’s right for you, with coaching and mentoring along the way. We’ll listen to you too, because we see and value every one of our 27,000+ people. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a full spectrum of bright ideas. With a global workforce present in 70+ countries, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued, helping us all achieve more together.

Come join us, and together we can light up the future.

About Us

We are Signify, the new company name of Philips Lighting, and we light up the world! Our purpose is to unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world.

We’re committed to the continuous development of our employees, using our learning to shape the future of light and create a sustainable future. Join the undisputed leader in the lighting industry and be part of our diverse global team. #WeAreSignify #SignifyLife

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