Manager Electronics Hardware

• Deliver hardware solutions for product
• Optional role: Hardware Development Manager - Ensure QCD (Quality Cost Delivery) management of hardware development activities

Note: Hardware Architect can also endorse the activities of Hardware Designer and/or Hardware Validation Manager.

Organisation structure (job belongs to..)

Development Center (DC) or Regional Center (RC)

Reports directly to:

DC/RC Hardware Metier Manager or Deputy

Other reporting to:

N/A

Direct reports:

HW Design Engineers, FPGA Designers

Network & Links

Internal

• Product Architects and/or Product Designers, Software (SW) Architects,
• Hardware (HW) Designers, Mechanical Designers, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA Designers), HW Validation, HW Technologist
• RAM Engineers
• Verification & Validation (V&V) Architects and Designers
• Quality Assurance Managers
• Safety Assurance Managers and Engineers
• Cybersecurity Managers and Engineers
• Industrialization & Manufacturing, Sourcing

External

• External Subcontractors, Suppliers

Key accountabilities:

• Contribute to the elaboration of product specification & architecture, in collaboration with the Product architect
• Perform HW activities for product development:
  • Define the hardware requirements specifications, by refining system requirements elaborated by the Product architect:
    • Define or refine the functional, operational and interfaces requirements and the requirements linked to performance / Reliability Availability Maintainability Safety (RAMS) / environmental… constraints
    • Ensure that all the requirements can be verified (testability, …)
  • Define the hardware architecture, by refining product breakdown:
    • Elaborate the functional and structural breakdown into HW components (boards, mechanics, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), …)
    • Allocate the requirements to the HW components (including EMC & thermal constraints)
    • Define the internal interfaces between the HW components
    • Assess and verify the feasibility of the solution
  • Define the HW interfaces for the SW
  • Contributes with the industrialisation manager to the definition of the production test needs and strategy (bed of nails, functional, burnin…)
  • Define main technical choices for HW development
  • Defines the appropriate methods to apply and tools to use for the development.
  • Arbitrate and validates major HW design choices for sub parts
  • Defines and execute the Hardware architecture verifications by analysis and integration test
  • Execute the HW Validation Manager activities if applicable
  • Contribute and support the HW/SW integration and product V&V
  • Define serial test requirements and support the industrialization teams for the industrialization of the product
• Sustain the Hardware part of the product during the whole life cycle, including obsolescence analysis, manufacturing, and field return expertise
• Contribute to standardisation by reusing existing solutions or by defining reusable solutions, including COTS (Component Off the Shelf)
• Support the externalized development of “Component on Specification” through execution of document proofreading or design reviews.
• Apply and ensure application of processes and standards
• Contribute to continuous improvement of the metier by formalizing Return of Experience.
• Contributes to the improvement of the metier through technology survey

• If Hardware Development Manager (optional)
  • Manage Hardware development:
    • Quote hardware activities for new development or gaps on existing products.
    • Contribute to the QCD Management of the Programs or Projects
    • Establish the hardware Development Plan and associated plans (configuration management, requirement management, documentation management), including schedule, risks, costs, monitoring activities (including key performance indicator measurement).
    • Organise and lead HW development activities to ensure QCD commitment, till the end of HW development as defined by DFQ (Design for Quality) process:
      • Coordinate HW development activities (HW design, Computer Aided Design (CAD) & definition file activities, prototypes realisation, qualification tests - including activities performed by subcontractors -)
      • Participate to the product Change Control Board for HW part, manages the creation and modification of the HW baselines
      • Alert the reporting structure for any event that could impact HW QCD commitments
  • Establish the consolidated reporting on his/her managed activities
  • Apply and ensure application of processes and standards, including organization and follow-up of hardware technical and phase reviews

Performance measurements:

• Actual vs planned number of development runs
• On-Time Delivery
• Number of non-detected issue at hardware level after validation
• If Hardware Development Manager, respect of QCD commitments

Educational Requirements

Mandatory:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electronics Engineering or Computer Science.

Desirable:

Experience

Mandatory:

• Experience of electronic product development for harsh environment (thermal/EMC …)
• Management of electronics development projects

Desirable:

• Experience in railways industry or in industry with similar requirements (aeronautics, automotive, military)
• Vital hardware development

Competencies & Skills

• Good communication skills, written and oral
• Good written English communication skills
• Ability to work with other engineering teams