Designation: Project Manager – Electronics Hardware
Skills: Project Management, Hardware Design, Product Lifecycle Management
Qualification: B.E./B.Tech
Location: Pune
Experience: 10 – 15 Years
Role overview
We are seeking an experienced Project Manager – Electronics Hardware to lead the end-to-end delivery of complex electronics products and cross-functional engineering programs. The role is responsible for planning, execution, and delivery across hardware, embedded firmware, validation, compliance, manufacturing readiness, and release management, ensuring commitments are met on schedule, within budget, with high quality, and minimized risk. The candidate should possess a strong understanding of both hardware and software development lifecycles to effectively drive complete product execution.
Key Responsibilities
- Own complete product execution from requirements freeze through production handover and release.
- Define and manage project scope, milestones, schedules, budgets, and resource plans.
- Drive design and technical reviews across hardware and firmware domains including Schematic, PCB, BOM, DFM/DFA/DFT, firmware integration, and validation readiness.
- Manage prototype builds, board re-spins, engineering validation, and production qualification activities.
- Coordinate hardware, firmware, mechanical, QA, manufacturing, and supply-chain teams for aligned execution.
- Track and mitigate technical, schedule, supply-chain, manufacturing, and integration risks.
- Coordinate with component engineering and supply-chain teams on part selection, obsolescence, and lifecycle risks.
- Interface with EMS/manufacturing partners for prototype, pilot, and mass production readiness.
- Ensure adherence to quality processes, release documentation, configuration management, and change control processes.
- Lead regulatory and compliance activities in coordination with certification and test labs.
- Monitor project execution using project management and tracking tools and drive closure of action items.
- Provide regular status reporting, risk reviews, and executive updates to customers and internal stakeholders.
- Drive effective communication between software, hardware, and customer teams for complete system-level delivery.
Required Skills & Experience
- 10-15 years of experience in electronics/hardware project management.
- Strong understanding of complete product development lifecycle: Requirements → Architecture → Schematic → PCB → Firmware Integration → Prototype → Validation → Production.
- Good understanding of embedded firmware/software development lifecycle and system integration activities.
- Hands-on exposure to PCB design workflows, BOM management, hardware validation, and manufacturing processes.
- Proven experience managing complex hardware programs, multi-board systems, and cross-functional engineering teams.
- Strong skills in project planning, schedule management, cost control, risk management, and change management.
- Experience working with EMS vendors, fabrication houses, component suppliers, and external test labs.
- Working knowledge of regulatory and compliance workflows including UL, IEC, and CE certification processes.
- Proficiency with project planning and tracking tools such as MS Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, and Excel.
- Excellent stakeholder management, customer communication, and leadership skills.
- Ability to manage complete product execution involving hardware, firmware, testing, and manufacturing teams.
Good to Have
- Experience in Industrial, Automotive, BMS, Power Electronics, IoT, or Consumer Electronics domains.
- Exposure to embedded systems, wireless technologies, or connected products.
- PMP / PRINCE2 / Agile Project Management certification.
- Experience handling globally distributed engineering teams and external partners.
- SAFe Agile certification or experience working in SAFe Agile delivery environments would be an added advantage.
