The Chief Electronics Officer will report directly to the CTO European Divisions, in Intuis or GDHV/GDD depending on the successful candidate, but with the preference and recruitment activity in Intuis.
The primary objective for a new Chief Electronics Officer is to foster technology alignment and create a central governance Electronics organisation across the existing GDHV and Intuis R&D centres of competence.
The Chief Electronics Officer will lead the Electronics hardware and software technology and innovation strategy and roadmap for all in-house, OEM and ODM PCBA design & development and component architecture selection. The Chief Electronics Officer will work closely with the procurement category managers for electronics to benchmark and develop the PCBA supplier strategy and selection processes for each platform. The Chief Electronics Officer internal customers will be the product application teams to fulfil their statement of requirements on time and in full. Best in class PCBA development and reliability validation processes should be in place, working closely with Quality on supplier development and in-house testing.
The Chief Electronics Officer will work closely with the CTO and CPRO to integrate the Electronics technology roadmap into the overall European product roadmap. The Chief Electronics Officer will be required to implement a new electronics organisation and governance structure that optimises local product requirements with European platform architecture to achieve a balance of local agility and global competitiveness. To ensure our business is commercially and competitively focused the Chief Electronics Officer will be required to lead benchmarking of total cost of ownership, comparing product costs and OPEX costs and to achieve year on year VAVE improvements.
Key responsibilities :
Lead the Technology Alignment Roadmap creation, and lifecycle management of electronics PCBA hardware and software development, cradle to grave, to meet the specification requirements of the European Product Roadmap as laid out in the needs of the application product R&D teams.
Create a European Electronics Matrix Organisation and Central Governance Structure in step1, supporting the local organisation R&D and business units' teams whilst accelerating the alignment of technology platforms, harmonised specifications, and common supplier development.
Implement a European wide Electronics technology development process that balances this local agility with global competitiveness and implements a matrix organisation model, that drives alignment, competitiveness, and supply chain resilience.
Implement a consistent Electronics design and development approach, e.g., V-model, across the matrix organisation, harmonising templates, and documentation, using aligned International and local standards to demonstrate compliance.
Define European wide R&D PCBA strategies for in-house, OEM and ODM electronics design and development with sourcing appropriate to each product category, considering the internal FTE capacity and capability required, and comparing the total cost of ownership model for in-house, OEM vs ODM supplier selection. Interfacing with procurement, quality, and application R&D product teams (incl. application software engineers).
Create a leading position on Electronics sustainability and end of life compliance aligned to circular economy directives.
Identify strategic partners for OEM and ODM development, recommending collaborative partnerships and supplier development targets who can deliver against business requirements, in conjunction with procurement and quality.
Have a thorough understanding of relevant current and future legislation and standards and lead regular market benchmarking and technology analysis to determine emerging trends.
Lead in the active participation of associations and standards committees, seeking to meet business needs and preparedness for future legal and regulatory changes.
Seek to protect know-how and any developed intellectual property, through patents, copyright, and design registrations.
Ensure electronics durability and reliability metrics are in line with warranty and cost of sales requirements, in conjunction with quality and procurement, ensuring supplier quality is reported with KPI indicators.
Oversee the Project Management of strategic technology platform developments with allocation of appropriate project resources.
Align the creation and revision of all Electronics data and technical documentation in a maintained and controlled PLM database structure.
