Schneider Electric | Firmware, Senior General Manager

He/she will play a central role in our organization managing a team of Highly skilled Firmware engineers, ensuring the achievements of our business targets in terms of Quality, TTM, Innovation, profitability and at the same time contributing to the competence strategy set-up and deployment.Direct experience in product development is essential and background in Agile methodology is a strong plus.Responsibilities:Business Targets Enablement:ü Support the competency set-up strategy (in terms of size, geography & skills) and take the accountability for the deploymentü Understand the competency needs and plan the resource allocation into Agile Teams accordingly (including engagement of external partners)ü Ensure the high quality of the job done and the TTM targets providing regularly coaching to people in his/her team.ü Identify, alert, and escalate risks when neededü Strong contribution in ensuring the adherence to disciplinary policies, procedures like coding rules, reviews, integration, sanity verification and release activities within teamü Guide and mentor design team, support peers in technical challenges and process hurdlesCompetency Management:ü Identify team skills evolutions based on company competency strategy and road mapü Build and implement the competency plan and upskill the team (and anyone in an acting role)ü Identify & foster opportunities for skill development (e.g., trainings, courses…)ü Develop Customer centric mindsetü Manage attrition risksPeople & Career Development:ü Create an environment that allows the team to thriveü Advise and supports on career development also in collaboration with other team managersü Focus on continuous improvement and provide actionable feedbackü Manage performance & evaluate skills mastery and recognizes people for their contributionü Drive Health and Safety measures deployment, manage individuals in line with Health and Safety policySkill sets:Basic / Core skills:ü Having good achievements in academics and holding minimum qualification of bachelor's degree in Electrical / Electronics / Instrumentation / Computer engineeringü Overall, 20 years of experience in Firmware developmentü Minimum 8 years of experience in Firmware design and developmentü Minimum 5 years of experience in multithreaded application developmentü Minimum 3 years of experience in architect/designing time/safety critical systems, complex product developmentü Strong knowledge on micro controllers, processors, and its core peripherals for best customization of power and performanceü Experience in working with multi-process hardware and software platformsü Strong expertise in embedded C, C++ development; Experience in developing generic and portable software componentsü Good Knowledge of wireless communication (ZIGBEE, BLE)ü Good knowledge on LPWAN (LORA, LTE-M, NB-IOT)ü Experience in working on Protocols used for connecting to cloud servers like STOMP, MQTTü Having experience in socket programmingü Exposure to communication protocols like Modbus, CAN, IEC61850 or similarü Exposure to TCP/IP suite and protocols like SNTP, SMTP, FTP, etc. And exposure to network redundancy protocols like RSTPü Exposure to HTTP, RESTful APIü Passion and Experience in product life cycle management (Development, Adaptation, Maintenance, Obsolescence)ü Passion and Experience in complex multi-domain product development (Hardware, Firmware, Testing, Certification, Safety-Quality reviews, project gates, etc)ü Experienced with knowledge transfer processü Experience in mentoring team of technical staffs from multiple projects and/or multi-site projectsü Experience in using static code analysis tools, unit testing tools, integration testing tools, binary analysis tools (klocwork, lint, gtest, vector-cast, Etc)ü Experience in using configuration management tools like Git, Subversion, etcü Good Knowledge on Cybersecurity processSoft skills:ü Good communication skills already experienced with multi-site and multi-cultural teamsü Strong ownership and self-motivation attitude.ü Experience in Agile organization is a plus, Agile mindset is a mustü Busines acumenü Excellent oral & written communication in Englishü Team player able to work closely with leads, peer groups, architects and design teams AGG