NPD Head

About the Role

We are looking for a strong techno-managerial leader to build and lead the Electronics NPD capability for a fast-growing appliance manufacturing organization. The role will be responsible for developing in-house electronics engineering capability across new product development, circuit design, component engineering, troubleshooting, validation, and product industrialization.

The ideal candidate should possess deep hands-on expertise in electronics hardware development along with strong exposure to appliance/consumer electronics product development environments.

This role will play a critical part in reducing external design dependency and building scalable electronics platforms for future product lines.

Key Responsibilities

Electronics New Product Development

• Lead end-to-end electronics product development from concept to commercialization.
  
• Drive development of control boards, power electronics, embedded systems, UI/control modules, and appliance electronics platforms.
  
• Ensure timely execution of multiple NPD programs across appliance categories.
  

Circuit Design & Technical Ownership

• Lead in-house circuit design and electronics architecture development.
  
• Review and approve schematic designs, PCB layouts, and component selection.
  
• Drive design optimization for performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost.
  
• Work on analog, digital, power, and embedded electronics applications.
  

Component Engineering & Application Knowledge

• Build strong component-level engineering capability within the organization.
  
• Drive component selection, alternate sourcing, derating analysis, and lifecycle management.
  
• Evaluate semiconductor, passive, electromechanical, and power components for appliance applications.
  
• Support localization and cost optimization initiatives.
  

Troubleshooting & Failure Analysis

• Lead root cause analysis for product failures, field complaints, and manufacturing issues.
  
• Troubleshoot circuit-level and component-level failures.
  
• Resolve reliability, thermal, EMI/EMC, and power-related issues.
  
• Implement corrective and preventive actions to improve product robustness.
  

Product Validation & Reliability

• Define validation plans for electronics products and subsystems.
  
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, safety, EMI/EMC, and reliability standards.
  
• Lead testing activities including endurance, thermal, surge, ESD, and environmental testing.
  
• Drive warranty reduction and field reliability improvement initiatives.
  

Manufacturing & Vendor Integration

• Work closely with manufacturing, EMS partners, and vendors for successful product industrialization.
  
• Support pilot production, DFM/DFT implementation, and production debugging.
  
• Improve first-pass yield and reduce manufacturing defects.
  
• Develop strong vendor technical assessment and qualification processes.
  

Technology & Platform Development

• Develop scalable electronics platforms/modules across multiple appliance categories.
  
• Drive innovation in smart appliances, connected products, sensors, touch interfaces, and energy-efficient systems.
  
• Support future technology roadmap and platform standardization initiatives.
  

Team Building & Capability Development

• Build and mentor internal electronics engineering teams.
  
• Establish engineering processes, design standards, review mechanisms, and technical documentation systems.
  
• Develop a strong culture of engineering excellence and innovation.
  

Key KRAs / KPIs

• Successful launch of electronics-based products
  
• Reduction in product development cycle time
  
• In-house electronics design capability development
  
• Field failure/warranty reduction
  
• First-pass prototype and production success rate
  
• BOM cost optimization and localization
  
• Product reliability and validation success
  
• Vendor technical capability enhancement
  
• Platform reuse and commonization
  
• Team capability development
  

Desired Candidate Profile

Education

• B.E./B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech in Electronics, Electrical, Embedded Systems, Instrumentation, or related disciplines.
  

Experience

• 12–20 years of experience in Electronics R&D / Electronics NPD.
  
• Strong experience in appliance manufacturing, consumer durables, consumer electronics, or related industries.
  
• Hands-on exposure to circuit design, component engineering, troubleshooting, and product validation is mandatory.
  
• Experience in managing complete product development lifecycle.
  
• Strong understanding of manufacturing integration and product industrialization.
  

Technical Skills Required

• Analog & digital circuit design
  
• PCB design/review understanding
  
• Power electronics & SMPS
  
• Embedded electronics systems
  
• Component engineering
  
• EMI/EMC understanding
  
• Reliability engineering
  
• DFM/DFT
  
• Failure analysis & troubleshooting
  
• Product validation & certification
  
• Vendor development