Hardware Engr II

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Job Description of Hardware Engineer II India

The future is what you make it.

When you join Honeywell, you become a member of our global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers, and doers who make the things that make the future. That means changing the way we fly, fuelling jets in an eco-friendly way, keeping buildings smart and safe and even making it possible to breathe on Mars. Working at Honeywell isn’t just about developing cool things. That’s why our employees enjoy access to dynamic career opportunities across different fields and industries.

Honeywells Value Engineering (VE) and Component Engineering (CE) Center of Excellence (COE) is a dynamic collective of professionals dedicated to refining product development through innovative engineering and strategic component selection. Working in tandem with GBEs Engineering and Procurement teams, the VE/CE COE is a global entity tasked with the critical mission of enhancing product margins and driving productivity, thereby securing Honeywells competitive edge in the global spanet. Our mandate spans across all Strategic Business Groups (SBGs), with the exception of AERO, ensuring that value engineering and component engineering principles are consistently applied to deliver tangible savings and superior products. As a hub of flexibility and rapid adaptation, the VE/CE COE is Honeywells strategic response to the "ever-evolving" spanetplace demands.

Your role will include overseeing, supervising and reviewing tasks performed by team members to ensure effective execution of work; managing end-to-end processes and projects for both internal and external clients with responsibility for timely and accurate delivery; issuing clear instructions and directions to team members on tasks to be performed; and mentoring and guiding junior colleagues to Support their skill development, professional growth, and overall success.

Responsibilities:

This position provides an exciting opportunity to advance your Engineering and Engineering Services career within one of the Honeywell’s most profitable and dynamic Business units. This Hardware Engineer role is responsible for driving and supporting projects that focuses on product life cycle management to include obsolescence, cost reductions, and design for supply chain resiliency actions.  The position is in Honeywell’s IA- Gas, M&C portfolio for Fixed Gas, Field Instruments, Terminals, Marine and Process Instruments business to include products such as Flame Detectors, Pressure & Temperature Transmitterss, Tank gauging systems, Gas Detectors etc. The role requires an entrepreneurial approach to apply design expertise in a global environment while coordinating with cross functional team in design centres, sourcing, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory teams to generate and implement cost saving. This role includes identification of product cost savings opportunities through alternate supplier qualification, product design standardization, and factory transfers. 

Key responsibilities:

• Capable to brainstorm, generate and build pipeline of Value & Component Engineering ideas for Honeywell Industrial Automation related products under IMC business portfolio.
• Prepare Test Plans for the project to make sure the alternative component will satisfy all requirements and final product performance meets the specification.
• Review the current electronic board design considering the current technologies in terms of component, materials & process, propose ideations to reduce BoM cost by redesign & optimization.
• Perform Component and Product level Qualification – Provide change description, develop test instructions, and create user guides and manuals.
• Conduct redesign activities of an existing product to gain more domain knowledge about Honeywell Gas, Measuring & Control products and understand how to implement the standards requirements with help of both regulatory team and more experienced R&D colleagues.
• Perform a key role in Obsolescence / Shortage issues.
• Track record of the design and test (developer test, functional test, automated test, climatic test) using HON specific tools (JIRA, JAMA, etc.).
• Design for Manufacturing and Testability
• Select component/materials and deal with appropriate component selection tools (Preferred Parts List, Preferred Suppliers List, etc.).
• Build and test prototypes, identify issues, and follow up on corrective actions.
• Develop test plans and strategies, specify instrumentation, write test procedures, and analyse test results.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Electronic Engineering or equivalent subject
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in engineering position, designing electronic products
• Knowledge of Value Analysis/Value Engineering (Function & Cost relation) principles (Silicon Expert /SAP) and techniques
• Knowledge of electronic components, their parameters and characteristics and experience with conditional qualification testing of electronic components
• Knowledge of electronic circuits and subsystems.

Knowledge of Schematic (Mentor Graphics / Altium) PCB CAD design systems, CAD(Gerber view /CAM 360) tools, and Simulation (Ltspice /Pspice/Tina) Tools

• Knowledge of Analog (ADC/ Opamp/ Digital /Microcontroller16/32 bit) design
• Experience in EMC and product testing (IEC 61000-3/4/5/EN standards)/ Surge/Environmental test (Humidity/ Thermal profile)
• Knowledge of DFX’s (X’s Manufacturability, Reliability, Testability, Assembly etc.,).
• Knowledge of embedded protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, Ethernet)
• Knowledge of certifications on ATEX, CSA, CE, UL, FM are added advantage
• Very good written and spoken English, very good communication and negotiation skills, experience multitasking and prioritizing workload.

We Value

• Experience in Engineering Testing
• Experience with UL/CSA/CE standards, statistical methods and tools, MS Office

About Us

Honeywell helps organizations solve the worlds most complex challenges in automation, the future of aviation and energy transition. As a trusted partner, we provide actionable solutions and innovation through our Aerospace Technologies, Building Automation, Energy and Sustainability Solutions, and Industrial Automation business segments – powered by our Honeywell Forge software – that help make the world smarter, safer and more sustainable.