Hardware Engineering Manager

About the Role

Allegion India is seeking a highly motivated Hardware Engineering Manager to lead a VAVE team for Mechanical & Electromechanical Products to deliver YOY savings to business. It includes strategizing workshops, idea generation for Pipeline building of VAVE projects

What you’ll do

Oversee the design and integration of components, systems, and subsystems to meet defined requirements (functionality, performance, cost, quality, reliability).

Lead hardware architecture and high-level system design efforts, translating product goals into robust, scalable technical concepts.

Ensure all designs align with product requirements and drive design decisions that optimize performance, manufacturability, cost, and reliability.

Preside over program Technical Reviews, guiding cross-functional teams through design validation, risk assessment, and decision milestones.

Create and manage product development timelines; track activities to ensure on-time delivery and adherence to cost commitments.

Make design trade-offs as needed to achieve optimal product performance and quality within constraints of cost, manufacturability, and available technologies.

Communicate product development status clearly to stakeholders through reports, presentations, and design reviews.

Validate and approve essential design documentation, including functional block diagrams, manufacturing drawings, and product test requirements.

Develop and maintain documentation required for product certifications and regulatory compliance (e.g., BHMA, UL, FCC, CE, and other market-specific certifications).

Lead problem-solving activities for production or new product development, employing appropriate quality tools (e.g., fault-tree analysis, 5-why, fishbone diagrams) to identify root causes and implement effective corrective actions.

Provide clear and effective communication to technical team members, as well as to executives, internal and external partners, ensuring alignment and transparency across the organization.

What we are looking for :

Leadership, program and process skills

VAVE : Value Assessment and Value Engineering Proficiency with prior work experience.

Project leadership & Team management : proven ability to lead end-to-end hardware projects and manage a team of hardware engineers through requirements, design, verification and production release.

Technical reviews & governance : lead design and program technical reviews, risk assessments, and design decision milestones.

Planning & tracking : create and manage development timelines, resource plans, and cost commitments; track deliverables and drive on-time release.

Trade-off decision making : balance performance, cost, reliability and manufacturability when making architecture and component choices.

Problem solving & process improvement : lead cross-functional root-cause investigations using structured tools (5-Whys, fishbone, fault-tree) and drive corrective actions.

Documentation & compliance : validate design documentation (block diagrams, drawings, test specs) and ensure regulatory / certification readiness (FCC, CE, UL, etc.).

Stakeholder communication : clear reporting and presentation of technical status to engineering teams, program managers and senior leadership.

Mentoring & team development : coaching engineers, conducting design reviews, and building technical capability within the team.

Technical skills and knowledge

Electronic design and development : demonstrated hands-on experience designing analog and digital circuits.

Embedded hardware design : ability to architect and design microcontroller-based systems, including firmware integration considerations.

Subsystem design : strong knowledge of power supplies (SMPS / linear), I / O interfaces, displays, sensors, and communications modules (wired / wireless).

Multi‑layer PCB design : experience specifying stack-ups, signal integrity, power distribution, and design constraints for complex PCBs.

PCB layout appreciation : understanding of layout best practices and how schematic decisions impact layout and manufacturability.

Circuit simulation : practical use of circuit simulation tools (e.g., SPICE) for validation and pre‑layout analysis.

EMC / EMI : understanding root causes and mitigation methods (filtering, grounding, shielding, layout techniques).

Design for Test (DFT) and Design for Manufacturability (DFM) : implementable practices to reduce test complexity and manufacturing issues.

Component selection and validation : parts sourcing strategies, derating, part qualifications, lifecycle / obsolescence management, and validation testing.

Hardware validation and failure analysis : experience with FMEA, hardware validation plans, debugging, and root-cause analysis techniques.

Manufacturing knowledge : familiarity with PCB fabrication, assembly processes, test fixtures, yield drivers and typical manufacturing failure modes.

Preferred Skills

Experience in Firmware requirements management, design and development

Experience in systems engineering

Experience with developing industry standards

Education and Experience

BE / B.Tech or higher in EEE or ECE

15 to 18 Years of relevant experience

What we offer

Allegion is a Great Place to Grow your Career if :

You are seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others. With thousands of employees and customers around the world, there’s plenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, “this is your business, run with it”.

You value personal well-being and balance because we do too!

You’re looking for a company that will invest in your professional development. As we grow, we want you to grow with us.

Work Culture

Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers, and the communities where we live and work.

Whatever your background, experience, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do