Role Summary:

The Assistant General Manager R&D; is responsible for leading the architecture, design, development, testing, validation and production support of embedded electronic products used in process measurement, control and data-logging applications. The role manages multidisciplinary hardware and software teams and ensures projects are completed according to approved technical, quality, compliance and schedule requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead assigned product-development projects from concept through production release.

- Manage and mentor hardware, embedded-software and testing engineers.

- Prepare project plans, technical specifications, resource requirements and development schedules.

- Review project progress, identify bottlenecks and drive timely resolution.

- Define and review product architecture, schematics, PCB layouts and component selections.

- Provide technical guidance for analog, digital, power and mixed-signal electronic design.

- Guide embedded-software development, integration, debugging and validation.

- Coordinate prototype development, design verification, validation and reliability testing.

- Ensure products meet EMI/EMC, electrical safety and applicable regulatory requirements.

- Conduct design reviews, risk assessments, root-cause analysis and corrective-action reviews.

- Support Manufacturing and Quality during pilot production and product transfer.

- Coordinate with Supply Chain for component selection, alternate development and obsolescence management.

- Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to understand market and customer requirements.

- Interact with customers for technical discussions, requirement clarification and expectation management.

- Improve R&D; workflows, documentation standards and project-execution practices.

- Maintain design history, test reports, revisions and technical records.

- Conduct internal technical-training and competency-development programs.

- Support recruitment, performance reviews and development planning for team members.





- Act on behalf of the General Manager R&D; when delegated.

Skills Required

- Solid experience in embedded electronic-product architecture and development.

- Hands-on knowledge of analog, digital, power and mixed-signal electronics.

- Strong understanding of Embedded C and firmware-development practices.

- Experience with TI microcontrollers/processors, STM32 and Silicon Labs 8051.

- Proficiency in ORCAD, Allegro and PADS; Altium knowledge is preferred.

- Knowledge of schematic design, PCB layout and component selection.

- Strong knowledge of EMI/EMC design and compliance testing.

- Experience in prototyping, validation, debugging and production support.

- Practical knowledge of multimeters, oscilloscopes, function generators and logic analyzers.

- Knowledge of reliability testing, failure analysis and corrective actions.

- Strong project-planning, technical-review and risk-management capability.

- Experience in customer communication and cross-functional coordination.

Desired Attributes

- Strong passion for embedded-product development and innovation.

- Hands-on leadership style with the ability to resolve complex technical issues.

- Ability to balance product performance, reliability, cost and schedules.

- Strong mentoring and team-development capability.

- Proactive approach to technical risks and project bottlenecks.

- Customer-focused and solution-oriented mindset.

- High level of ownership, integrity and accountability.

- Commitment to engineering quality, documentation and continuous learning.

Compensation & Benefits:

- Competitive leadership compensation based on experience and technical expertise.

- Performance-linked incentives and annual business-performance bonus.

- Leadership and advanced technical-development opportunities.

- Exposure to embedded-product architecture, regulatory compliance and customer-driven innovation.

- Travel and business-expense reimbursement as per company policy.

- Career progression opportunities toward General Manager, R&D; Head or Technology Leadership roles.

- Other benefits as per applicable company policies.

📌 Assistant General Manager (Hyderabad)
🏢 Polmon Instruments
📍 Hyderabad