Engineering Manager - Systems Architecture

Belkin International, Inc. offers a diverse product mix designed to give computer and consumer electronics users seamless integration in their homes, cars, and on the go. Founded in California in 1983, Belkin is a privately held company and the recognized leader in connectivity solutions, in addition to accessories for iPod® players, MP3 devices, and others. We provide extensive solutions for networking, home theater-with our PureAV line-and many more categories. You can view and purchase all of them at www.belkin.com, as well as through a network of major distributors, resellers, and superstores. In addition to corporate headquarters in Los Angeles and a distribution center in Indianapolis, Belkin’s phenomenal growth has led to our expanding global presence. We have offices throughout Europe-in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, and Germany, among others-Australia and New Zealand, and several Asian cities including Shanghai and our regional headquarters in Hong Kong.Our product mix includes award-winning innovations for easy-to-set-up networking solutions, accessories for iPod® players and XM player devices, and the first CableFree USB Hub. Our PureAV® brand, a line of cables, power, and digital wireless accessories, extracts the full performance potential from high-end home theater equipment, while offering elegant designs and advanced features.Our mission is to continue to be the best supplier of our product lines in the world, and to accomplish this, we need to hire the best employees. We will continue to innovate, to change to meet the industry's changing demands while maintaining high quality, stellar customer service, and the most rapid lead times in the industry.Belkin has come a long way to become the market leader across its product lines in just over two decades. From a garage in Hawthorne, California, with two employees and sales of $100,000 for the year, Belkin has become one of the fastest growing companies in its industry, with over 1,000 employees and sales topping $1 billion worldwide. In addition to earning Inc. magazine’s 2003 Hall of Fame award, Belkin has been listed twice in its list of “500 Fastest-Growing Privately held Companies in the U.S.”, the “Inner City Top 100” list for six consecutive years, and the Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Fastest Growing Private Companies” list for five years. Belkin products have also garnered numerous accolades and praise from various media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, CNN, CNET, Popular Science, GQ, and New York Times.Belkin is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.For employment opportunity information please visit our website at www.belkin.com/careers The Engineering Manager – Systems Architecture is responsible for Proactively building, directing and motivating an efficient staff to architect, develop and release robust, high quality retail and B2B products. Understand product and business requirements; ensure that product-engineering department meets these requirements. Ensure that quality products are released within cost and schedule guidelines. Ensure that the engineering staff maintains and enhances their technical expertise. Specific Responsibilities: Responsible for the leading, planning and directing the team to Conceptualize, Architect, and Design innovative cutting-edge Hardware and Embedded Software products. Responsible for the generation of the highest level of system requirements, based on the marketing requirements, user's needs and other constraints such as cost and schedule. Oversee the group to ensure that this set of high level requirements is consistent, complete, accurate, and operationally defined. Lead efforts to generate a set of acceptance test requirements, together with the designers, test engineers, and the user, which determine that all of the high level requirements have been met. Interface with the user(s) and sponsor(s) and all other stakeholders in order to determine their (evolving) needs. Collaborate cross-functionally with other Engineering Managers to refine project objectives, costs and schedules and to ensure alignment and improve productivity across the company. Responsible for recruiting and career development of engineering staff Schedule and assign projects to appropriate personnel May assume a position in a technical role within the department Work closely with product management to determine direction of product lines Research work for upcoming projects Maintain advanced understanding of relevant technology & specifications Prepare reports on engineering programs, productivity and initiatives Work with Director of R&D to create guidelines and procedures to be used within the department Monitor overall operation of engineering department for timely, accurate and completeness and quality of results, and provide support and/or disciplinary action as required Coordinate 3rd party development as required Provide input on anticipated budget requirements for personnel and equipment allocations Determine department equipment and training needs Maintain department schedules and budget objectives Create and maintain status reports Education and Experience Requirements: Bachelor of Science Computer or Electrical Engineering, or other related fields or equivalent work experience 7+ years of Engineering experience with emphasis on Systems Architecture 5+ years of management/leadership experience required Strong background in high volume consumer and / or computer product development preferredBelkin is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.4-6 years of related work experience,BA/BS in Engineering,Consumer electronics industry exp pref,Management & Training experience pref,MS Project - Intermediate,Networking & computer hardware exp,Project Management experience required,Supervisory experience