What you'll do:

If you desire to be part of something special, to be part of a winning team, to be part of a fun team - winning is fun. We are looking forward tohire Lead Engineer - IP and Technology Intelligence in Pune, India. In Eaton, making our work exciting, engaging, meaningful; ensuring safety, health, wellness; and being a model of inclusion & diversity are already embedded in who we are - it's in our values, part of our vision, and our clearly defined aspirational goals. This exciting role offers opportunity to:

• The incumbent is responsible for identifying, developing, and implementing IP and technology intelligence practices across all Eaton businesses.
• She / He is expected to provide leadership on technical/competitive intelligence and contributing to IP differentiation and positioning for various programs in the organization.
• Serve as an expert on technology intelligence and IP Analytics. She / He is expected to share reports / insights within the organization on trends and highlight whitespace for solution development.
• Drive actionable IP & technology intelligence for key strategic themes at sector level and deliver impactful recommendations to senior leadership including global technology directors, business leaders.
• Provide mentorship to the team in terms of guidance and coaching in improvement of their work product, deliveries, quality and efficiency, create force multipliers for new competencies
• Lead team level & sector level initiatives which will help to build capabilities for the organization.
• Contribute to developing IP differentiation by conducting patent searches (patentability, landscape, freedom-to-operate e.t.c.)
• Collaborating with IP Counsel and engineering in creating robust IP Portfolio aligned to product line/ technology roadmaps
• Collaborate with global R&D and Innovation teams to identify opportunities of engagement and improve innovation effectiveness.
• Have in depth knowledge of the aligned business division programs, goals and strategies and develop constructive IP solutions aligning to business needs and strategy and working closely with the IP Counsel.
• Demonstrate ability to analyze large amount of data, connect multiple data sources and generate actionable insights for progression of the technology and IP creation.

• Masters / Bachelors - Electrical/ Power electronics / Power systems with experience in Intellectual property and Technology / Competitive intelligence
• 10 + years exoerience

• Effective Communicator, Collaborative orientation, Strategic Agility, Drive for results, Problem Solving
• Create new work packages, coordinating from concept to implementation stage, managing deliverables executed by multi-disciplinary teams.
• Understand mega-trends and proactively identify and communicate relevant disruptive trends that enable timely informed decision making.
• Possess ability to influence and drive people / activities on complex technical issues.
• Possess strong report and technical writing skills. She / he should be a good communicator and should be able to drive results working in multi-disciplinary teams.
• She/ he should be expected to be well versed in technologies related to Power electronics, Vehicle Electrification, Circuit Protection or Grid Solutions. Prior experience in technology intelligence, Innovation management will be an added advantage.