**Job Description Summary**
The Hardware Outsourcing Technical Leader serves as the primary technical point of contact for external hardware development partners.

This role is responsible for ensuring that all outsourced design work meets internal quality, documentation, and performance standards.

Beyond overseeing external technical deliverables, the successful candidate will provide hands-on contributions, performing hardware design, peer reviews, and validation tasks as needed to maintain project momentum. A core mandate of this position is the end-to-end planning of compliance testing, including the seamless coordination and interface with external testing laboratories.
**Job Description**
_Roles and Responsibilities_
**_Strategic Oversight:_**
_Lead the technical architecture and end-to-end development lifecycle for complex hardware systems, ensuring external partners align with GE Vernova's rigorous engineering standards._
**_Engineering Authority:_**
_Serve as the final technical gatekeeper for outsourced designs, conducting critical schematic/PCB reviews and executing hands-on validation to resolve systemic roadblocks._
**_Compliance Strategy:_**
_Define and execute comprehensive global compliance programs (EMC/EMI, safety, environmental), taking full ownership of certification strategies for international markets._
**_Partner Integration:_**
_Act as the primary technical interface with global design and testing partners, driving accountability for design maturity, manufacturing readiness, and system-level performance._
**_Workflow Optimization:_**
_Modernize outsourcing processes by leveraging data-driven insights to identify design inefficiencies and implement standardized documentation workflows._
**_Quality Remediation:_**
_Lead root-cause analysis and remediation efforts for test failures,



ensuring that outsourced hardware meets or exceeds internal performance benchmarks._
**_Technical Mentorship:_**
_Cultivate a culture of engineering excellence by mentoring cross-functional teams on best practices for hardware design, regulatory compliance, and partner management._
**_Advanced Resource Utilization:_**
_Integrate emerging digital engineering tools and AI-driven technical databases to accelerate the benchmarking of global regulatory requirements and design best practices._
**_Requirements_**
**_Education:_**
_Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field._
**_Hardware Design Experience:_**
_Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in hardware design, design reviews, and validation within an enterprise environment._
**_Compliance Leadership:_**
_Minimum of 5 years of qualified experience managing compliance testing programs (UL, CE, EMC/EMI) and directing technical strategy with external test facilities._
**_Vendor/Outsourcing Management:_**
_Minimum of 1 year of experience managing technical deliverables and performance metrics for outsourced design partners or contract manufacturers._
**_Work Authorization:_**
_Must be legally authorized to work in the Canada or Brazil._
**_Desired Qualifications_**
**_Advanced Credentials:_**
_Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Systems Engineering._
**_Budget Oversight:_**
_Experience managing hardware R&D; budgets or external development contracts exceeding $1M annually._
**_Certification:_**
_Active Project Management Professional (PMP)



or equivalent certification in technical program management._
**_Domain Expertise:_**
_In-depth knowledge of global energy infrastructure hardware standards (e.g., IEC, IEEE, UL 1741)._
**_Scalability Experience:_**
_Proven track record of managing 3+ concurrent global development projects while maintaining 100% compliance with quality and timeline milestones._
**_Process Excellence:_**
_Demonstrated ability to implement design or manufacturing process improvements that resulted in a quantifiable reduction in time-to-market or production costs._
**_Design Tools:_**
_Advanced proficiency in PCB design workflows (e.g., Altium, Cadence) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems._
**_Team Leadership:_**
_3+ years of experience leading, coaching, or managing cross-functional engineering teams of 5+ individuals._
**_Stakeholder Influence:_**
_Demonstrated success in acting as a strategic bridge between internal R&D; stakeholders and external manufacturing/lab ecosystems._
Compensation for a successful candidate will be determined should the candidate move to the offer process.
**Additional Information**
**Relocation Assistance Provided:** No
Candidates should be aware that this role involves a client's critical infrastructure; shortlisted candidates would therefore be subject to heightened security checks as directed by our clients.

All personal data will be handled with the utmost confidentiality and in accordance with our data protection policies, solely for recruitment and security purposes.
GE Vernova is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

📌 Hardware Development Technical Lead (Markham)
🏢 GE Vernova
📍 Markham