**Shift:** 1st shift **City:** Solon Swagelok, Northeast Ohio, USA Swagelok is a global organization and one of the largest employers of manufacturing talent in Northeast Ohio. We are driven by our core values of Quality, Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Customer Focus, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement, which are demonstrated through our daily actions. For over 75 years, our dedication to our core values has been the foundation for our success. Our products have been up into space, down to the bottom of the ocean, and everywhere in between. That same dedication spans to our customers. Throughout our organization we demonstrate a commitment to these values and those we bring onboard. Whether you want to grow in your role or explore broad opportunities and develop new skills-you'll thrive in a culture that promotes learning and development. We strive to be a company where we all can do our best work with a true sense of purpose and belonging.  **Be** Connected. **Be** Valued. **Be** You. We hope you'll consider joining our team. **Position Summary** Leads Swagelok's Electronics Engineering team within the Engineering organization, with end-to-end ownership of the electronics, embedded software, and connected-product capabilities that bring intelligence to Swagelok's fluid system products. Manages a multidisciplinary team of firmware, software, hardware, and quality engineers - supporting both new product development and the long-term sustaining of fielded electronic and Linux-based products, including planning and release of security updates and software maintenance. Stands up and continuously improves the team's development processes, tools, and engineering practices so that the function can scale predictably as it grows. Partners closely with Product Engineering, Product Management, Manufacturing, Quality, and customer-facing teams to translate product strategy into reliable, secure, and maintainable connected products. Acts as a founding leader for the Electronics Engineering function, with significant opportunity to grow scope and influence as the team expands. **Essential Duties & Responsibilities** + Lead, develop, and retain a multidisciplinary team of firmware, software, hardware, and quality engineers; set clear performance expectations, provide ongoing coaching, and build succession depth as the team grows. + Establish, document, and continuously improve the electronics and embedded software development process - including engineering standards, design reviews, tooling, version control, build and release flows, traceability, and verification practices. + Direct the team's project portfolio, balancing new product development (NPD) commitments with sustaining engineering work and long-lifecycle product support, including planning and release of Linux security and software updates for fielded products. + Provide technical leadership and credible challenge to the team across firmware, embedded Linux / single-board computers (SBCs), application and cloud software, and hardware/electrical design - pairing on architecture, reviewing key design decisions, and elevating the technical bar without taking over individual contributor work. + Apply cost-versus-impact thinking to prioritize investments across NPD, sustaining, and platform work; communicate trade-offs and the business value of technical decisions to senior leadership. + Partner with Product Management, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and customer-facing teams to translate product strategy and customer needs into clear technical roadmaps and committed deliverables. + Support customers during key product installations, escalations, and field issues; ensure the team is equipped to resolve complex technical problems on installed and connected products. + Plan headcount and capability growth as the function scales from its current size toward a larger multi-discipline organization, including future addition of systems engineering, architecture, and additional software, firmware, hardware, and quality roles. + Manage department operating budget including planning, tracking variances, identifying cost-reduction opportunities, and overseeing capital and tooling investments. + Drive talent development through structured individual development plans, mentoring, and targeted training; actively engage in succession planning and external talent attraction. + Communicate departmental project status, technical risks, resource needs, and strategic priorities to senior leadership through regular reporting and presentations. + As a leader, you are expected to know, enforce, and appropriately escalate all Swagelok associate policies. + Other duties as assigned. **Approximate # of direct reports:** 5 engineers and quality professionals at start, with planned growth toward approximately 15 across firmware, software, hardware, quality, systems engineering, and architecture as the function scales. **Budget respo