Staff Component Engineer-元器件主任工程师-主动件

The Next Level of Fire & Life Safety Leadership With more than two centuries of combined history, brands like Kidde, Kidde Commercial, Edwards, GST, Badger, and Aritech have been leading the way in protecting people and property around the world. Now, we’re taking that leadership to the next level. Kidde Global Solutions brings together the most trusted and iconic brands in safety, building upon our shared experience and expertise to address the needs and challenges of more customers in more places.

With an unmatched portfolio of solutions and services, and a commitment to constant innovation we’re elevating the standards for an entire industry – and establishing the next level of fire and life safety leadership. At Kidde Global Solutions, you’re joining a global technology leader in fire and life safety solutions and our employees are the heart of it all.

With industry-defining brands in life safety and security, you’ll be part of a legacy of leadership working with cutting-edge technologies that protect lives and property worldwide. As a leading fire safety brand, our mission is to provide solutions that protect people and property from the effects of fire and related hazards.

We’re committed to expanding our impact and providing dynamic opportunities for growth within our team. You’ll be part of a company that prioritizes quality, integrity, collaboration, and customer care, with the resources, training, and incentives to ensure your success every step of the way. About This Role Kidde Global Solutions is seeking a Staff Component Engineer to establish and manage the approved component portfolio for Residential Fire products while serving as the technical lead for the Component Engineering team.

This role leads component selection, qualification, standardization, lifecycle management, and alternate-source development to improve product reliability, regulatory compliance, cost, and supply continuity. The Staff Component Engineer assists the manager with CE team coordination, owns formal technical review and decision governance, provides technical direction to the team, and maintains consolidated visibility of progress, risks, and support needs across CE-owned projects.

This role partners with Product Development, Sustaining Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, and Compliance to reduce component-related technical and business risk.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership and CE Team Coordination Assist the manager in coordinating the CE team’s day-to-day technical work, priorities, and project execution. Provide technical direction and support to Component Engineers and Sr. Component Engineers. Drive consistent engineering methods, standards, documentation quality, and decision criteria across the CE team.

Coordinate cross-project dependencies and resolve technical issues affecting multiple programs or product platforms. Maintain a consolidated view of CE-owned activities and report progress, risks, decisions, resource constraints, and escalation needs to the manager. Technical Review and Decision Governance Own the CE formal technical review process and define review criteria, evidence requirements, approval paths, and escalation thresholds.

Lead formal reviews of qualification plans, component selection and substitution decisions, risk assessments, validation evidence, and implementation readiness. Review and approve technical conclusions within delegated authority, or recommend escalation when risks exceed that authority. Ensure review actions are documented and closed before qualification closure, approval, or implementation.

Lead mandatory reviews for safety-critical components, regulatory or compliance impacts, new or unproven technology, significant reliability risks, major supply-continuity exposure, and cross-platform decisions. Component Strategy and Governance Own and maintain the approved component portfolio, engineering standards, and component records.

Establish preferred-component selection and qualification requirements. Drive component standardization, reuse, and rationalization across product platforms. Provide technical authority for component selection, derating, reliability, manufacturability, and substitution. Lead resolution of complex or high-impact component decisions and ensure alignment across projects.

Qualification and Reliability Evaluate and qualify electronic, electromechanical, sensing, and RF components. Develop component qualification plans, test requirements, and acceptance criteria. Assess component reliability, technology readiness, and suitability for intended applications. Investigate component-related failures and support root-cause and corrective-action activities.

Review and govern qualification strategies for complex, critical, or cross-platform components. Lifecycle and Supply Risk Management Monitor component availability, lifecycle status, obsolescence, lead times, and single-source exposure. Develop risk assessments and mitigation plans for new and existing products. Lead technical qualification of alternate and replacement components.

Coordinate engineering changes resulting from component substitutions and supplier changes. Partner with Supply Chain and Procurement to improve supply continuity. Provide consolidated visibility of major component and supply risks across CE-supported projects. Review critical or high-impact lifecycle, obsolescence, alternate-source, and supply-risk assessments before mitigation plans are finalized.

Product Development and Regulatory Support Recommend approved components for new designs and participate in design reviews. Assess component feasibility during technology-readiness and project-initiation activities. Ensure components satisfy applicable safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements. Maintain component traceability, qualification evidence, and compliance records.

Support compliance testing, agency submissions, and field-quality investigations. Provide formal technical review for critical decisions affecting safety, compliance, regulatory status, or product performance. Cost and Value Engineering Identify component cost-reduction, consolidation, and value-engineering opportunities.

Evaluate proposed cost changes for reliability, safety, compliance, and supply risk. Incorporate approved productivity components into the preferred component portfolio.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related technical discipline. 8+ years of engineering experience involving electronic components, product design, reliability, or sustaining engineering. Strong understanding of analog and digital semiconductors, passive components, power management devices, sensors, RF components, and electromechanical devices.

Demonstrated experience leading complex component engineering activities and structured technical reviews. Ability to challenge engineering evidence, document decisions, define approval or escalation needs, and consolidate cross-project risks. Experience with component qualification and reliability testing. Experience working with suppliers and contract manufacturers.

Strong analytical, technical decision-making, stakeholder-management, and team-coordination skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including clear communication of technical status and risk to engineering teams and management.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with consumer electronics, embedded systems, or life safety products. Knowledge of component lifecycle management and obsolescence monitoring. Familiarity with UL, FCC, EMC, RoHS, REACH, and related regulatory requirements. Experience qualifying alternate sources and managing supply chain risks. Understanding of DFMEA, PFMEA, RCA, and reliability methodologies.

Working knowledge of PLM, ERP, and engineering database systems. Experience supporting global manufacturing operations. Experience defining technical processes, conducting technical reviews, and driving engineering standardization across teams. Success Metrics Reduction in single-source component exposure. Alternate-source qualification cycle time.

Component cost reduction savings delivered. Approved component reuse across programs. End-of-life component mitigation effectiveness. Supplier risk reduction. New product first-pass qualification success. Component-related field quality performance. On-time delivery and technical quality of CE project commitments. Timely and accurate consolidated reporting of CE project progress, risks, and escalations.

Consistency of technical methods, documentation, and decisions across the CE team. Timeliness and quality of formal technical reviews, review-action closure, and escalation decisions. Effectiveness of technical support, coaching, and cross-project issue resolution. World Leaders in Fire and Life Safety Kidde Global Solutions is a world leader in fire & life safety solutions tailored for complex commercial facilities to homes.

Through iconic, industry-defining brands including Kidde, Kidde Commercial, Edwards, GST, Badger, and Aritech, we provide residential and commercial customers with advanced solutions and services to protect people and property in a wide range of applications, all around the globe.