Senior Engineer - IP

What you’ll do:

The incumbent is responsible for providing IP Co-ordination & IP Analytics support to inhouse IP Counsels & engineering/ technology leaders of one or more Eaton businesses. S/he is expected to contribute towards developing IP Strategy for various key programs in the organization and provide technology/ product insights and recommendations through technical/competitive intelligence.

• She / He is expected to Contribute towards divisional IP Co-ordination repsonsibilities (manage driving patent review commitee discussions, interactions with outside counsels, patent portfolio reviews)
• Independently conduct various prior art searches (Landscapes, patentability, Freedom-to-Operate, patent validity/invalidity assessment) using open and specialized patent and literature databases.
• Conduct patent landscape/watch analysis, identifying the trend of the competitors and/or emerging technologies
• Share reports / insights within the organization on trends and highlight whitespace for solution development.
• Contribute to developing IP strategy and technology roadmaps for programs globally by working in close coordination with research and product teams.
• Working knowledge in creating competitive and technology intelligence reports which includes technology, market and IP perspectives.
• 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.
• He/She should be expected to be well versed in technologies related to Electrification, Power Systems, Electrical Power Distribution, Power electronics or Grid.

Qualifications:

• Masters / Bachelors
• 8 + yrs of exp

Skills:

• Electrical / Power Systems / Controls Engineering / Power Electronics / Computer Science / Data Science / Data Engineering / Embedded Systems / IoT with experience in Intellectual property and Technology / Competitive intelligence
• Effective Communicator, Collaborative orientation, Strategic Agility, Drive for results, Problem Solving