Senior Electronic Engineer

About the Role As the Senior Electronics Engineer, your role is to be technically hands-on and responsible for translating creative toy concepts into manufacturable, high-quality electronic solutions. You will serve as Mattel’s on-the-ground electronics technical representative, ensuring products meet cost, performance, schedule, safety, and quality expectations throughout development, validation, and production ramp. This role partners closely with internal Electronic Design, Program Management, Mechanical, Quality teams, and external manufacturing partners to bring engaging, safe, and high-quality electronic toys to market across Mattel’s iconic brands. This role will report to the Associate Manager, Electronic Engineering and will travel in-country to key manufacturing locations and partner sites across India, with occasional international travel as business needs require. What You'll Do

• Represent Mattel On-Site and Drive Partner Execution
• Serve as the primary electronics technical interface to in-country manufacturing, representing Mattel professionally in factory meetings, build events, line reviews, and technical deep dives
• Communicate Mattel’s design intent, quality standards, safety expectations, and schedule priorities clearly and consistently
• Lead technical discussions and drive closure on open issues across production stages, corrective actions, and process changes
• Bring Electronic Toy Designs to Life Through Manufacturing
• Own electronic manufacturing deliverables for assigned products. Validate final solution against system architecture, schematics, BOM, and functional descriptions. Prototype, validate, and troubleshoot electronic production fixtures.
• Define and maintain system-level and testing requirements across hardware, firmware, and software interfaces for manufacturing
• Ensure Manufacturability, Cost, and Quality Feasibility
• Apply DFM/DFT principles (design for manufacturing / design for test) to ensure robust, repeatable high-volume production
• Advise component selection considering cost, availability, lifecycle, compliance, and supplier risk
• Drive value engineering efforts to meet target cost without sacrificing play performance, safety, or reliability
• Support Production Readiness and Continuous Improvement
• Support production startup, pilot builds, corrective action implementation, and ongoing product or process improvements
• Evaluate and approve pilot/final samples against functional specifications and quality expectations
• Partner with Quality and Manufacturing teams to improve yields, reduce defects, and prevent recurrence
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally and Communicate Clearly
• Collaborate closely with Electronic Design, Program Management, Quality, and other engineering teams
• Translate technical concepts and trade-offs for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Manage multiple development efforts in parallel while maintaining transparent status, risks, and mitigation plans
• Clearly and regularly communicate project planning and status to management and the global brand team. What We're Looking For
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related discipline
• 3–6 years of hands-on experience in electronic design, prototyping, and troubleshooting
• Strong experience with analog and digital circuit design
• Solid understanding of embedded systems and microcontrollers (8–32 bit; ARM-class or similar)
• Proficiency in embedded software development using assembly and higher-level programming languages
• Experience taking products from concept through development and into production in consumer electronics or similarly high-volume products
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive issue closure across partners
• Strong communication skills and comfort representing the company in meetings with external manufacturers and internal stakeholders
• Willingness to travel in-country 50–60% annually between manufacturing locations and partner sites Nice to Have
• Experience in toys or highly regulated consumer products
• Experience with electromechanical, mechatronic, or animatronic systems
• Exposure to audio engineering, RF, communications, or signal processing
• Experience with TFT/OLED displays, MEMS sensors, microphones, and wireless ICs (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 2.4G)
• Experience supporting manufacturing builds (pilot/production), test strategy, and factory debug