Job Description

Location: Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland
Requisition ID: 79857
Schindler stands for mobility. Mobility needs experts.
Join our team in Locarno.
Founded in Switzerland in 1874, the Schindler Group is a leading global provider of elevators, escalators, and related services. Schindler mobility solutions move two billion people every day all over the world. Behind the company's success are over 70,000 employees in more than 100 countries.
Schindler Electronics Ltd. Locarno, part of Schindler Group Company, is a leading developer and manufacturer of electronic components for elevators.
Electronics Control Hardware Architect (e/v/e/r/y/o/n/e)
Mobility is the goal
Join our R&D Smart Controls department and play a key role in shaping the future of elevator control systems.
As Electronics Control Hardware Architect, you will lead the technical architecture of our next-generation controller platforms, defining and refining requirements while driving innovation in hardware components and technologies.
Your new challenges include

• Analyzing system requirements and translating them into robust hardware solutions while ensuring compliance with industry standards and relevant codes.

• Defining, documenting, and maintaining the hardware architecture of elevator control systems, including master schematics and product structure.

• Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams (Architects, System and Software Engineers) to align HW-SW functionality and ensure high-quality, fit-for-purpose systems.

• Developing and integrating interfaces for subsystems, components, and controller platforms.

• Defining requirements for PCBAs, assemblies, harnesses, and sub-components.

• Driving quality assurance by designing FMEAs, performing root cause analysis, and leading cross-functional design reviews.

• Supporting test and field analysis, documenting corrective actions, and driving continuous improvement.

• Identifying emerging technology trends, initiating feasibility studies, and contributing to the evolution of our products.

Mobility needs you
You are a technical leader who combines analytical depth with practical execution, thrives on solving complex challenges, and takes ownership from concept to delivery. Your structured and collaborative approach allows you to influence, align, and drive projects forward with clarity and impact.
What you bring

• Degree in Electronics Engineering

• Proven technical leadership in hardware architecture for control systems.

• Extensive experience in architecture design, requirements engineering, interface management, and system analysis

• Strong knowledge of production processes for electronic assemblies and installation/commissioning procedures.

• Proficient level of English, other languages are a plus

Do you want to move the future with us?
Interested? Send us your complete application.
We look forward to receiving your full application only via our online careers tool. For questions please don't hesitate to ask Florina-Ana-Maria Vintila, Human Resources, email ana-maria.vintila@schindler.com.
At Schindler Group we value inclusion and diversity, and practice equity to create equal opportunities for all. We endeavor that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, ethnic background, color, religious affiliation, union affiliation, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, nationality, genetics and health or disability.
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