Hardware Design Engineer

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As part of the R&D team, should be able to perform the following duties as assigned by Manager/Leads to support the team's goals but not limited to the following:

• Understanding of hardware design & requirements of the system/product
• Own & lead the investigation of production and field issues/failures
• Understand the technical issues and drive the root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with engineering and production to provide solutions.
• Work on closures as per commitments
• Own and execute mitigations for components obsolescence/supply chain issues:
• Provide timely solutions to prevent production stop situations
• Identify alternate components based on design requirements & component specification/datasheet comparisons
• Perform evaluation & testing as needed for alternate qualifications
• Perform necessary hands-on testing at circuit level / module level / product level to evaluate the hardware performance for identified HW design changes.
• Work on circuit simulations, schematics entry, BOM management and PCB layout reviews as needed.
• Support in HW design change implementations through ECO
• Support in new feature developments, compliance testing and country registrations for products in production.
• Production testing – Support in fixture and tools development needed for production
• Do design and test documentation for the developed design.
• Work efficiently with cross functional and production teams to deliver the assigned task/project with quality within the timelines.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

QUALIFICATION:

• BE/Btech/ME/Mtech in Electrical/Electronics or equivalent.
• 3 to 6 Years of experience in working with Hardware designs.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCY:

• Strong in fundamentals of Analog and digital electronics
• Familiar with the concepts of Microcontrollers / Microprocessors operation and the hardware requirements for designing circuits using them.
• Understanding of power management systems – DCDC (Buck/Boost) and LDOs
• Knowledge of hardware design for communication protocols like UART, SPI, I2C, RS232, USB
• Proficient in component selection for circuit design
• Experience in using common lab equipment like DMMs, Oscilloscopes, power supplies, Signal generators
• Understanding of production process of PCB assembly & production testing.

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCY:

• Good analytical skills
• Passion for success and being proactive
• Systemic and going in-depth approach
• Be flexible, hands-on and willing to learn new technologies
• Be a good team player, with good collaboration skills.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Circuit simulation experience (LT spice or equivalent)
• Familiar or exposure in EMI/EMC testing