Hardware Design Engineer

Company Profile

GridCrest is a leading Advanced Metering Infrastructure Service Provider (AMISP) in India, offering end-to-end smart metering solutions. Our fully integrated ecosystem spans Design, Development, Validation, Software, and Managed Services, enabling us to deliver high-quality, secure, and scalable energy metering solutions. Building on our expertise, we are expanding into smart water and gas metering to support the evolving needs of utility infrastructure. Our secure, data-driven ecosystem is backed by state-of-the-art manufacturing and technology facilities in Hyderabad and Kolkata.

Hardware Design Engineer

Job Description

Role Summary

GridCrest Technologies is hiring a Hardware Design Engineer for the TDC team in Mysore. This position requires 4–6 years of experience in electronic product design, with strong exposure to analog and digital circuit design, microcontroller-based hardware, embedded systems, IoT devices, and energy metering products. The role covers hardware design, development, prototyping, debugging, validation, compliance support, documentation, and cross-functional product integration.

Role Details

Department: TDC - Hardware

Location: Mysore, India

Employment Type: Permanent

Experience: 4–6 years

Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Electronics, Electrical, Embedded Systems Engineering, or a related discipline

Compensation: As per company standards

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop analog and digital hardware circuits for electronic products, energy meters, embedded systems, and IoT-enabled devices.
• Handle schematic design, component selection, design calculations, BOM inputs, and PCB layout reviews in coordination with PCB designers.
• Develop microcontroller-based hardware using communication interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, RS485, and related board-level interfaces.
• Design and validate power supply circuits including SMPS, LDO, DC-DC converters, protection circuits, sensing circuits, and signal-conditioning stages.
• Perform hardware bring-up, debugging, functional testing, design verification, validation, and reliability checks using lab instruments such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, and power measurement tools.
• Support EMI/EMC, ESD, safety, environmental, and regulatory compliance testing; implement improvements based on test observations.
• Work with firmware, mechanical, QA, sourcing, manufacturing, and field-support teams to ensure product integration, manufacturability, and production readiness.
• Analyze field failures and production issues, perform root cause analysis, and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintain hardware documentation including schematics, design notes, BOMs, test plans, validation reports, compliance records, and design review inputs.

Mandatory Skills

• Strong knowledge of analog and digital circuit design fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience in microcontroller-based hardware and embedded product development.
• Knowledge of UART, SPI, I2C, RS485, and other board-level communication interfaces.
• Experience in power supply design including SMPS, LDOs, DC-DC converters, protection circuits, and power budgeting.
• Familiarity with PCB design tools such as Altium, OrCAD, KiCad, Eagle, or equivalent platforms.
• Proficiency with debugging and test instruments including oscilloscope, logic analyzer, DMM, and power measurement tools.
• Understanding of EMI/EMC design practices, ESD protection, grounding, isolation, filtering, creepage/clearance, and noise reduction.

Preferred / Added Advantage

• Experience in energy metering, smart metering, utility electronics, industrial embedded products, or IoT hardware will be an added advantage.
• Exposure to metering ICs, current/voltage sensing, calibration, product compliance, DFM/DFT, component lifecycle management, alternate component evaluation, and production support is preferred.

Candidate Profile

• 4–6 years of relevant experience in electronic product design and hardware development.
• Bachelor's degree in Electronics, Electrical, Embedded Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Ability to work independently on hardware modules while coordinating with cross-functional teams in a product development environment.

Personal Attributes

• Strong problem-solving, analytical, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills.
• High attention to detail, ownership mindset, and commitment to design quality and reliability.
• Good communication skills for documentation, design reviews, cross-functional coordination, and issue resolution.

Working Conditions

• Full-time, permanent role based in Mysore.
• Travel may be required for project discussions, compliance testing, vendor coordination, customer/site support, or field issue analysis.
• The role involves lab-based testing, product documentation, and coordination across the hardware development lifecycle.