Lead Engineer – Robotics & IoT

About NxtWave

We're on a mission to create the next million software engineers!

NxtWave is one of India's fastest-growing Ed-Tech startups. NxtWave is revolutionizing the 21st-century job market by transforming youth into highly skilled tech professionals irrespective of their educational background with its CCBP 4.0 programs.

Founded by Rahul Attuluri (Ex Amazon, IIIT Hyderabad), Sashank Reddy (IIT Bombay), and Anupam Pedarla (IIT Kharagpur), NxtWave raised ₹275 crore led by Greater Pacific Capital, a leading international private equity firm, in February 2023. The startup is also backed by Orios Ventures, Better Capital, and marquee angels, including founders of some of India's unicorns.

NxtWave is an official partner for NSDC, under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India, and recognized by NASSCOM, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India, and Startup India. The startup has received accolades as The Greatest Brand in Education in a research-based listing by URS Media, a leading international media house. NxtWave has also been honored with the Startup Spotlight Award 2023 by T-Hub on its 8th Foundation Day.

Recently, NxtWave's founders, Anupam Pedarla and Sashank Gujjula, were honored in the 2024 Forbes India 30 Under 30 for their exceptional contribution to transforming the tech education landscape in India.

By offering vernacular content and interactive learning, NxtWave is breaking the entry barrier for learning tech skills. Learning in their mother tongue helps learners achieve higher comprehension, deeper attention, longer retention, and greater outcomes. Presently, NxtWave has paid subscribers from 647+ districts across India. In just 2.5 years, CCBP 4.0 learners have been hired by 1700+companies, including Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Goldman Sachs, Oracle, Deloitte, and more.

Scale at which we operate on the tech level (as of February 2023)

• 370 Cr+ learning minutes spent
• 69 Cr+ Code Runs
• 4.2 Bn+ API Requests Handled by our servers

Know more about NxtWave: https://www.ccbp.in

About the role

• We are looking for a senior engineer to drive the design, development, and delivery of robotics systems, IoT solutions, and hands-on technical curriculum at NIAT.
• This role is central to building NIAT's physical technology capability by creating hardware that students learn from, connected systems that solve real problems, and rigorous courses that reflect where the industry is actually headed.
• The ideal candidate brings deep, hands-on expertise in robotics and embedded IoT, a track record of leading engineering teams to shipped outcomes, and the ability to translate that expertise into learning experiences that produce industry-ready engineers.

Responsibilities:

• You will be the senior technical voice on the Robotics & IoT team. Your work spans four areas.

Hardware & Systems

• Design and build IoT and robotics systems from the ground up, from schematic and firmware through integration and field testing. You own the full engineering lifecycle of physical products, not just a layer of it.

Connected Systems & IoT

• Architect and implement IoT solutions including device connectivity, sensor pipelines, embedded firmware, and cloud-edge integration. Define the technical standards the team builds to.

Curriculum & Technical Content

• Translate your engineering expertise into rigorous, hands-on learning courses, labs, and projects that develop job-ready skills in robotics and IoT.

Team Leadership

• Directly manage a team of engineers. Set sprint goals, review work, unblock problems, and develop people.

Experience we care about :

We care about what you have done, not what you have been exposed to.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in robotics, embedded systems, or IoT industry.
• Demonstrable experience building a hardware product end-to-end, from concept to a working physical system.
• Strong working knowledge of ROS2 and autonomous systems which includes navigation, sensor integration, control pipelines.
• Experience with IoT hardware which includes microcontrollers, embedded firmware, sensor interfacing, and connectivity protocols.
• Experience managing or technically leading a team of engineers on a shipped project.
• B.Tech or M.Tech from IIT, NIT, or equivalent, in ECE, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or Robotics.
• Exposure to Physical AI concepts like VLAs, edge inference, autonomous mobile robots is a strong plus.

Job Overview

Job Type: Full-Time

Location: Hyderabad

Working Days: 6-Day Week