Roles and Responsibilities
As part of the New Product Development (NPD) team, the candidate should be able to perform the following duties, but they are not limited to the following:
- Requirement detailing
- Responsible for understanding the system/product requirements
- Derive the hardware requirement specifications
- Derive the Hardware interface specifications for software
- Hardware System / Subsystem design
- Propose innovative hardware ideas and apply technical expertise to solve complex design challenges.
- Take ownership and lead the conceptual studies by designing, building, testing, and troubleshooting feasibility prototypes at the module or system level.
- Involve in component selections, draw the circuit designs (schematics entry), perform circuit simulations, BOM management, PCB design and layout reviews
- Prepare the hardware detailed design documentations for the designs
- Contribute to the integration of various hardware sub-systems of the product, including cables and connectors, into the mechanical assembly
- Identify the technical risks in the design, propose / implement mitigation strategies and actively participate in DFMEA processes
- Design Qualification
- Prepare the hardware test plans and perform necessary hands-on testing at circuit level / module level / product level to evaluate the circuit and system performance.
- Plan and perform pre-compliance testing for EMI/EMC and safety tests
- Identify the technical issues and work on their closures
- Collaboration
- Work closely with project manager and other hardware engineers to deliver the assigned task/project with quality within the timelines.
- Coordinate with cross functional teams including software and mechanical engineers, purchase team and production teams to ensure cohesive project execution.
ESSENTIAL qualification and experience
QUALIFICATION:
- BE / Btech / ME / Mtech in Electrical/Electronics/Biomedical/Instrumentation Engineering or equivalent
- 6 to 8 Years of experience in working with Hardware designs.
Technical competency:
- Experienced and strong expertise in Analog circuit designs – Op-amps, instrumentation amplifiers for low noise signal conditioning, precision analog front end design, and ADCs for data acquisition.
- Strong in measurement & instrumentation techniques – Impedance measurement principles, Impedance calculation (Phase/Amplitude), frequency response analysis, evaluation of measurement accuracy, resolution, and stability.
- Experienced in hardware design integrating Microcontrollers / DSP. Good understanding of their architecture, operation, and the requirements for designing circuits using them.
- Familiar with HW-SW interface specification and defining them
- Knowledge of communication protocols like UART, SPI, I2C, RS232, RS485, Ethernet
- Know-how on power supply designs: DC- DC converters (Buck/Boost/LDOs)
- Tool competency: Circuit simulation tools, Schematic & Layout tools: Altium or similar
- Experience using equipment like DMMs, Oscilloscopes, power supplies, Signal generators, LCR meters
BEHAVIOURAL 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 COMPETENCY/experience
- Understanding and working knowledge of medical standards IEC60601-1
- Awareness of EMI/EMC tests and design for its compliance.
- Awareness of embedded programming is a plus
- Basic knowledge of test automation using Python/LabVIEW is a plus
