Hardware Design Engineer

Job Description: DO-254 Hardware Process & Certification Expert Job Summary We are seeking a candidate with strong knowledge of RTCA/DO-254 and the hardware design lifecycle to develop, review, and update engineering standards, procedures, and work instructions. The candidate will assess existing processes, perform gap analysis, and ensure alignment with DO-254 requirements and certification objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Standards Development: Develop, review, and update hardware engineering standards, procedures, templates, and work instructions aligned with DO-254 and the hardware design lifecycle.
• Process Assessment: Understand existing hardware development and actuation processes, map workflows, identify gaps, and recommend improvements.
• Gap Analysis: Assess existing processes and documentation against DO-254 requirements and prepare compliance reports and corrective action plans.
• Hardware Design Lifecycle: Ensure process alignment across planning, requirements capture, design, implementation, verification, and certification activities.
• Configuration Management: Define and maintain processes for baselines, version control, change management, configuration status accounting, and traceability.
• Process Assurance: Establish and maintain process assurance activities to ensure adherence to approved standards and procedures.
• Verification and Design Assurance: Ensure verification methods, design reviews, requirements traceability, and compliance evidence align with DO-254 objectives and applicable assurance levels.
• FPGA Design Understanding: Understand FPGA development workflows, including RTL design, simulation, synthesis, implementation, timing analysis, and verification.
• Technical Documentation: Prepare clear and structured standards, work instructions, compliance matrices, gap analysis reports, and process improvement plans.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Collaborate with hardware design, FPGA, verification, quality, configuration management, and certification teams.

Required Skills And Qualifications

• Bachelors or Master Equivalent degree or equivalent degree
• 7-14 yrs Experience in aerospace, avionics, or safety-critical hardware development.
• Strong understanding of RTCA/DO-254 and hardware design lifecycle processes.
• Experience in standards development, technical writing, process documentation, and gap analysis.
• Knowledge of configuration management, process assurance, verification, design assurance, and requirements traceability.
• Understanding of FPGA design and verification workflows.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, particularly in preparing technical documentation.
• Ability to interpret certification requirements and translate them into practical engineering procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting DO-254 compliance reviews, audits, or certification activities.
• Familiarity with DO-178C and hardware-software interfaces.

Expected Deliverables

• Updated engineering standards, procedures, and work instructions.
• DO-254 process gap analysis and compliance reports.
• Hardware lifecycle process maps and improvement plans.
• Configuration management, process assurance, verification, and design assurance procedures.
• Compliance matrices and requirements traceability documentation.

Key Competencies: Strong technical writing, analytical skills, attention to detail, process improvement, and the ability to align hardware engineering practices with DO-254 requirements.

Experience: 7-14 Years

Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Employment : Full Time

Location: Bengaluru

Why Join ALTEN India?

• Opportunity to work with leading global aerospace clients.
• Dynamic, innovation-driven environment with exposure to cutting-edge technologies.
• Continuous learning and career growth opportunities.
• Inclusive and collaborative workplace culture.