Hardware Engineer

Key Accountabilities

• Responsible for designing embedded hardware products including architecture definition, detail design, and verification
• Proven success with end-to-end hardware development including schematic capture, layout, bring-up, testing, and debugging of high-density, high-speed PCBs
• Collaborate with other teams such as firmware, mechanical, and application for overall aspects of product design and development experience with microcontrollers, microprocessors, sensors, and other embedded components.
• Conduct hardware testing and debugging to ensure proper functionality and reliability.
• Manage the entire hardware development cycle, from concept to production, including component selection, prototyping, and testing.
• Conduct feasibility studies and risk assessments to evaluate the viability of hardware solutions and identify potential issues.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including schematics, bill of materials, and user manuals.
• Preparation of bill of materials.
• Design implementation considering EMI/EMC compliance criteria, environmental conditions
• Perform signal-integrity analysis and verification of high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, and USB, using high-speed lab instruments
• To work alongside the program manager and company leadership on key product deliverables and timelines
• Responsible for Developing Schedules, Time Estimating, Cost Estimating, Planning and Defining Scope, Documentation, Creating Charts and Schedules, Risk Analysis, Managing Risks and Issues, Monitoring and Reporting Progress

Qualification and Skills

• BE/ME in Electronics Engineering.
• 3-5 years of work experience in Electronics Engineering (Embedded Systems).
• Exceptional experience in Circuit design, simulation, PCB design using Altium tool (preferred), manufacturing, and testing experience for embedded hardware.
• Exceptional hands-on skills with testing equipment: Multimeters, Scopes, DCAs, Logic Analyzers.
• Exceptional hands-on skills in circuit assembly: Through-hole and SMD.
• Past experience working with and integrating expensive, high-resolution sensors.
• Past experience manufacturing and shipping embedded hardware products.
• Past experience working with IoT Devices.
• Strong electrical and computer engineering fundamentals - Analog and Digital Circuits.
• High energy, optimistic candidate.
• Know-how with hardware interfaces, including RTC, SPI, I2C, UART, RS232, RS485.
• Knowledge of wireless technology such as WIFI, Bluetooth, GSM/GPRS, 4G, NBIOT, Zigbee, NBIOT etc.
• Experience of Power supply- SMPS design, DC/DC converter, LDOs
• Experience in low-power circuit design, knowledge of battery management i.e. battery charging and monitoring design.
• Experience in using electronic measurement equipment to perform circuit testing, troubleshooting, and debugging.
• Strong competency in communication and organizational skills to manage relationships with external suppliers and contract manufacturers.
• Excellent capability of Team Leadership and Management of Resources.

Technical Competencies

Embedded System, Hardware Architecture, EMC Compliance, Microcontrollers, BOM creation, Troubleshooting, Wireless Technologies, Internet of Things (IOT), Microprocessors, Peripherals