Hardware Engineer

hardware Engineer for a senior role with 6 to 8 years of experience

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As part of the R&D team, should be able to perform the following duties as assigned by Manager/Leads to support the team’s goals but not limited to the following:

• Understanding of system level, hardware design & requirements of the system/product.
• Lead the investigation of production and field issues/failures

- Understand the technical issues and drive the root cause analysis.

- Collaborate with engineering and production to provide solutions.

-Work on closures as per commitments

• Own and execute mitigations for components obsolescence/supply chain issues:

- Provide timely solutions to prevent production stop situations

-Identify alternate components based on design requirements & component specification/datasheet comparisons

- Perform evaluation & testing as needed for alternate qualifications

• Perform necessary hands-on testing at circuit level / module level / product level to evaluate the hardware performance for identified HW design changes.
• Work on circuit simulations, schematics entry, BOM management and PCB layout reviews as needed.
• Responsible in design change implementations through ECO

-Own documentation and co-ordinate reviews and approvals required to process the ECO.

• Own and implement new feature developments, compliance testing and country registrations for products in production.
• Responsible for planning, coordinating and implementing considering the timeline, capacities and cost impact etc.
• Work efficiently with cross functional and production teams to deliver the assigned task/project with quality within the timelines. Production testing – Responsible in fixture and tools development needed for production.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

QUALIFICATION:

1. BE / B.Tech / ME / M.Tech in Electrical/Electronics/Biomedical engineering or equivalent.
2. 6 to 8 Years of experience in working with Hardware designs

TECHNICAL COMPETENCY:

• Strong in fundamentals of Analog and digital electronics.
• Familiar with the concepts of Microcontrollers / Microprocessors operation and the hardware requirements for designing circuits using them.
• Understanding of power management systems – DCDC (Buck/Boost) and LDOs.
• Knowledge of hardware design for communication protocols like UART, SPI, I2C, RS232, USB.
• Proficient in component selection for circuit design.
• Experience in using common lab equipment like DMMs, Oscilloscopes, power supplies, Signal generators.
• Understanding of production process of PCB assembly & production testing

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCY:

• Good analytical skills
• Passion for success and being proactive - Take risk and time sensitive approach.
• 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 QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Circuit simulation experience (LT spice or equivalent)
• Familiar or exposure in EMI/EMC testing
• Understanding of Production, Regulatory and Standards
• Project Management - planning and effort estimation experience will be an added advantage.