Technical Hardware Lead

Technical Lead - Hardware

Job Location: Kochi, India.

Experience: 7 to 10 Years

Key duties/ responsibilities

• Lead hardware product development activities including architecture, design,

prototyping, validation, and certification.

• Work closely with presales and business teams to define technical solutions, scope,

and effort estimation for customer proposals.

• Own end-to-end hardware delivery ensuring cost, quality, and schedule adherence.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of hardware engineers.
• Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, and manufacturing teams for system-level

integration.

• Define and review schematics, PCB layouts, BoM, and design documentation.
• Drive design reviews, risk assessments, and DFx (Design for Manufacturability,

Testability, Reliability) considerations.

• Provide support for vendor interactions for PCB fabrication, assembly, and component

sourcing.

• Support compliance testing and certifications (EMI/EMC, safety, regulatory).
• Stay updated with latest semiconductors, sensors, and design methodologies to

recommend optimal technology choices.

• Provide post-production support including failure analysis and product sustenance

engineering.

Mandatory Skills

• Experience in microcontroller and microprocessor-based designs.
• Experience in working with different processor/controller architectures.
• Hands on schematic capture, Library creation (schematic / Layout) and other layout

activities

• Experience in high-speed designs.
• Expert in using Altium/ OrCAD
• Design for Certifications (EMI/EMC, FCC, UL, etc.)
• Experience in designs with small form factors.
• Expertise in E-CAD/M-CAD integration
• Shall have a good understanding of PCB fabrication and assembly processes.
• Experience with equipment power and thermal dissipation calculations.
• Excellent communication skills in English (verbal and written)
• Design and bring-up/troubleshooting skill.
• Hardware Architecture Design & Project Proposal Creation
• Project Management (JIRA)