Lead Engineer - Electronic Hardware

Dear Candidate,

We have a great opportunity with us for Hardware design engineers-

Position: Lead Engineer/ Engineer - Electronic Hardware

Education Qualification: B.E /B Tech / M Tech in Electronics or Electrical Engineering

Total experience: 3-6 years experience of hardware design of Automotive/ Industrial Product

Major Responsibilities:

• The candidate is expected to lead a small team of Hardware engineers working closely with cross functions such as Systems/Software Engineering, Product Validation, Manufacturing, Product Costing etc.
• Single point of contact for cross functional engineering team for product specific hardware development initiatives.
• Defines and manages changes to hardware product requirements.
• Leads product feasibility assessment activities.
• Selection of major components considering competing constraints such as costing, performance, reliability, availability etc.
• Proactively assesses and treats high severity failure modes during the design phase to achieve industry leading product reliability.
• Performs worst case design simulations / calculations & prototype studies to ensure compliance to requirements.
• Defines and communicates HW-SW, HW-Mechanical interface requirements and constraints. Assesses and communicates risks associated with design trade-offs.
• Defines PCB constraints.
• Supports development of manufacturing SOPs, EOL test rigs.
• Defines hardware verification plan & amp; performs V&V activities.
• Leads design implementation activities working closely with CAD engineers.
• Represents HW team for RCA activities and ensures implementation of CAPA during the complete HW product lifecycle.
• Proactively identifies and implements opportunities to minimize BOM cost and improve product robustness and reliability.
• Technically mentors junior team members.
• Conducts internal product training & sharing of LLBP and technical knowhow.

Technical Skills & Experience:

• Requirements analysis.
• Product architecture definition, Component selection.
• Design calculation & simulation, Worst Case Analysis, Component derating.
• Thermal analysis, Signal Integrity Analysis.
• Functional/Piece Part FMEA, DRBFM.
• PCB design, DFM, DFT, DFR aspects.
• Usage of lab equipment like DSO/MSO, Function generators, Power supplies etc.
• Failure root cause analysis - 8D, 3x5 Why methodologies.
• Experience in hands-on development of analog/embedded circuits, validation, industrialization, and series maintenance of medium/high complexity products, preferably in Automotive / Transportation / Aerospace or similar industries.
• Hands on experience in reliability prediction, compliance testing is preferable.
• Exposure to development of High Power DC-DC Converters, Motor drives is an added advantage.