Hardware Lead Engineer

Job Requirements

Technical Skills

Circuit Design & Development: Design circuits to meet HW requirements. Design microprocessor and FPGA based hardware boards. Components Selection and good in selection of the equivalent components. Create, simulate, and debug Power circuits, analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits for electromechanical medical devices.
Schematic & PCB Layout: Perform schematic capture and work closely with PCB layout engineers; Design for high-speed, and low-power, miniature, or wearable assemblies.
Tools: High proficiency in Schematics, PCB design tools such as Altium Designer, Cadence OrCAD. Etc.
Microcontrollers/Interfaces: Experience with ARM Cortex, TI, NXP, or STM32 microcontrollers. Deep knowledge of communication protocols: I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, USB, Ethernet. Etc.
FPGA: Experience in developing boards with FPGAs. Exposure to schematic design using Xilinx / Altera FPGAs. Good understanding regarding the configuration pins and other dedicated pins of FPGA
Analog/Digital Expertise: Signal conditioning, noise reduction techniques, ADC/DAC interfacing, and power supply design.
Lab Equipment: Hands-on experience with Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzers, and Digital Multimeters for troubleshooting.
SW/HW Interaction : Boot loader , Power management issues , Interface issues ..etc. able to resolve the issues between the Software and hardware platform of the Product.
Mechanical / HW Interaction : Interact with mechanical engineers, design hardware to meet mechanical constraints
Technical Support for Vendor Evaluation / Coordination : Support for PCB fabrication and manufacturing alignment
Medical Standards Compliance: Ensure all designs comply with IEC 60601-1 (General Safety), IEC 60601-1-2 (EMC), and ISO 14971 (Risk Management).
V&V (Verification & Validation): Develop and execute hardware testing, including board bring-up, functional, electrical safety, and environmental testing.
Documentation & Quality Systems: Maintain detailed Design History Files (DHF) in compliance with ISO 13485 and FDA design controls (21 CFR 820.30).
EMI/EMC: Should be aware of EMI/EMC considerations to be taken care in schematic and PCB designs

Job Responsibilities

Analysing the client's needs, estimating the project tasks, preparing spec & detailed design
Extract mechanical constraints through discussions with mechanical team and design board accordingly
Design to meet the size and cost aspirations of client
Developing / leading embedded hardware designs and testing and deployment of these hardware boards in the embedded platform
Plan daily activities of the HW team members and provide guidance as needed
Schematic Design, PCB design support, Board Bringup, Integration & Testing
Work closely with PCB designers as needed
Technical ownership of quality hardware deliverables
Review HW team artefacts
Plan training to resources as needed
Root cause analysis and bug fixing
Use appropriate processes, tools and standards
Handle technical issues/ problems with customers
Guide junior team members in their activities
Work along with other architects/leads (SW, FPGA) to create system architecture and during system integration
Inter-team communication and coordination
Identify and Escalate issues as needed

Would Be a Plus

Development of motor driver & debugging the stepper motor & interface details
Exposure to high-speed interfaces
Experience in power optimizations
Experience implementing USB or Ethernet
Experience developing Hardware for high-end FPGAs and FPGA – SoCs
Exposure to stepper motor control based designs

Communication

Good and strong verbal and written communication to involved stakeholders
Should be able to conduct fruitful discussion with hardware and software team
Able to discuss hardware technical issues and solutions with customer

Preferred Qualification

Bachelor degree in Engineering - Electronics Engineering
Years of Experience : 6 - 9 Years

Job Location

Trivandrum
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