Digital Electronics Design Engineer (Avionics)

Thales; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Thales India Engineering Competency Center in Bengaluru seeks a Technical Lead to drive electronics systems design for avionics products. You will own hardware architecture, from requirements through detailed design, ensuring robust performance and regulatory compliance.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to address power, signal integrity, and EMI/EMC aspects, while guiding lab validation and component selection for reliable aerospace solutions.

Qualifications

• B.Tech in Electronics & Communication or Electrical engineering with 12+ years of relevant experience.
• Master’s degree in Electronics preferred.
• Strong design and verification of electronic boards (digital & analog).
• Experience with FPGA, microcontrollers, and embedded processors.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware design from requirements to architecture and detailed design.
• Ensure compliance with avionics standards DO160 and DO254.
• Collaborate with power, PCB layout, mechanical, and supplier teams.
• Perform circuit simulation and lab validation using pSPICE/LTSPICE and oscilloscope/analysers.
• Oversee EMI/EMC filter design and component selection.

Skills

Product design

Embedded systems

FPGA

Microcontroller

Ethernet interfaces

UART/RS-232/RS-422/RS-485

Power integrity

Lab measurement

DO-160/DO-254 compliance

Cadence/Allegro

Education

B.Tech in Electronics & Communication or Electrical engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Cadence design entry HDL

Allegro PCB

pSPICE

LTSPICE

Sigrity / Ansys SIWave / HFSS

Job description

Location: Bangalore, India

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida and has other operational offices and sites spread across Delhi, Gurugram, Bengaluru and Mumbai, among others. Over 2200 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Aerospace and Cyber & Digital sectors. Thales has two engineering competence centres in India - one in Noida focused on Cyber & Digital business, while the one in Bengaluru focuses on hardware, software and systems engineering capabilities for both the civil and defence sectors, serving global needs. The Group has also established an MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) facility in Gurugram to provide comprehensive avionics maintenance and repair services to Indian airlines and support the growth of the local aviation industry.

Thales India Engineering Competency Center in Bangalore is seeking a Technical Lead role to be part of Hardware engineering team. In this role he/she will be responsible for generating reliable, cost effective, customized Electronics systems design, Obsolescence redesign for avionics products to meet the customer requirements as well as governing regulatory standards (DO-160, DO-254, MIL-STD, etc.).

Qualifications:

B.Tech in Electronics & Communication or Electrical engineering or equivalent with 12+ years of relevant experience. Master Degree in Electronics & Communication preferable.

Technical Skills and Competencies:

• Must have strong experience in Product design and development from requirements to Conceptual design to architectural design to detailed design and analysis
• Must have Strong knowledge in Specification, design and verification of electronic boards (including digital functions)
• Must have strong experience with various FPGA, Microcontroller and Embedded microprocessor
• Must have strong knowledge in 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet, PCIe DDR2, DDR3, high speed NOR and NAND Flash Interface
• Must have strong knowledge of using UART RS-232, RS-422, RS-485, I2C, SPI
• Must have strong knowledge with Ethernet Interface, PCIe, SMPTE, USB, ARINC-429 and CAN
• Must have Strong hands on experience in design software (Cadence design entry HDL and Allegro PCB)
• Must have hands on experience in Circuit Simulation using pSPICE and LTSPICE simulation tool
• Should have experience of working with multi-disciplinary team (For effective design for power supply, understanding Load requirements, PCB layout team, Mechanical team, and suppliers)
• Should have good experience with any signal Integrity and Power Integrity Simulation tools (Example: Caxence Sigrity, Ansysy SIWave/HFSS, Mentor Graphics Hyperlynx etc.)
• Should have experience is EMI/EMC filter design and components selection
• Should have knowledge in aeronautics standards DO160 and DO254.
• Should have good experience in electronics components selection and analysis for avionics products.
• Should be very familiar with lab measuring equipment. Ex: Oscilloscope, Waveform Generator, Spectrum Analyzer, Network analyzer etc.
• Good to have experience in designing low to high power analog electronic boards (for example, power supply, signal processing etc) for avionics Industry
• Definition of electrical schematics and building blocks
• Manufacturing failures analysis / Root cause analysis
• Test procedures definition and execution
• Component obsolescence treatment : alternative solution identification, definition/design of the solution and verification

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