Electronics & Hardware Design Engineer

Cradlewise, Inc.; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy to own designs

Mentorship from senior team

Growth-focused culture

Ship hardware used in real products

Job summary

Cradlewise, Inc. is seeking an experienced electronics hardware engineer to lead end-to-end hardware development in Pune.

You will design power management circuits and microcontroller-based systems, guiding prototype builds through validation into manufacturing with emphasis on signal integrity and thermal performance. You will collaborate across teams, conduct design reviews, and generate documentation, including test reports and validation results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Electronics, Electrical, or Electronics & Communication Engineering.
• 3–5 years of electronics hardware design and product development.
• Strong foundation in analog and digital circuit design.
• Hands-on schematic capture and PCB design experience with Altium Designer or Cadence.
• Experience taking a product from prototype through validation into manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end hardware development: architecture, schematic capture, component selection, PCB layout guidance, prototyping, bring-up, validation, and production support.
• Design of power management circuits, microcontroller-based systems, and communication interfaces.
• Reliable, manufacturable, cost-optimized PCB designs with focus on signal integrity, thermal performance, EMI/EMC.
• DFM and DFT considerations.
• Board bring-up, debugging, and root-cause analysis using standard lab equipment.
• Manufacturing support: prototype builds, NPI, production test development, supplier interactions, and field failure analysis.
• Design reviews and engineering documentation, including calculations, test reports, and validation results.

Skills

Analog & digital design

In-depth debugging

Embedded hardware

Power management design

Signal integrity

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electronics/Electrical/EC Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Spectrum analyzers

Job description

• End-to-end hardware development: architecture, schematic capture, component selection, PCB layout guidance, prototyping, bring-up, validation, and production support
• Design of power management circuits, microcontroller-based systems, and communication interfaces
• Reliable, manufacturable, cost-optimized PCB designs that account for signal integrity, thermal performance, EMI/EMC,
• DFM, and DFT
• Board bring-up, debugging, and root-cause analysis using standard lab equipment
• Manufacturing support: prototype builds, NPI, production test development, supplier interactions, and field failure analysis
• Design reviews and engineering documentation, including calculations, test reports, and validation results

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical, or Electronics & Communication Engineering
• 3 to 5 years of experience in electronics hardware design and product development
• Strong foundation in analog and digital circuit design
• Hands-on schematic capture and PCB design experience with Altium Designer or Cadence
• At least one product taken from prototype through validation into manufacturing
• Strong debugging skills with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, function generators, spectrum analyzers, and power supplies
• Experience with embedded hardware and common interfaces: SPI, I²C, UART, CAN, USB, Ethernet, JTAG, or SDIO
• Solid understanding of PCB stack-up, signal integrity, thermal design, EMI/EMC, DFM, and DFT
• Power supply design experience: buck, boost, LDO, flyback, or other DC-DC topologies

Nice to have

• ARM-based processors, PMICs, or high-speed memory interfaces (DDR/LPDDR)
• Wireless technologies: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LTE, GNSS, or RF systems
• MATLAB, Python, or LabVIEW for validation and test automation
• EMI/EMC compliance standards (FCC, CE, UL)
• Background in robotics, consumer electronics, automotive/EV, IoT, energy, or medical devices
• Rigid-flex or flexible PCB design

What makes you successful here

• Ownership mindset: you can independently drive a hardware project from idea to production
• Sharp debugging instincts and a bias for getting into the lab
• Ability to balance performance, manufacturability, reliability, and cost
• Clear communication across functions, and comfort in a fast-paced, unstructured startup environment

What We Offer

• The chance to design hardware that ships in real products used by thousands of families
• Autonomy to ideate, experiment, and execute your own design decisions
• Close collaboration and mentorship within a senior, cross-functional engineering team
• A fun, inclusive, learning-oriented culture with regular reviews to accelerate your growth

Quick facts

• Industry: Baby tech. The infant and childcare market is $136B annually
• Type: Privately held, VC-backed
• Founded: 2019
• Funding: $10M, with lead investors CRV and Footwork
• Location: Pune,, work from office
• Sounds like you?Are you excited to work collaboratively with design, product, and engineering? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments where you wear many hats and think on your feet? Are you an independent thinker, a fast learner, hungry to be part of a high-performing team?