Embedded Hardware Engineer (Robotics)

Syky AI; Hyderabad; Presencial; INR 1.200.000 - 2.200.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Equity stake

Hands-on ownership

Opportunity to influence platform

Competitive compensation

Descripción de la vacante

Syky AI in Hyderabad is seeking an Embedded Hardware Engineer to own electronics across the platform, from custom PCBs to firmware and safety hardware. You will work closely with mechanical and simulation teams, define the architecture, and influence platform decisions for years to come.

The role requires hands-on lab work, end-to-end hardware bring-up, and collaboration across disciplines. The position offers competitive compensation and meaningful equity in a small, technically deep team

Formación

• Bachelor-level degree in electronics or related field with hands-on hardware work.
• Experience designing PCBs and bringing them up from schematic to production.
• Strong programming in C/C++ for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers and real hardware.
• Experience with sensors, power electronics, and safe interconnect.
• Familiarity with CAN/SPI/I2C/UART serial protocols.
• Ability to work in a hands-on lab and test electronics end-to-end.

Responsabilidades

• Own the robot's power system end to end including battery, BMS, and protection.
• Design custom PCBs from schematic to bring-up and validation.
• Develop embedded firmware on STM32 MCUs for sensors and safety functions.
• Define real-time communication between actuators, sensors and compute.
• Integrate vision/position sensing into compact assemblies.
• Establish sensor timing and synchronization across subsystems.
• Develop test rigs and automated validation for electronics.
• Support EMI, thermal and reliability characterization during integration.

Conocimientos

PCB design

Embedded firmware

STM32 microcontrollers

CAN/SPI/I2C/UART

Power distribution

Debugging

Altium / KiCad

Hardware bring-up

Educación

BE/BTech or ME/MTech in Electronics/Mechatronics

Herramientas

Altium

KiCad

STM32CubeMX/CubeIDE

Oscilloscope

J-Link/ST-Link

Logic analyzer

Descripción del empleo

We are an early-stage robotics company developing a mobile manipulation platform for domestic environments. The hardware is designed and built in-house.

We are looking for an Embedded Hardware Engineer to own the electronics across the platform — custom PCBs, embedded firmware, sensor integration, communication, power distribution, interconnect and safety hardware. This is a foundational engineering role with end-to-end responsibility, working closely with our mechanical and simulation engineers.

The architecture is still being defined. You will have significant influence over decisions that shape the platform for years.

Responsibilities

About the role

We are an early-stage robotics company developing a mobile manipulation platform for domestic environments. The hardware is designed and built in-house.

We are looking for an Embedded Hardware Engineer to own the electronics across the platform — custom PCBs, embedded firmware, sensor integration, communication, power distribution, interconnect and safety hardware. This is a foundational engineering role with end-to-end responsibility, working closely with our mechanical and simulation engineers.

The architecture is still being defined. You will have significant influence over decisions that shape the platform for years.

Responsibilities

• Own the robot's power system end to end — battery pack and BMS selection, distribution, precharge and soft-start, protection, current sensing, charging dock interface, fault handling in firmware, and thermal budget
• Design custom PCBs from schematic capture through layout, fabrication and bring-up — sensor carriers, power distribution and safety boards
• Develop embedded firmware on STM32-class microcontrollers for sensor acquisition, safety functions and system coordination
• Specify and implement the real-time communication architecture between actuators, sensors and the compute platform
• Integrate vision, depth, position and force sensing into space-constrained assemblies
• Establish sensor timing and synchronisation across subsystems operating at different sample rates
• Design the safety hardware layer, including independent power-cutoff authority and interlocks
• Specify interconnect and harnessing for continuous-motion applications, including flex life, strain relief and routing
• Develop test rigs and automated validation for electronic subsystems
• Support EMI, thermal and reliability characterisation through integration and test
• Manage component selection, vendor relationships and the transition from prototype to production hardware
• Maintain schematics, BOMs, firmware repositories, test records and engineering change documentation

Requirements

• BE/BTech or ME/MTech in Electronics, Electronics & Communication, Instrumentation, Mechatronics or a related discipline
• 3–4 years of professional experience in electronics hardware development — robotics, medical devices, automotive, aerospace, instrumentation or consumer hardware
• Demonstrated PCB design experience end to end in Altium, KiCad or equivalent, including boards you have personally taken through layout, fabrication and bring-up
• Embedded firmware development in C/C++ on ARM Cortex-M, with hands‑on experience on STM32 (F4, G4, H7 or L4 families) or comparable platforms such as NXP i.MX RT, TI C2000 or Microchip SAM
• Working knowledge of STM32CubeMX/CubeIDE, HAL and LL drivers, or equivalent vendor toolchains, and comfort dropping to register level when required
• Practical use of peripherals — timers, PWM, ADC, DMA, interrupt priorities and clock tree configuration
• Debugging with SWD/JTAG probes (ST-Link, J-Link), alongside oscilloscopes, logic analysers and bench instrumentation
• In-depth working knowledge of at least one serial communication protocol (CAN, SPI, I²C, UART)
• Practical grounding in DC power distribution — rail design from vendor reference designs, current sensing, protection, inrush management, and layout for thermal and EMI performance
• Comfortable in a hands‑on laboratory environment: assembly, rework, instrumentation and test

Preferred

• CAN-FD and real‑time distributed control systems
• FreeRTOS, Zephyr or bare‑metal scheduling for deterministic control loops
• Custom bootloaders and firmware update mechanisms (DFU, CAN or OTA)
• Experience integrating battery management systems and working to lithium pack safety requirements
• Integrated actuator modules and BLDC motor interfaces
• Camera and sensor interfaces (MIPI CSI, USB3 Vision)
• Embedded Linux platforms, including NVIDIA Jetson
• EMC and EMI mitigation
• ROS 2 or micro-ROS; Python‑based test automation
• Version control and CI practices applied to firmware
• Design for manufacture and assembly

Not required

Power converter or BMS design from first principles, formal safety certification (UL / IEC / CE), functional safety qualification, or high‑volume manufacturing experience. We place greater weight on engineering fundamentals and analytical depth than on domain‑specific precedent.

What we offer

• Full ownership of a core subsystem at an early and consequential stage
• Hardware you design running in deployed systems within the first year
• A small, technically deep team with direct access to every part of the platform
• Competitive compensation and meaningful equity