Hardware Design Engineer

Happiest Minds Technologies; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Happiest Minds Technologies in Bengaluru seeks a Hardware Board Design engineer with 4-8 years of experience to drive end-to-end embedded product development in a Bangalore-based role.

You will independently design MCU/FPGA based solutions, select components, and perform high-speed digital and mixed-signal design with close collaboration with Firmware, FPGA and Mechanical teams. Proficiency in Altium/OrCAD, PCB layout review, and EMI/EMC/safety pre-compliance testing at labs will be valued.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a Hardware design engineer.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Active involvement in all phases of an embedded product development (Requirement Analysis to Testing )
• Should be an expert in selecting components meeting cost, functionality, performance, regulatory and non-functional requirements.
• Independently develop micro-controller, micro-processor and FPGA based designs with interfaces/ peripherals such as DDR, eMMC, ADC, DAC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Sensors etc
• Good understanding of high speed digital design, analog design and mixed signal design
• Hands‑on experience in Schematics design tools like Altium, OrCAD or similar
• Experience in performing detailed PCB layout review using Allegro, Altium etc.
• Perform board bring‑up tests, functional tests, ESS tests and pre‑compliance screening tests for EMI/EMC/Safety etc at third party labs
• Excellent problem‑solving/ debugging skills and attention to detail.
• Experience working closely with Firmware, FPGA, Mechanical and Simulation teams

Responsibilities

• 4+ years of experience as a hardware design engineer.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Active involvement in all phases of embedded product development (Requirement Analysis to Testing).
• Should be an expert in selecting components meeting cost, functionality, performance, regulatory and non-functional requirements.
• Independently develop MCU/MPU and FPGA designs with interfaces such as DDR, eMMC, ADC, DAC, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, sensors.
• Strong understanding of high speed digital, analog, and mixed signal design.
• Hands-on experience with Altium/OrCAD for schematics.
• PCB layout review using Allegro/Altium.
• Board bring-up, functional and pre-compliance EMI/EMC/Safety tests at labs.
• Excellent problem solving and debugging skills; attention to detail.
• Collaboration with Firmware, FPGA, Mechanical and Simulation teams

Skills

Hardware design

Embedded development

Component selection

Microcontrollers

FPGA design

High-speed digital

Analog design

Mixed-signal design

Schematic tools

PCB layout review

EMI/EMC testing

Board bring-up

Problem solving

Collaboration

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

Allegro

Job description

Designation: Hardware Board Design/Sr.Hardware Board Design

Experience: 4 to 8 years

Location: Bangalore

• 4+ years of experience as a Hardware design engineer.
• Excellent written and oral communication.
• Active involvement in all phases of an embedded product development (Requirement Analysis to Testing )
• Should be an expert in selecting components meeting cost, functionality, performance, regulatory and non-functional requirements.
• Independently develop micro-controller, micro-processor and FPGA based designs with interfaces/ peripherals such as DDR, eMMC, ADC, DAC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Sensors etc
• Good understanding of high speed digital design, analog design and mixed signal design
• Hands‑on experience in Schematics design tools like Altium, OrCAD or similar
• Experience in performing detailed PCB layout review using Allegro, Altium etc.
• Perform board bring‑up tests, functional tests, ESS tests and pre‑compliance screening tests for EMI/EMC/Safety etc at third party labs
• Excellent problem‑solving/ debugging skills and attention to detail.
• Experience working closely with Firmware, FPGA, Mechanical and Simulation teams