Hardware Design Engineer

VISICS - safety & security solutions; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

VISICS - safety & security solutions, located in Chennai, is seeking a Hardware Design Engineer responsible for designing, developing, and validating Industrial IoT and Automation hardware platforms. Candidates should have 5-8 years of experience in PCB hardware development and strong knowledge in Digital and Analog Electronics. The role demands expertise in environmental compliance and circuit design, with additional familiarity in embedded code. VISICS offers a high-tech working environment to help protect personnel from confined space work risks.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-8 years of experience in electronic circuit design and PCB hardware development.
• Strong knowledge in Digital & Analog Electronics, power stages, and protection circuitry.
• Proficient with hardware test instruments and signal/data analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Design hardware platforms for Industrial IoT and Industrial Automation applications.
• Perform schematic design, hardware bring-up, and debugging.
• Integrate industrial and wireless communication interfaces.
• Design rugged systems with surge/ESD protection and safety practices.
• Prepare and maintain QMS documentation with traceability.

Skills

Environmental ruggedization compliance

EMI/EMC compliance

Digital & Analog Electronics

PCB hardware development

Linux knowledge

Signal/data analysis tools

Design for Manufacturability and Reliability

Education

B.E./B.Tech or M.E./M.Tech in EEE / ECE / Electronics

Tools

Hardware test instruments

Job description

VISICS is a high-tech and fully digital mobile system that offers solutions for Digital Confined Space Monitoring, Remote Gas Detection, Access Control and Management, and People and Asset Tracking.

By combining the right people with the best equipment and smart interfaces, VISICS helps protect CSE personnel from the risks and hazards associated with confined space work, 24/7.

Role Description

Hardware Design Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and validating Industrial IoT and Automation hardware platforms. This includes ruggedized hardware design, industrial communication protocols, testing, certification compliance, and QMS-based documentation management.

Key Responsibilities

• Design hardware platforms for Industrial IoT and Industrial Automation applications.
• Perform schematic design, hardware bring-up, signal integrity analysis, debugging, and root-cause investigation.
• Utilize deep knowledge of Linux, Single Board Computers and 32-bit MCUs to design electronic circuits around it.
• Integrate industrial and wireless communication interfaces: UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS485/RS232, USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, BLE, Zigbee, LoRaWAN.
• Select components ensuring performance, reliability, lifecycle longevity, and supply chain robustness.
• Design rugged systems with surge/ESD protection and industrial-grade safety practices.
• Provide production support including test jig design and manufacturing issue debugging.
• Ensure environmental ruggedization compliance (e.g., IP65/IP67, shock/vibration standards).
• Understanding of compliance with EMI/EMC, CE, UL, FCC, and industrial product standards.
• Prepare and maintain QMS documentation with traceability and version-controlled records.

Required Qualifications

• Ensure environmental ruggedization compliance (e.g., IP65/IP67, shock/vibration standards).
• Understanding of compliance with EMI/EMC, CE, UL, FCC, and industrial product standards.
• B.E./B.Tech or M.E./M.Tech in EEE / ECE / Electronics.
• Minimum 5-8 years of experience in electronic circuit design and PCB hardware development for industrial systems.
• Strong knowledge in Digital & Analog Electronics, power stages, and protection circuitry.
• Experience in PCB layout review, stack-up design, and SI/PI considerations.
• Knowledge of memory/storage interfaces: RAM, eMMC, SD card, Flash/NVM.
• Familiarity with embedded code for board validation (basic Embedded C, Python)
• Proficient with hardware test instruments and signal/data analysis tools.
• Expertise in Design for Manufacturability and Reliability (DFM, DFA).
• Knowledge of EMI/EMC compliance — design and pre-compliance validation.