Hardware Engineer

BPL; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

BPL, based in Bangalore, is seeking an experienced Hardware Engineer to design embedded hardware in the power domain. You will handle analog/digital interfaces, board bring-up, testing and debugging, and select critical components like MCUs, memory ICs and drivers.

You will work with EMS partners to improve process quality and ensure DFM, CAPA and safety standards compliance. The role requires 8+ years in hardware design, with strong PCB layout, high voltage and EMI/EMC expertise, and leadership

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hardware design experience.
• Hands-on DC-DC and SMPS power supply design experience.
• Strong PCB layout and impedance control knowledge.
• Familiarity with high voltage components and EMI/EMC concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop embedded hardware in the power domain.
• Work on analog and digital interfaces, board bring-up, testing and debugging.
• Select components like MCUs, memory ICs, driver ICs, interfaces, ADC/DACs.
• Estimate effort for proposals and derive system requirements from specs.
• Collaborate with EMS partners to improve process, quality and automated testing.
• Ensure designs meet IEC 60601-1/60601-1-2 safety and performance standards.
• Lead RCA using Fishbone/8D, implement CAPA and DFMEA/PFMEA.
• Create PCB designs meeting electrical, EMC, safety, mechanical requirements.
• Mentor and guide PCB team.

Skills

Hardware design

Embedded systems

DC-DC converters

SMPS design

PCB layout

Signal integrity

EMI/EMC

Team mentoring

DFMEA

PFMEA

Microcontroller interfaces

High voltage design

Product lifecycle management

Tools

Cadence

Altium

PSpice

OrCAD

Mentor Graphics

Job description

Position: Hardware Engineer

Location: Bangalore

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Designing and developing embedded hardware in Power domain
• Work on Analog and digital interface, board bring up, testing and debugging of the software
• Responsible for the selecting right components like Micro-Controller, Memory ICs, Driver ICs, Interface designs, ADC/DAC components
• Effort Estimations for proposals and carrying out detailed requirement analysis based on functionality, translating spec into actual system requirement and implement the same
• Work closely with EMS partners and vendors to improve the process, product quality, Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and automated testing
• Design the hardware that meets the medical device safety and performance standards, for ex IEC 60601-1, IEC 60601-1-2
• Design of experiments for investigating issues and finding the way forward Use structured reasoning (Fishbone, 8D etc) to RCA issues Implement CAPA
• Participate in AFMEA, own DFMEA, and collaborate with the manufacturing team for PFMEA
• To Design and implement PCB designs that meet the electrical, EMC, Safety, mechanical, thermal and DFA/DFM requirements of the system
• Able to mentor a team

Required Knowledge, Experience, Skills and Abilities:

• Minimum 8+ years of relevant experience in hardware designing
• Hands-on experience in DC-DC converter designs, SMPS power supply design for ac and DC based systems
• Good knowledge in PCB layout guidelines, PCB designing concepts, impedance control layout design, length matching
• Should have working knowledge on circuit breakers, IGBT s, MOSFET etc
• Must have strong knowledge of circuit theory and electrical engineering principles
• Experience in signal integrity, power integrity and EMI/EMC concept
• Experience in guiding the PCB team
• Must have hands-on experience on high pot, high frequency designs
• Electrical and electronic circuit design experience, analog and digital circuit design, communication interface circuits, power supplies, physical equipment design and mixed-signal circuit boards
• Experience in designing the firmware for microcontroller interfaces
• Experience in selecting high voltage components
• Familiarity with tools such as Cadence, Altium, PSpice, ORCAD, and Mentor Graphics
• Shall have strong knowledge on product reliability, performance characterisation
• Proficient with test instruments DSO, Multimeter, power supplies etc
• Experience in Product life cycle management
• knowledge of medical device standard IEC 60601-1, IEC 60601-1-2
• Working knowledge on Defibrillator, Electrocautery, X-ray system will be added advantage
• Experience in people management, & team handling