J_1244 - Senior Project Engineer - Design (Altium)

Speed Global; Pune District; On-site; INR 700,000 - 950,000; Full time

Job summary

Speed Global seeks an experienced Electronics Hardware Engineer to lead the full hardware NPD lifecycle for industrial and consumer devices in Pune. You will design, prototype, test, and validate hardware across analog/digital domains, power electronics, and multi-layer PCB layouts, using Altium Designer, KiCAD, or similar tools.

You will work with firmware, mechanical design, and product management teams to ensure robust, compliant products, and drive DFMEA, thermal management, and DFMA

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of hands-on hardware design experience.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Telecommunication, or related field.
• Proven hands-on experience in electronic hardware design within an R&D or NPD setup.
• Experience with multi-layer PCB design using Altium, KiCAD, Cadence Allegro or similar ECAD tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in full hardware NPD lifecycle for industrial/consumer devices.
• Design, prototype, test, and validate hardware to meet performance requirements.
• Conduct RCA and debugging during hardware verification and validation phases.
• Collaborate with firmware, mechanical design, and product management teams.
• Design power supplies (AC-DC, DC-DC, motor drives, BMS) and perform thermal/power budgeting.

Skills

NPD involvement

Hardware debugging

System-level design

Cross-functional collaboration

Thermal management

Component selection

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Telecommunication, or related technical discipline

Tools

Altium Designer

KiCAD

Cadence Allegro

OrCAD

Job description

3 to 5 Years

Pune, Maharashtra

Full-Time

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and participate in the full lifecycle of New Product Development (NPD) for industrial/consumer electronic devices.
• Design, simulate, build, and evaluate prototypes to validate technical feasibility and performance requirements.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and troubleshooting during hardware debugging and validation phases.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with firmware engineers, mechanical designers, and product management team
• Design robust power supplies, including AC-DC, DC-DC converters, motor drives, gate drivers, and battery management systems (BMS).
• Perform component selection, power budgeting, thermal calculations, and worst-case circuit analysis.
• Design analog and digital circuits, microcontroller/DSP interfaces, sensor integration, and communication peripherals (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, RS-485).
• Create schematic captures and multi-layer PCB layouts using industry-standard EDA tools (Altium Designer, KiCAD, or OrCAD).
• Implement best practices for High-Speed design, Signal Integrity (SI), Power Integrity (PI), thermal management, and EMI/EMC mitigation.
• Generate complete manufacturing outputs, including Gerber files, Bill of Materials (BOM), fabrication drawings, and assembly outputs.
• Partner with PCB fabricators and assembly houses (EMS) to ensure Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).
• Prepare products for regulatory compliance testing (CE, FCC, UL, RoHS, REACH, etc.) and participate in pre-compliance testing.
• Create technical documentation, including hardware specifications, test plans, design verification reports (DVR), and BOMs.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Experience Range: 3 to 5 Years
• Qualification: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Telecommunication, or a related technical discipline.
• Proven hands-on experience in electronic hardware design within an R&D or NPD setup.
• PCB CAD Tools: Experience with Altium Designer, KiCAD, Cadence Allegro, or similar ECAD platforms for multi-layer board design. (Any one is sufficient)
• Power Electronics: Strong understanding of SMPS topologies (Flyback, Buck, Boost, LLC), power MOSFETs/IGBTs, gate drivers, and magnetic component design.
• Lab Equipment: Hands-on expertise using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, electronic loads, and soldering tools.
• Circuit Simulation: Experience with simulation tools such as SPICE, LTspice, or MATLAB/Simulink.
• Prior experience taking at least 1–2 hardware products from concept to mass production. (Recommended)
• Familiarity with microcontroller architectures (ARM Cortex-M, STM32, ESP32, TI C2000).
• Understanding of thermal simulation, heat sink design and enclosure integration.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
• High attention to detail with a commitment to design quality and safety standards.
• verbal and written communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.

Required Skills

electronichardware design within an R&D / NPD setup Power Electronics Analytical skills and data driven decision making HW controller debugging Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) Embedded Systems Testing PCB Design