Sr. Hardware Design Engineer/ Tech Lead

Tata AutoComp; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata AutoComp is seeking a Sr Engineer/Tech Lead for Power Electronics hardware development in Pune. You will work on analog, digital, and mixed-signal designs, focusing on motor control, power converters, communication interfaces, and EMI/thermal considerations.

The role requires 5–10 years in automotive hardware, hands-on simulation experience, and strong collaboration with cross-functional teams. You will contribute to hardware bring-up, testing, and documentation in a dynamic engineering

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in power electronics hardware design for automotive (Tier1/OEM).
• Experience with analog, digital and mixed-signal hardware.
• Knowledge of motor control and power supply topologies.

Responsibilities

• Interact with customers to understand simulation requirements and objectives.
• Design and develop power electronics hardware for AC/DC converters, DC-DC converters, VCU, and motor control products.
• Collaborate with PCB/Mechanical teams and prepare test plans and validation protocols.
• Produce engineering documentation including design specs, test reports, and BOMs.

Skills

Power electronics

Analog & digital design

Motor control

Circuit design

Simulation & modeling

Education

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

Tools

LTspice

MATLAB

PLECS

Altium

Cadence

Job description

Job Description _Power Electronics HW Sr Engineer

Inputs Needed Role / Title Sr. Design Engineer/ Tech LeadExperience:5 - 10 yearsIndustry:Automotive (Tier 1 / OEM)Location:PuneJob Description:

• Having knowledge on LDO, switching regulator AC-DC converter, DC DC converter, and different power supply topology etc.
• Analog, Digital and Mixed Circuit Design and development.
• Microcontroller/Microprocessor/FPGA based designs.
• Experience in different communication peripherals for I2C, SPI, CAN, LIN, UART, RS-232, RS-485, Ethernet, USB etc. also in wireless communication like, LORA, GPS, RF, Bluetooth communication etc
• Having knowledge on Motor control for AC/DC motor, BLDC motor, PMSM motor etc,
• EMI/EMC compliant design experience.
• Experience in using Test Equipment, Testing Hardware, Verification & Validation.
• Power Converter Design & Validation: Design, analyze, test, and validate power electronic converters including isolated and non-isolated DC-DC converters, battery chargers, and AC-DC converters
• Simulation Expertise: Hands-on experience with simulation tools such as LTSpice, PSIM, MATLAB, and PLECS for circuit modeling, performance evaluation, and design optimization.
• Gate Driver Design: Strong experience in designing MOSFET/IGBT gate driver circuits, including protection features such as desaturation detection, soft turn-off, and short-circuit protection.
• Component Engineering & Analysis: Skilled in component selection, power loss estimation, efficiency optimization, thermal analysis, worst-case calculations, and stability analysis using pole-zero and Bode plot techniques.
• Control Algorithms & Stability: Good understanding of control strategies for DC-DC converters (voltage mode, current mode, digital control, etc.) with the ability to perform detailed stability analysis via simulations and analytical methods.
• Magnetics Design: Thorough understanding of design principles for inductors and transformers, magnetic material selection, core loss estimation, winding techniques, and manufacturing processes.
• Signal Conditioning & Isolation: Strong grasp of signal conditioning circuits including current/voltage sense amplifiers, optocouplers, digital isolators, and related isolation techniques.
• PCB Design Support: Collaborate with ECAD teams for PCB layout; review designs for DRC, EMC compliance, creepage/clearance, DFM/DFA, thermal considerations, and high-voltage design guidelines.
• Technical Documentation: Develop and maintain engineering documentation such as requirement specifications, design documents, test plans, test reports, DFMEAs, and engineering BOMs.
• Hardware Bring-Up & Validation: Experience in hardware bring-up, debugging, and validation of power converter prototypes, using appropriate test equipment and safety practices.

Job Profile

Roles & Responsibilities

• Interaction with customer to understand the simulation requirement and objective.
• Design & development of Power Electronics product which involves Analog, Digital and Mixed-Signal Hardware for AC DC converter, DCDC converter, VCU, Motor Control Products in Automotive/Industrial
• Knowledge on Motor control techniques, Power electronics, Embedded Hardware, MPU etc.
• Design of hardware and qualification of hardware for various qualification standards.
• Working with different cross functional teams like PCB Design Engineers, Mechanical team etc.
• Test Plan creation, Testing and Validation.
• Individual contributors.

ToolsAltium/Cadence ,LTspice,Psim,MATLAB, PLECS for Circuit modelling,Silicon ExpertQualificationB.Tech / M.Tech DomainElectronics Telecommunication/ Electrical/Power Electronics / Electronics and Communication (ECE) / Electronics and Electrical (EEE), Electrical and instrumentation (EIE)