Senior Hardware Designer/Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services; Novi (MI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Medical coverage

Parental leave

Auto & Home insurance

Commuter benefits

Training reimbursement

Vacation & holidays

401K plan

Student loan help

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services seeks a senior hardware engineer to lead automotive electronic hardware development from concept to production. You will translate customer requirements into hardware architecture, design analog/digital/power circuits, and guide PCB layout with a focus on signal integrity and reliability.

The role requires hands-on experience with MCU interfaces, power-management designs, automotive interfaces (CAN/LIN/Ethernet), and strong problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in automotive hardware design.
• Proficiency in analog and digital circuit design.
• Hands-on experience with microcontrollers, processors, memories, sensors, and interfaces.
• Design power-management circuits including DC-DC converters, LDOs, protection, and sequencing.
• Knowledge of CAN, LIN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART, and related physical-layer circuits.
• Experience with schematic-capture and PCB-design tools (Altium, Cadence, Mentor, Zuken).
• Circuit simulation tools such as LTspice, PSpice, HyperLynx, or equivalents.
• Understanding of high-speed PCB design, SI/PI, grounding, shielding.
• Lab instrumentation including oscilloscopes, analyzers, spectrum/network analyzers.
• Knowledge of automotive EMC/ESD and environmental requirements.
• Familiarity with AEC-Q100/AEC-Q200.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead automotive electronic hardware development from concept through production.
• Translate requirements into hardware architecture, schematics, and detailed designs.
• Design analog, digital, power, communication, sensor-interface circuits.
• Perform component selection considering performance, reliability, and cost.
• Review PCB placement, routing, stack-up, grounding, thermal management, SI/PI.
• Conduct circuit simulations, worst-case and tolerance analyses, power budgeting.
• Lead hardware design reviews and close technical findings.
• Maintain BOM and obsolescence management.
• Support prototype bring-up, debugging, and validation.
• Define hardware verification plans, test specs, acceptance criteria, and reports.
• Support EMC/ESD/transient, environmental, vibration and reliability testing.
• Investigate design issues using root-cause analysis.
• Coordinate with system, software, mechanical, validation, manufacturing, supplier teams.
• Support design-for-manufacturing/testability/reliability and production-launch activities.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior and offshore teams.
• Support technical discussions, estimates, planning, and customer reviews.

Skills

Automotive hardware

Analog/digital design

MCU interfaces

Power management

CAN/LIN/Ethernet

Schematic/PCB tools

Circuit simulation

High-speed PCB

Lab instrumentation

EMC/ESD/Transient

AEC qualification

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence OrCAD

Mentor Graphics

Zuken

Job description

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Strong experience in automotive or embedded electronic hardware design.
• Proficiency in analog and digital circuit design.
• Hands-on experience with microcontrollers, processors, memories, sensors, and peripheral interfaces.
• Experience designing power-management circuits, including DC-DC converters, LDOs, protection circuits, and power sequencing.
• Knowledge of automotive communication interfaces such as CAN, LIN, Ethernet, SPI, I²C, UART, and related physical-layer circuits.
• Experience with schematic-capture and PCB-design tools such as Altium Designer, Cadence OrCAD, Mentor Graphics, Zuken, or equivalent.
• Experience with circuit simulation and analysis tools such as LTspice, PSpice, HyperLynx, or equivalent.
• Good understanding of high-speed PCB design, controlled impedance, grounding, shielding, signal integrity, and power integrity.
• Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, and other laboratory equipment.
• Knowledge of automotive EMC, ESD, transient protection, and environmental requirements.
• Familiarity with automotive qualification standards such as AEC-Q100 and AEC-Q200.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead automotive electronic hardware development from concept through production.
• Translate customer and system requirements into hardware requirements, architecture, block diagrams, schematics, and detailed design documentation.
• Design analog, digital, power-supply, communication, sensor-interface, and microcontroller-based circuits.
• Perform component selection considering performance, automotive qualification, reliability, availability, lifecycle, and cost.
• Review and guide PCB placement, routing, stack-up, grounding, shielding, thermal management, signal integrity, and power integrity.
• Perform circuit simulations, worst-case analysis, tolerance analysis, derating analysis, power-budget analysis, and design calculations.
• Conduct hardware design reviews and ensure timely closure of technical findings.
• Develop and maintain the Bill of Materials and support component obsolescence management.
• Support prototype development, board bring-up, integration, debugging, and functional testing.
• Define hardware verification and validation plans, test specifications, acceptance criteria, and test reports.
• Support EMC, ESD, electrical transient, environmental, vibration, thermal, and reliability testing.
• Investigate design, manufacturing, validation, and field issues using structured root-cause analysis.
• Coordinate with system, software, mechanical, optics, validation, manufacturing, supplier, and customer teams.
• Support design-for-manufacturing, design-for-testability, design-for-reliability, and production-launch activities.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior hardware engineers and offshore teams.
• Support technical discussions, estimates, planning, customer reviews, and delivery commitments.

Base Salary Range : $100,000 to $130,000 Per Annum

TCS Employee Benefits Summary

• Discretionary Annual Incentive.
• Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.
• Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.
• Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.
• Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.
• Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.
• Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.

Qualifications:

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE