Senior Hardware Designer

Senior Hardware Designer

• X+ years of experience in Hardware Design and Product Development for automotive, industrial, or embedded electronic systems.
• Strong knowledge of analog, digital, mixed-signal, power electronics, and microcontroller-based circuit design.
• Experience in converting customer requirements and system specifications into detailed hardware architecture and schematics.
• Hands-on experience in schematic capture using tools such as Altium Designer, Cadence OrCAD, Mentor Graphics, or equivalent EDA tools.
• Expertise in component selection, derating analysis, tolerance analysis, and BOM optimization.
• Experience in designing interfaces such as CAN, LIN, RS232, RS485, Ethernet, USB, SPI, I2C, UART, and other communication protocols.
• Strong understanding of power supply design including AC-DC, DC-DC converters, LDOs, battery management, and protection circuits.
• Experience in PCB stack-up definition, layout reviews, signal integrity, power integrity, EMC/EMI considerations, and thermal management.
• Ability to perform design calculations, simulations, and validations using tools such as SPICE, LTspice, MATLAB, or equivalent.
• Experience in prototype bring-up, debugging, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, power analyzers, and multimeters.
• Knowledge of Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), Design for Testability (DFT), and Design for Reliability (DFR).
• Experience in supporting NPI (New Product Introduction), pilot builds, engineering validation, and production ramp-up activities.
• Familiarity with automotive standards such as IATF 16949, ISO 26262, CISPR, IEC, UL, CE, and customer-specific requirements.