Summary The Company is seeking a Lead Engineer - Embedded Hardware Design to lead the architecture, design, development, validation, and technical execution of embedded electronic hardware solutions for brake electronics and transit applications. This position requires strong expertise in embedded hardware design, technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and product lifecycle execution.

The successful candidate will work closely with global engineering teams, systems engineering, software, validation, manufacturing, sourcing, and suppliers to deliver high-quality, safety-compliant electronic products.

Responsibilities

- Lead the design and development of embedded electronic hardware solutions for transit and brake control applications.
- Own technical execution of hardware work packages from concept through validation and industrialization.
- Review and guide the design of Electronic Control Units (ECUs), power electronics, I/O modules, sensor and actuator interface circuits, communication interface hardware, and embedded control electronics for safety-critical applications.
- Drive schematic design reviews, component selection, PCB design reviews, technical analyses, and reliability assessments.
- Participate in hardware architecture discussions and support key technical decision-making activities.
- Ensure compliance with engineering standards, applicable regulations, and customer requirements.
- Collaborate with Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, and Validation teams to develop robust end-to-end system solutions.
- Analyze system requirements and translate them into detailed hardware design specifications.
- Support trade-off studies involving performance, cost, manufacturability, reliability, and safety.
- Lead technical investigations, failure analysis, and root-cause resolution for complex hardware issues.
- Provide technical guidance during design reviews, risk assessments, and engineering governance activities.
- Define hardware verification and validation strategies.
- Lead board bring-up, debugging, hardware integration, and qualification activities.
- Support functional testing, EMC/EMI testing, environmental qualification, reliability testing, and product certification activities.
- Review and approve test reports and design verification documentation.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks throughout the development lifecycle.




- Mentor junior and mid-level hardware engineers and provide technical coaching.
- Support the development of engineering with the best practices, design guidelines, and reusable methodologies.
- Contribute to capability building through knowledge sharing and technical training initiatives.
- Work closely with suppliers to evaluate electronic components, resolve technical issues, and support validation activities.
- Collaborate with sourcing, quality, and manufacturing teams to support product industrialization and supplier localization.
- Participate in customer technical discussions and engineering reviews as required.
- Collaborate with global engineering teams to align with corporate standards and technology roadmaps.
- Take ownership of hardware deliverables for customer and platform development projects.
- Support project planning, effort estimation, scheduling, and technical risk management.
- Drive timely delivery of engineering milestones while maintaining quality and compliance standards.
- Provide regular technical status updates to project stakeholders and leadership teams.

Education Requirements

- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.

Experience Requirements

- 5 to 10 years of experience leading subsystem or project-level hardware development activities.
- Proven experience developing electronic products from concept through validation and production release.
- Experience in one or more of the following domains: Rail/Transit Systems, Automotive Electronics, Industrial Automation, Embedded Control Systems, or Safety-Critical Electronics.
- Experience working within global and cross-functional engineering organizations.
- Demonstrated experience leading technical work packages and mentoring engineers.

Required Skills

- Strong technical aptitude with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Expertise in analog and digital electronics design.
- Strong understanding of embedded hardware architecture.




- Experience with microcontroller and processor-based systems.
- Knowledge of power supply design and power electronics fundamentals.
- Experience in signal conditioning and interface design.
- Proficiency with communication protocols including CAN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART, and RS-485.
- Experience performing BOM analysis, managing component obsolescence, and identifying alternative components.
- Experience using Altium, TPP, or related design tools.
- Hands-on experience with schematic capture and PCB design reviews.
- Expertise in board-level troubleshooting, hardware bring-up, and debugging.
- Experience with failure analysis, root-cause investigation, and hardware verification and validation.
- Proficiency using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, power analyzers, and environmental test equipment.
- Strong understanding of Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Testability (DFT), and reliability engineering principles.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to build positive relationships with peers and management.
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently on cross-disciplinary challenges.

Preferred Skills

- Experience with safety-critical electronic systems.
- Exposure to railway standards, IEC standards, EN standards, or functional safety frameworks.
- Knowledge of EMC/EMI compliance and environmental qualification standards.
- Familiarity with requirements management, PLM, and configuration management tools.
- Experience working with globally distributed engineering teams.
- Strong technical leadership, ownership, and mentoring capabilities.
- Excellent analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
- Ability to influence technical decisions across cross-functional teams.
- Effective stakeholder-management and communication skills.
- Customer-focused approach with a commitment to quality and execution excellence.
- Ability to work effectively within a matrix and global engineering workplace.
- Willingness to travel as required.
- Availability to support static and dynamic brake testing activities.
- Experience in brake control systems, railway electronics, transportation systems, Functional Safety, RAMS, Safety Integrity Level (SIL) processes, customer audits, product certifications, safety assessments, or technology roadmap initiatives.

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📌 Lead Engineer – Embedded HW Design (Devanahalli)
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