Title: Hardware Engineer (PCB Design + Bring-Up + Testing | KiCad/Altium | DFT/DFM | IoT)

Location: Mumbai, India (on-site — lab work is core to this role)

Experience: 3 - 4 years

Budget: Up to 7 LPA

We're building Senti — a Make in India IoT sister brand of Travelxp — with a multi-SKU roadmap for 2026/27 across multiple silicon vendors. We are looking for ambitious Hardware Engineers who can design and review schematics, contribute to PCB layout, bring up new boards in the lab, and ensure every board is testable and manufactured before it reaches DVT.

What you'll do:

- Design and review schematics: power trees, charging circuits, sensor interfaces, connectivity modules, clock/reset/boot, programming pads
- Own and contribute to PCB layout: RF keep-outs, ground strategy, decoupling placement, EMI/ESD, connectors, mechanical robustness
- Enforce DFT/DFM: test points, SWD/JTAG access pads, current measurement points, bed-of-nails, factory flashing, production strapping options
- Lead board bring-up: first power-on checklist, power rail verification, peripheral init, sensor verification, debug loops
- Support manufacturing readiness: factory test planning, fixture/jig requirements, calibration hooks, yield analysis
- Manage BOM basics: component selection, lifecycle, alternates, regional availability
- Collaborate with firmware engineers during bring-up and debug — firmware knowledge is a solid advantage here




- Use lab tools daily: oscilloscope, DMM, logic analyser, bench power supply, current probe

Must-have

- 3+ years hardware engineering with real schematic design and PCB layout or review experience
- KiCad or Altium experience — schematic capture plus PCB layout or detailed layout review
- Board bring-up experience: first power-on, power rail debug, peripheral verification in the lab
- DFT awareness insists on test points, programming pads, and current measurement access on every board
- Lab tool proficiency: oscilloscope, DMM, logic analyser, bench power supply, current probe
- RF/power layout instincts: keep-outs, return paths, decoupling placement, DC/DC layout

Bonus (strongly valued)

- Embedded C basics — can read firmware, flash a board, and understand what the firmware team needs from hardware
- RTOS / Zephyr firmware exposure — helps immensely during bring-up and debug
- BLE RF certification debug experience (RE, FCC, CE)
- Factory test firmware contribution or fixture design experience
- LTE/GNSS hardware design and antenna placement experience
- Altium Designer specifically (preferred, but KiCad is fine)

Candidates with backgrounds in both hardware design and embedded firmware are strongly preferred. If you can design the board and then flash and debug the firmware yourself, that is exactly what we want.

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