Company Description Antariksha Labs is an education-focused technology company that delivers practical, hands-on learning through advanced hardware modules and a versatile developer platform. The organization specializes in satellite-inspired and modular hardware solutions that bridge the gap between theory and real-world applications, ranging from educational model satellites to industrial-grade systems.

Antariksha

Labs collaborates with educators, industry partners, and learners to build a community where experimentation and innovation are encouraged. The platform also enables creators to commercialize their designs, offering a one-stop space to create, test, and sell hardware solutions. With strengths in modular hardware, collaborative research platforms, industry-grade testing, and data-driven solutions, Antariksha Labs supports projects that move from concept to deployment.

Role Description The Embedded Hardware Design Engineer — PCB, Analog & Sensor Systems will focus on designing, prototyping, and validating hardware modules for satellite-inspired and sensor-based applications. We build intelligent connected hardware across two domains: energy monitoring and metering devices that sense real electrical loads in homes and facilities, and modular space-technology hardware used in education and research. Both are physical products that have to work reliably outside a lab.

This is the hardware half of a two-person embedded team. You design the schematics, lay out the PCBs, select and qualify components, bring the boards up, and prove they work — and our embedded software developer writes firmware on top of what you deliver. When a sensor reads wrong, when a rail is noisy, when a board draws more current than the budget allows, it lands with you.

This is a hands-on hardware role. You will spend your time in the schematic editor, at the bench with a scope, and with a soldering iron in hand for prototyping, buying components from local shops and working with assembly houses for production. You will handle analog signal chains for electrical measurement, power supply design, RF layout, sensor interfacing, and thermal and mechanical constraints — and you will be responsible for a board that measures accurately, not just one that powers on.

You will work directly with our engineering leadership and with the firmware, mechanical, and product teams from schematic through to production. We are hiring at graduate level. Portfolio and hands-on project depth matter far more than years of experience — if you have designed, fabricated, and debugged your own boards,



we want to see them. Engagement at Rs. 10,000 per month during the probationary period, with an increase based on performance, and conversion to a full-time role with time.

What You'll Own

- Schematic design around ESP32, STM32, and other ARM microcontrollers
- Analog front-end design for electrical measurement — current and voltage sensing, signal conditioning, filtering, ADC interfacing
- Power supply design: SMPS, LDOs, battery charging, sequencing, protection
- Sensor interfacing over I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, and analog inputs
- Multi-layer PCB layout, from schematic to fabrication-ready output
- Mixed-signal layout discipline — grounding, return paths, analog/digital separation
- RF and antenna layout: impedance control, placement, keep-outs
- EMI/EMC-aware design, thermal management, and design for manufacture
- Board bring-up, rail verification, bus validation, and systematic debugging
- Measurement accuracy validation against reference instruments; power profiling
- Component selection with attention to sourcing, cost, and availability
- Schematics, BOMs, assembly drawings, and revision control
- Board support documentation the firmware developer can work from directly
- Prototype procurement, vendor coordination, and production test fixtures

Core Requirements

PCB & Circuit Design

- Hands-on with KiCad, Altium, Eagle, or OrCAD
- Schematic capture and multi-layer layout for a board you actually had fabricated
- Working from datasheets, reference designs, and application notes
- Understanding how layout affects signal integrity and noise

Electronics Fundamentals

- Analog: op-amps, filters, amplification, ADC front-ends, noise sources
- Digital: logic levels, level shifting, bus loading, terminations
- Power: regulator topologies, efficiency, ripple, decoupling strategy
- Measurement understanding — resolution, accuracy, drift, sampling, calibration

Platforms & Protocols

- ESP32, STM32, ARM Cortex-M, or Raspberry Pi hardware
- I2C, SPI, UART, CAN at hardware level
- Wireless integration: Wi-Fi, BLE, LoRa, GSM — module selection and RF layout

Bench Skills

- Oscilloscope, logic analyser, multimeter, bench supply




- Soldering and rework including fine-pitch SMD
- Systematic fault isolation rather than part-swapping

Advantageous

- Energy metering ICs, current transformers, shunts, Hall sensors, isolation for mains-referenced circuits
- Mains-voltage design — creepage, clearance, isolation, safety practice
- Firmware capability: Arduino C/C++, MicroPython, or RTOS
- CubeSat or pico-satellite subsystems; thermally or power-constrained design
- Mechanical CAD — Fusion 360 or SolidWorks for enclosure fit
- EMI/EMC pre-compliance, BIS, CE, FCC exposure
- DFM reviews, assembly house coordination, panelisation
- Low-power design: sleep modes, energy budgets, battery sizing

Qualifications

- B.Tech/M.Tech in Electronics, Electrical & Electronics, Instrumentation, Mechatronics, or related — or equivalent demonstrable project work
- Freshers welcome. Self-taught designers with strong board portfolios welcome.
- Available to start immediately
- Demonstrated experience in Electronics Hardware Design and Circuit Design, including analog and mixed-signal circuits.
- Ability to define and implement robust Hardware Architecture for modular, scalable platforms.
- Proficiency with PCB design tools (e.g., Altium, KiCad, Eagle) and hands-on experience with schematic capture and layout for multi-layer boards.
- Experience integrating and characterizing sensors (IMUs, environmental sensors, RF modules, etc.) and designing signal conditioning circuits.
- Knowledge of embedded systems fundamentals, microcontrollers, communication interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN), and power management.
- Comfort with lab equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers) and systematic hardware debugging and validation processes.
- Ability to work independently in a hybrid setting, communicate clearly, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to make electronics components trade-off, travel to procure components locally for prototyping, solder components, travel to assembly houses to manage production.
- Experience with space, aerospace, robotics, or educational hardware platforms is a plus, as is familiarity with design for manufacturability and reliability.

What You'll Gain

- Ownership of real products that ship, not evaluation exercises
- Full cycle exposure — schematic through fabrication, bring-up, and production
- Two very different hardware domains: energy measurement and space systems
- Direct work with engineering leadership and the firmware team
- Performance-based progression and a path to full time

📌 Embedded Hardware Design Engineer — PCB, Analog & Sensor Systems (Bengaluru)
🏢 Antariksha Labs
📍 Bengaluru