Team Lead – R&D Hardware (Power Electronics)

• *Location:** Pune

• *Experience Required:** 10\+ Years

• *Qualification:** BE / B.Tech in Electronics, Electrical, Instrumentation or Telecommunication

• *Employment Type:** Full Time

• *Key Responsibilities**
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### **New Product Development**

• Lead hardware architecture design for new product development.
• Identify and select appropriate electronic components, development tools, and platforms.
• Develop block diagrams, signal flow diagrams, and detailed hardware schematics.
• Perform power budget analysis, component lifetime estimation, and MTBF calculations.
• Conduct BOM cost analysis and optimize product cost.
• Prepare and complete DFMEA, DFM, and DFT activities to ensure manufacturability and testability.
• Prepare part lists, support prototype board assembly, and oversee engineering builds.
• Execute design validation, publish validation reports, and prepare products for engineering release.
• Collaborate with testing teams to analyze results and implement corrective actions based on reliability testing.
• Provide technical inputs for product manuals, application notes, videos, and other product documentation.

### **Design Standards \& Quality**

• Develop and maintain design guidelines, engineering standards, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Conduct technical design reviews and ensure compliance with engineering processes and quality standards.

### **Project Planning \& Execution**

• Prepare project plans, define milestones, and estimate engineering efforts.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute hardware development activities within project timelines.

### **Project Monitoring**

• Conduct regular project review meetings with cross\-functional teams.
• Monitor project schedules, budgets, and resource utilization.
• Maintain accurate engineering documentation and project records.

### **Customer Support \& Issue Resolution**

• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for hardware\-related issues.
• Implement corrective actions and support product validation and testing.
• Resolve technical issues through effective engineering support.

### **Knowledge Management**

• Document, update, and share technical knowledge, best practices, and engineering learnings across teams.

### **People Management**

• Mentor and guide hardware engineers.
• Conduct periodic performance reviews and provide structured feedback.
• Foster a collaborative and high\-performance engineering culture.

### **Capability Development**

• Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends in power electronics.
• Drive continuous improvement by recommending innovative engineering methods and optimized ways of working.
• Contribute ideas that enhance product quality, engineering efficiency, and organizational capability.

• *Competencies**
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• Hands\-on experience with designing SMPS topologies such as Buck, Boost, Flyback, Half\-Bridge, and Full\-Bridge converters
• Experience with designing SMPS, Linear, and Capacitive Power Supplies, including thermal design considerations
• Expertise in magnetics design, including transformers, chokes, and common\-mode chokes with EMI/EMC considerations
• Strong knowledge of electronic components and component selection
• Hands\-on experience in analog and digital circuit design
• Experience in reviewing circuit simulations, schematics, PCB layouts, and test reports
• Strong understanding of EMI/EMC compliance requirements
• Experience with Design FMEA and MTBF calculations
• Experience in microcontroller interfacing circuit design
• Knowledge of serial communication protocols
• Basic understanding of embedded firmware and software
• Experience in project planning, effort estimation, and cost estimation