Sr. Hardware Engineer

Virbhu India Pvt Ltd, a leading solid state power conversion company located at Vadodara (Gujarat) and Bangalore (Whitefield) (Karnataka). A wholly owned subsidiary of AK Power Solutions (www.akpowers.com) (USA), operating in the field of power electronics, has an immediate opening for a Sr. Hardware Engineer

to lead development of Mega Watt scale converters using SiC devices and IGBT devise for DC fast Charging of trucks and buses , solar power generation , Battery energy storage systems, electrolytic deposition , electrolyzes to produce Hydrogen fuel and other applications .

The US parent company , AK power Solutions sells IPM (integrated power modules) for fast DC charging currently in USA and is led by an IIT graduate. In addition to AK, he also leads VTC , the largest power transformer manufacturer in USA.

Work Location : Bangalore Whitefield.

This role has to frequently travel to Vadodara Plant.

Responsibilities :

Developing embedded systems for medium to high Power Electronic Converters

Selection of Microcontroller, Digital Signal Processor / Controllers, FPGAs as per need

Complete Hardware Design & Development of the embedded boards

Perform testing, troubleshooting, validation (at board and system level).

Responsible for schematics captures, PCB layout design and check, BOM creation and debugging and testing.

Create fluent technical documentation including product specifications, assembly instructions, test procedures, etc.

Work closely with firmware, software, and mechanical team to achieve common goals.

Participate in product design reviews, own hardware issues to provide solutions either in design or at production.

Participate in lab development, test automation and productivity improvement initiatives Will be responsible for hardware design, bring up, certification and production release.

Knowledge in microcontrollers and driver development for embedded peripherals

Qualifications

BTech / MTech. in Electronics & Communications

Must have a minimum of 5-10 years of experience working in HW design experience on Digital, Analog, and Mixed signal circuit design.

Expertise in Power supply design, battery management, ADCs, memories, buffers, drivers, amplifiers, Micro controller design and different hardware protocols (UART, I2C, SPI etc.)

Hands Experience with Altium, Allegro, Mentor Graphics PADs and CAM350.