Senior Hardware Design Engineer
Designs and develops end-to-end automotive electronic hardware (BMS, EV chargers, motor controllers, DC-DC converters) from architecture to production, focusing on analog/digital/power electronics, PCB design, and compliance with automotive standards.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Hardware
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in electronics hardware/product development
- Strong fundamentals in analog, digital, and power electronics
- Proven experience taking electronic products from concept → schematic → PCB → prototype → validation → production
- Strong experience with Altium Designer for schematic capture and PCB design/review
- Experience with MOSFET/IGBT/diode selection, gate-driver design, protection circuits, and high-current power electronics
- Experience with MCUs/DSPs and their peripheral circuitry (sensing, signal conditioning, communication interfaces, power supplies)
- Strong understanding of PCB layout for power integrity, signal integrity, thermal performance, and EMI/EMC
- Experience with circuit simulation and design-analysis tools
- Understanding of DFM/DFA, component derating, reliability, and design-for-cost principles
- Ability to independently debug complex hardware using lab equipment (oscilloscopes, electronic loads, power supplies, multimeters)
- Good understanding of hardware validation and product qualification methodologies
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering (EEE/ECE) or equivalent practical experience
Nice to have
- Experience with Li-ion batteries, BMS, EV chargers, motor controllers, DC-DC converters, or automotive power electronics
- Experience working on automotive products and production-intent hardware
- Familiarity with Functional Safety (FuSa), ASPICE, and automotive hardware development processes
- Experience with EMI/EMC testing and troubleshooting
- Experience with high-voltage isolation, insulation coordination, creepage/clearance, and safety-critical hardware
- Experience taking products through DV/PV, certification, and mass production
- Experience working with 100k+ annual production volumes
Full description
Maxwell Energy Systems is building the next generation of intelligent electronics for electric mobility. Our engineering teams design and develop products across Battery Management Systems (BMS), EV Chargers, Motor Controllers, DC-DC Converters and other automotive electronic systems for leading EV manufacturers in India and global markets.
We are looking for a Senior Hardware Design Engineer who can take complete ownership of complex electronic hardware from architecture and component selection through circuit design, PCB development, validation and production.
This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys solving challenging hardware problems and wants to see their designs deployed in real products at scale.
What you'll do:
- Own the end-to-end hardware development of automotive electronic control boards from requirements, architecture and component selection to schematic, PCB, prototype, validation and production.
- Design and develop analog, digital and power electronics for BMS, EV chargers, motor controllers, DC-DC converters and other high-power electronic systems.
- Perform detailed circuit analysis, simulation, component selection, design calculations and design reviews to ensure robust product performance.
- Design and review high-current/high-voltage power stages, including MOSFETs, IGBTs, diodes, gate drivers and associated protection circuitry.
- Develop robust MCU/DSP-based control electronics, including signal conditioning, sensing, communication interfaces and board-level power supplies.
- Lead PCB architecture and layout decisions including component placement, current-loop optimization, power/signal partitioning, thermal considerations, creepage/clearance, parasitic inductance/capacitance and EMC performance.
- Drive hardware designs through EVT/DVT/PVT, validation, debugging and production release, working closely with Firmware, Systems, Mechanical, Test, Quality and Manufacturing teams.
- Design for cost, manufacturability, reliability and scalability, including products manufactured at 100k+ unit volumes.
- Lead hardware troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of issues observed during development, validation and field deployment.
- Ensure compliance with applicable automotive electrical, EMC/EMI, environmental, reliability, safety and functional-safety requirements.
- Work closely with the BMS Hardware/Firmware teams to develop and validate production and engineering test equipment.
- Mentor junior hardware engineers and contribute to improving Maxwell's .