SENIOR TECHNICAL LEAD - High speed design

Role overview

SENIOR TECHNICAL LEAD - High speed design at Happiest Minds

Employment details

• Location: Bengaluru

Additional role details

• Hardware Architect Bachelors degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, or a related discipline. 12+ years of hands-on experience in hardware design and embedded product development.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with customers, cross-functional teams, and leadership.
• Extensive experience across the complete product development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, system architecture, schematic design, PCB layout review, prototyping, bring-up, testing, documentation, certification, and production support.
• Proven experience leading new product development (NPD) programs from concept through production release.
• Strong expertise in hardware architecture definition, technology selection, trade-off analysis, and solution development for complex embedded systems.
• Expert in component selection and BOM optimization, balancing cost, functionality, performance, reliability, availability, regulatory compliance, and lifecycle considerations.
• Hands-on experience designing microcontroller-, microprocessor-, and FPGA-based systems.
• Strong knowledge of high-speed digital and mixed-signal design involving interfaces such as DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, USB, SATA, LCD/Display, Audio, ADC/DAC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth/BLE, CAN, RS-485, and similar peripherals.
• Ability to independently develop and review schematics, guide PCB layout activities, and resolve complex hardware design challenges.
• Experience leading board bring-up, debugging, functional validation, and system integration activities.
• Strong understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, thermal design, reliability, and manufacturability considerations.
• Experience planning and executing pre-compliance and compliance testing for EMI/EMC, Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory standards through accredited third-party laboratories.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor a team of hardware engineers, provide technical direction, and manage project execution.
• Experience working closely with firmware, FPGA, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and test engineering teams.
• Ability to engage with customers, understand requirements, define technical solutions, estimate effort, identify risks, and drive successful project delivery.