Hardware Design Engineer

Interested in designing award-winning wearables while managing challenging constraints so that your products are used everyday by millions of users? Then read on..

ULTRAHUMAN • HARDWARE

Hardware Design Engineer Wearables

Bangalore (Kudlu Gate)| • On-site | Full-time |

ABOUT THE ROLE

Ultrahuman's Hardware division builds award-winning wearables the Ultrahuman Ring and Ring Air pushing consumer technology in health and metabolic fitness. We're looking for a Hardware Design Engineer to own electronics design for our next-generation smart rings, from architecture and schematic capture through PCB layout, bring-up, and mass production.

This is a hands-on role at the extremes of miniaturization and power efficiency. You'll make architecture-level component decisions, drive high-density and RF layout, and take designs through NPI to volume — working closely with mechanical, firmware, and manufacturing teams on fast product cycles.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Architecture & Schematic Design

• Translate product requirements into hardware architecture, then into schematics and manufacturable PCB designs using OrCAD / Allegro (Cadence).
• Own component selection across MCU/SoC, PMIC, sensor AFEs, and RF front-ends — balancing size, power, cost, and supply availability.
• Handle schematic-to-layout conversion and netlist import; create and maintain symbol/footprint libraries and land patterns.

High-Density & RF Layout

• Design and review high-density (HDI), rigid, and rigid-flex PCB layouts for space-constrained wearable form factors.
• Design 2.4 GHz BLE antennas and NFC coils, matching networks, and controlled-impedance routing; support antenna tuning and RF validation.
• Apply signal-integrity best practices for high-speed digital interfaces and mixed-signal boards.

Power & Low-Power Design

• Architect power trees around PMICs, buck/boost converters, and LDOs, including Li-ion charging for small-capacity cells.
• Build and validate ultra-low-power current budgets to meet multi-day battery-life targets.
• Strong grasp of power electronics and active/passive component behaviour.

Sensor Integration

• Integrate optical biosensing (PPG) AFEs, IMUs, temperature sensors, and haptics; own I²C/SPI interface design and analog front-end layout.

Manufacturing & DFM

• Own Gerber/ODB++ release, fabrication and assembly drawings, panelization, and full manufacturing data packages.
• Prepare and maintain BOMs; evaluate and qualify alternate / second-source components.
• Drive DFM/DFA reviews with fab and SMT/EMS partners; support NPI through EVT/DVT/PVT to mass production.
• Sound understanding of PCB materials, stackups, and component assembly processes.

Compliance, Reliability & Validation

• Apply EMI/EMC, thermal, and mechanical design best practices.
• Support pre-compliance and certification across FCC, CE, BIS, and RoHS, and familiarity with IEC standards for PCB design safety.
• Coordinate with test engineers on board bring-up and PCB validation; run circuit simulations for RF and signal/timing optimization.

Ownership & Collaboration

• Independently manage hardware projects end-to-end, including vendor coordination and delivery of final hardware.
• Collaborate with mechanical engineers to optimize designs and meet project timelines.
• Bring the latest design tools, methodologies, and industry best practices into the team.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's or Master's in EEE, Electronics, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of hands-on hardware / PCB design experience, ideally in consumer electronics or wearables.
• Proficiency with a leading schematic and PCB toolchain (OrCAD / Allegro preferred).
• Proven track record taking a product from schematic through layout to volume production.
• Working knowledge of power electronics and active/passive component selection.
• Familiarity with global certifications (FCC, CE, BIS, RoHS) and IEC PCB safety standards.

PREFERRED / BONUS

• Experience with miniaturized high-density or rigid-flex designs.
• RF design experience (2.4 GHz / BLE, NFC, antenna tuning and matching).
• EMI/EMC design and pre-compliance testing experience.
• Low-power / battery-operated wearable product experience.
• Familiarity with reliability methods (DFMEA, derating) and RF / signal-timing circuit simulation.

ROLE SUMMARY:

An experienced, hands-on engineering role owning the electrical and electronics hardware content of motor-drive and sensor systems. The Electrical / Electronics / Instrumentation Engineer is responsible for power distribution and motor-drive power-stage design, sensor interface boards, and taking boards through EMI/EMC compliance, with full ownership of schematic capture and layout from concept to fab-ready.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design power distribution and the motor-drive power stage (gate drives, current sense, H-bridge/inverter stages)
• Implement supervised discrete-line circuitry per IF-08 ICD requirements
• Design sensor interface boards (resolver, encoder, analog/digital signal conditioning)
• Take boards through EMI/EMC compliance for MIL-STD-461
• Own schematic capture and layout in Altium or KiCad end-to-end, from concept to fab ready.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• B.E./B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech. in Electrical, Electronics & Communication, Electronics & Instrumentation, or any other relevant field.
• 4-8 years of relevant experience.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Hands-on power electronics: gate driver design, current sensing, protection circuitry
• Analog signal conditioning for sensor front-ends (resolver, encoder, LVDT-class signals)
• Practical EMI/EMC design experience, ideally against MIL-STD-461 or equivalent (automotive/industrial EMC also considered)
• Strong Altium or KiCad skills — layout discipline for power + mixed-signal boards.
• Prior work on ICD-driven or interface-controlled discrete I/O circuitry
• Defence, aerospace, or automotive electronics background

Embedded Systems / Firmware Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Develop embedded firmware for IoT and connected devices using C/C++.
• Work on RTOS, bare-metal programming, memory management, device drivers, and communication protocols.
• Develop and integrate drivers/interfaces for cameras, motors, sensors, and vision systems.
• Work with Python and Shell scripting for development and automation.
• Apply basic AI/ML and computer vision concepts to embedded applications.
• Collaborate on electrical and mechanical design, hardware integration, testing, and debugging.

Required Skills

• C, C++, Python, Shell Scripting
• Embedded Systems & Firmware
• IoT, RTOS, Bare Metal
• Memory Management & Device Drivers
• Communication Protocols
• Camera, Motor & Vision Systems
• Basic AI/ML understanding
• Electrical & Mechanical Design understanding

We are looking for Embedded Developer with Leading Global MNC - Faridabad

Description:

• Strong experience with 32-bit microcontrollers such as STM32, NXP, Renesas, TI, Microchip, etc.
• Excellent knowledge of C/C++ programming and exposure to Assembly.
• Strong experience with RTOS such as FreeRTOS, µC/OS, embOS, VxWorks, QNX, etc.
• Hands-on experience in developing HAL, BSP and low-level device drivers.
• Strong understanding of microcontroller peripherals and interfaces** including ADC, DAC, I2C, SPI, UART, CAN/CAN FD, RS485, DMA, Ethernet, SD/eMMC, SDIO, etc.
• Strong experience with Automotive communication protocols such as CAN, CAN FD, LIN, J1939 and UDS.
• Knowledge of AUTOSAR concepts and architecture is an advantage.
• Experience with automotive diagnostics, ECU communication, and vehicle network architecture.
• Hands-on experience using Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer, Function Generator, Multimeter and other debugging equipment.
• Experience in board bring-up, hardware-software integration and debugging of embedded boards.
• Ability to debug power, clock, reset, communication interfaces, and peripheral-related hardware issues at board level.
• Good understanding of schematics, PCB layouts and electronic circuits around microcontrollers and ARM-based systems.
• Ability to work closely with hardware engineers for design reviews, component selection, hardware validation, and issue resolution.
• Experience with prototype board testing, hardware validation, and root-cause analysis of HW/SW issues.
• Experience in reverse engineering and debugging of embedded systems.
• Strong understanding of embedded system architecture and system-level design.
• Experience with Embedded Linux and/or RTOS-based systems is an advantage.
• Knowledge of networking concepts including OSI layers, TCP/IP stacks and common IP protocols is a plus.
• Knowledge of NMEA/NMEA 2000 standards is a plus.
• Exposure to ASPICE, ISO 26262, MISRA-C and automotive cybersecurity is an advantage.
• Experience with automotive development and debugging tools such as Vector CANoe/CANalyzer is a plus.

Roles & Responsibilities:

The right person for this position should have 7+ years of experience in Embedded Systems, preferably with strong exposure to Automotive Embedded Systems.

The candidate should be passionate, technology-driven, and have a strong interest in embedded devices, automotive electronics, IoT, and connected vehicle technologies.

The candidate should be capable of understanding system and product requirements, translating them into technical tasks and solutions, and working as a senior technical individual contributor while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Provide technical job support for Automotive Embedded/ECU testing activities.
• Validate the MCU 5V reference voltage (VREF) under normal and fault conditions.
• Design and execute test cases for voltage monitoring and fault detection.
• Perform over-voltage and under-voltage fault injection.
• Monitor and validate Power-Good (PG) status during different voltage conditions.
• Capture and analyze ADC readings and compare them against expected values.
• Verify accurate detection of voltage-related faults.
• Validate ECU diagnostic behavior, fault codes, and reporting.
• Perform positive, negative, boundary, and fault-condition testing.
• Analyze test failures and perform root-cause analysis.
• Support debugging of ECU hardware/software issues.
• Review requirements, test specifications, and validation documents.
• Execute regression testing after software/firmware changes.
• Provide technical guidance and troubleshooting support as part of the job-support engagement.

Strong Product Design Engineer Profile that combines strong product design with hands-on frontend coding

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Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 2+ years in product design, with strong depth in dense, complex product interfaces (tables, forms, permissions, multi-role flows) built for real users

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Mandatory (Experience 2): Must have strong product / visual design judgment along with the ability to ship production-ready frontend code independently. Not a designer who only vibe-codes, and not an engineer who dabbles in UI.

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Mandatory (Frontend Tech Skills 1): Must have hands-on frontend engineering (React / HTML / CSS / GitHub), able to work directly in a production codebase and write clean, production-ready code (not bloated AI output needing an engineer to fix)

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Mandatory (Frontend Tech Skills 2): Must be able to set guardrails and standards so AI tools generate clean, production-ready, accessible code that follows the component system, removing the need for a frontend engineer to review design-team code.

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Mandatory (Portfolio): Must share a GitHub profile and a link to a real product prototype they designed and coded end-to-end. Must show shipped, interactive product UIs. Landing pages, marketing sites, dummy projects, case studies, and Figma / Behance / Dribbble-only portfolios will not be considered.

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Mandatory (Communication): Must have excellent English communication and be able to clearly articulate their thought process (works with US stakeholders).

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Mandatory (Company): B2B SaaS background (dense tables / data); early stage startups where design and engineering were not separate functions will also work

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Mandatory (Exclusion 1): Must not position as Engineer / Developer / PM in their resume. This is a designer-first profile.

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Mandatory (Exclusion 2): Must not be from big corporates / MNCs (1000+ employees, e.g. Infosys, Wipro) or IT services companies / agencies.

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Preferred (Profile): Designer-first, engineer-second, with titles like Product Designer, Design Engineer, Design Builder, or Design Technologist; ideally moved from a design role into design-engineering.

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Preferred (AI): Experience with AI-native interfaces (streaming output, agentic / human-in-the-loop UX, confidence / uncertainty in UI); AI used structurally in shipping features, not just for copy or assets.

Job TItle : Senior Product Design Engineer

Experience : 4 to 8 Years

Location : Bengaluru

Work Mode : Hybrid – 3 Days / Week in Office

Open Positions : 1

Company: B2B SaaS | Series A

About the Role :

We are looking for a Designer-first Product Design Engineer who combines strong product, UI/UX, and visual design expertise with hands-on frontend development skills. You will work closely with Product and Engineering teams to design and build high-quality, production-ready product experiences directly in the codebase.

Mandatory Skills :

Product Design, UI/UX, B2B SaaS, React, HTML, CSS, GitHub, Frontend Development, Design Systems, Product Prototyping.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design and develop production-ready product interfaces using React, HTML, and CSS.
• Create intuitive AI-native experiences, interactions, prototypes, and micro-interactions.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers throughout the product lifecycle, from concept to launch.
• Build and maintain reusable design systems, UI components, and interaction patterns.
• Own the complete design-to-code workflow, ensuring design quality and consistency in production.
• Work directly within the production codebase and contribute to frontend implementation.
• Evaluate, refine, and maintain the quality of AI-generated frontend code.
• Translate complex product requirements into simple, scalable, and visually polished user experiences.

Must-Have Skills :

• 4 to 8 years of overall experience with 2+ years in Product Design.
• Strong experience designing complex B2B SaaS products/interfaces.
• Hands-on experience with React, HTML, CSS, and GitHub.
• Strong UI/UX, interaction, and visual design capabilities.
• Designer-first profile with strong frontend coding expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to design and code real product prototypes end-to-end.
• Strong portfolio/GitHub showcasing actual product work.
• Excellent English communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience working in B2B SaaS or startup environments.

Good to Have :

• Experience with AI-native UI/UX.
• Exposure to agentic workflows and AI-powered products.
• Experience building streaming interfaces or real-time product experiences.
• Background in Design Engineering / Product Design Engineering.
• Experience developing and maintaining scalable design systems.

Not a Suitable Fit :

• Engineer-first profiles with limited product/design ownership.
• Figma/Behance-only portfolios without hands-on coding.
• Candidates whose experience is primarily from large MNC/IT services environments.
• Profiles focused mainly on marketing websites, landing pages, or branding rather than product interfaces.

What We’re Looking For :

A designer who can code, not simply a frontend engineer who can design. The ideal candidate should be comfortable moving from product thinking → UX/UI design → prototype → React implementation → production, with strong ownership of the final user experience.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a skilled Firmware Developer with 3 years of experience to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining embedded software for our products. The candidate should have a strong understanding of the software development life cycle, embedded systems, and the C programming language.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain embedded software for our products

• Design and implement software modules and drivers for embedded systems

• Collaborate with hardware engineers to integrate software and hardware components

• Test and debug embedded software

• Create and maintain technical documentation

• Participate in code reviews and contribute to software architecture and design discussions

• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in embedded systems and software development

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field

• 3 years of experience in embedded software development

• Strong understanding of software development life cycle

• Proficiency in C programming language

• Experience with embedded systems and microcontrollers

• Experience with communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, UART, and CAN

• Familiarity with software development tools such as Git, Jira, and Jenkins

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to work independently and in a team environment

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred qualifications:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related field

• Experience with wireless communication protocols such as Bluetooth, LoRa & Wi-Fi

• Knowledge of real-time operating systems such as FreeRTOS, uC/OS-II, or VxWorks

• Experience with Agile software development methodologies

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Leave encashment
• Paid sick time
• Provident Fund
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Job Type: Full Time

Job Location: Perundurai

State Wise: Tamil Nadu

Divison Wise: R & D Division