Product Engineering R&D
Hardware Design Engineer
Location
Bengaluru, India
Role type
Full time
Date of posting
Job description
We're looking for engineers who love figuring out how things work and aren't afraid to get hands-on when things don't.
If you enjoy turning a circuit idea into a working prototype, chasing down a noisy signal, or figuring out why a board isn't behaving as expected, you'll fit right in. We're building the electronic systems that power surgical robotics at Articulus Surgical, where reliability, precision, and thoughtful engineering matter.
As a Hardware Design Engineer, you'll work across analog and power electronics, PCB design, prototyping, testing, and debugging — taking designs from schematic to prototype and working closely with embedded, mechatronics, mechanical, and firmware teams.
What You'll Work On
Designing and optimizing power electronics circuits — AC-DC converters (230VAC to 48V, 24V, 5V), DC-DC converters, Buck, LDO, Buck-Boost, motor drivers, and power management systems — with a focus on efficiency, thermal management, and reliability.
Designing precision analog circuits using op-amps, MOSFETs, BJTs, diodes, filters, and voltage regulators, with an emphasis on minimizing noise.
Owning the complete PCB design process — component selection, schematic capture, footprint creation, PCB layout, Gerber generation, and production handoff.
Working with tools like KiCad, Altium Designer, Cadence OrCAD, or Cadence Allegro (or similar schematic capture/PCB layout tools).
Building and testing prototypes, supporting PCB bring-up, SMT implementation, and design iterations.
Debugging hardware systematically using oscilloscopes, multimeters, regulated power supplies, signal generators, and logic analyzers.
Implementing circuit protection strategies for ESD, reverse polarity, EMI, and EMC.
Working with sensors, transducers, motors, and actuators, and integrating communication protocols like EtherCAT, CAN, I2C, SPI, UART, USB, LAN, RFID, BLE, and WiFi.
Maintaining schematics, BOMs, PCB files, test reports, and other engineering documentation.
Collaborating closely with mechanical, mechatronics, and firmware teams to integrate hardware into larger robotic subsystems.
Staying current with advances in analog and power electronics, and contributing to R&D initiatives.
Preferred Background
You've got 2-4 years of experience in analog systems, digital signal, or mixed-signal design and development — experience in medical devices or robotics is a strong plus.
You have a BTech/MTech in Electronics, Electrical, ECE, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechatronics, or a related discipline.
You can design and debug analog and power electronics circuits end-to-end — from component selection through schematic and PCB design.
You're comfortable interfacing with analog components like amplifiers, filters, and signal conditioning circuits.
You understand fundamental analog concepts — voltage/current measurement, impedance matching, and noise analysis.
You're familiar with schematic capture and PCB design tools such as KiCad, Altium, Cadence OrCAD/Allegro, or similar.
You're hands-on with oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, signal generators, logic analyzers, and other bench equipment.
You're comfortable reading and interpreting analog schematics and datasheets.
You're curious, hands-on, and the kind of person who wants to understand why something failed rather than simply work around it.
What You'll Gain
Real ownership and hands-on exposure across the complete hardware development cycle.
The opportunity to work across analog, power, embedded, mechanical, and systems domains.
A front-row seat to building reliable electronics for surgical robotics.
A team that values curiosity, experimentation, and engineers who want to build, break, debug, and build better.