PCB Design

**Experience**: 4 - 12 Years

**Location**:
**Nature of Job**: R&D

**Job role**: Electrical and Electronics

**Division**

**R&D**

**Department**

**EV Electronics**

**Level**

**Ex**

**Functional Area**

**HVDC hardware**

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**Job Title**

**Manager (R&D)**

**2**

**Reporting**

**Leadership, R&D - EV Electronics**

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**Educational Qualification**

**B.E/ B Tech in Electrical, Electronics/Instrumentation and Equivalent Streams, M Tech in Power Electronics (preferred),**
- PhD in Power Electronics domain, min 70% in all levels of education

**Experience**

**4 to 12 yrs**

**Age Limit**

**NA**

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**Job Role & Responsibilities**

**_
Role: Power Electronics Engineer_**
- Technical/Functional:

- PCB Layout Design for Power Electronics:

- Design multi-layer PCBs for high-power motor controllers, DC-DC converters, inverters, and battery management systems (BMS).
- Ensure low-inductance routing, controlled impedance, and effective grounding strategies for high-power circuits.
- Implement EMI/EMC best practices, including shielding, filtering, and differential pair routing.
- PCB Layout for RF & High-Speed Designs:

- Design PCBs for RF modules, antennas, and high-speed signal transmission (GHz range).
- Implement microstrip, stripline, coplanar waveguides, and controlled impedance routing.
- Optimize layouts for minimum crosstalk, reflection, and insertion loss.
- Work closely with RF engineers for layout optimization, grounding, and signal integrity enhancements.
- Conduct EMI simulations and compliance testing to meet RF regulatory standards.
- PCB Layout for Analog & Mixed-Signal Circuits:

- Design low-noise, precision analog circuit layouts, including op-amps, ADCs, DACs, and sensor interfaces.
- Implement star-grounding, guard rings, and Kelvin sensing techniques for ultra-low
- noise performance.
- Optimize high-precision data acquisition and mixed-signal PCB layouts.
- Ensure minimized parasitic capacitance and inductance in sensitive analog circuits.
- Thermal & Mechanical Considerations:

- Work closely with mechanical engineers to optimize PCB integration within enclosures and cooling solutions.
- Work closely with CFTs to perform thermal simulations and power dissipation analysis for PCB heat management.
- Design Validation & Compliance:

- Perform DFM (Design for Manufacturability), DFA (Design for Assembly), and DFT (Design for Testability) analysis.
- Collaborate with fabrication and assembly vendors to ensure high-yield production.
- Ensure compliance with IPC standards (IPC-2221, IPC-600, IPC-6012), EMI/EMC regulations, and automotive/industrial safety norms.

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**Competency Requirements**

**Behavioral**:

- Demonstrates excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Serves as an effective team player with the capability to lead and mentor a group of engineers.
- Anticipates challenges, takes proactive actions, and fosters a culture of continuous improvement.
- Creates and maintains comprehensive technical documentation, including design calculations.
- Encourages innovation in technology and cost optimization, promoting intellectual property (IP) generation within the team.
- Possesses the ability to transform concepts into practical, real-world solutions.
- Communicates effectively with team members, peers, suppliers, and senior leadership.
- Collaborates seamlessly with cross-functional teams to develop innovative and impactful solutions.

**Specific expertise required for functional domain**:

- PCB layout tools: Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, Mentor Xpedition, KiCad, Eagle, or OrCAD.
- Power electronics PCB design: High-voltage (>96V), high-current layouts, creepage/clearance design.
- RF PCB layout: Controlled impedance, high-frequency design, shielding, and SI/PI analysis.
- Analog circuit PCB layout: Low-noise routing, precision signal integrity, and EMI/EMC mitigation.
- DFM/DFA considerations: PCB stack-up design, material selection, thermal & mechanical integration.
- Simulation tools: Ansys SIwave, HyperLynx, LTspice, CST Studio, Keysight ADS for RF/mixed-signal analysis.
- Knowledge of PCB fabrication & assembly: HDI, flex-PCB, rigid-flex, metal core PCBs (MCPCB).

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**Likely sources**

**Bosch, Philips, GE, Eaton, Ather, OLA, Matter Motor