Senior Technical Lead - Electronics mixed signal design

Location: Bangalore Anchorage, India

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we're driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida and has other operational offices and sites spread across Delhi, Gurugram, Bengaluru and Mumbai, among others. Over 2200 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India's growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Aerospace and Cyber & Digital sectors. Thales has two engineering competence centres in India - one in Noida focused on Cyber & Digital business, while the one in Bengaluru focuses on hardware, software and systems engineering capabilities for both the civil and defence sectors, serving global needs. The Group has also established an MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) facility in Gurugram to provide comprehensive avionics maintenance and repair services to Indian airlines and support the growth of the local aviation industry.

Technical Lead - Electronics mixed signal design

Primary Purpose Of The Role

Thales India Engineering Competency Center in Bangalore is seeking a Tech Lead Engineer role. In this role you will be responsible for generating reliable, cost effective, customized Electronics systems design, Obsolescence redesign for Defense products to meet the customer requirements as well as governing regulatory standards (DO-160, DO-254, MIL-STD, etc.). You also perform trade analysis of design approaches, engineering simulations & modeling, derating analysis before finalizing the design.

Qualifications:

B.Tech in Electronics & Communication or Electrical engineering or equivalent with 12 to 16 years of relevant experience. Higher qualifications of Post-graduation and PhD are desirable. Working experience in Avionics and Defense systems design is desirable

Technical Skills and Competencies:

• Must have strong experience in Product design and development from requirements to Conceptual design to architectural design to detailed design and analysis
• Must have strong experience in designing low to high power analog electronic boards (for example, power supply, signal processing etc) for Defense / avionics Industry
• Must have Strong knowledge in Specification, design and verification of electronic boards (including digital functions)
• Must have strong knowledge of using simulation tools (SPICE, ANSYS etc) for functional simulation signal integrity and power integrity analyses
• Must have working experience of product performance evaluation (Hardware Verification) and product qualification to comply to DO-160 and DO-254 standards
• Must have excellent troubleshooting skills on Electrical / Electronic boards to find the root cause and to propose the best solution
• Should have experience of working with multi-disciplinary team (Mechanical team for thermal analysis & enclosures design, PCB layout team and suppliers)
• Should have an understanding and use of DFMEA, DFT and DFM tools
• Definition and choice of components (including derating)
• Definition of electrical schematics and building blocks
• Boards place&route (including signal integrity)
• Manufacturing failures analysis / Root cause analysis
• Test procedures definition and execution
• Component obsolescence treatment : alternative solution identification, definition/design of the solution, verification
  
  

Profile/Skills

• Analog Electronic Engineering Skills and ability.
• Mastering of electronic simulation and design software (Cadence, Allegro, ANSYS, PSPICE/LTSPICE)
• Knowledge or Defense, aeronautics constraints (MIL-STD, DO160, DO254)
• Design for manufacturing
• Design for environmental requirements including EMC
• General understanding of Engineering Development lifecycles including design, development, testing, verification and validation phases
  
  

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