Job Title

Hardware Design Engineer

Job Code

Department/ BU

Research and Development

Location

Navi Mumbai

Reporting To

Lead – Electronics Design, E&E

Organizational Description

Bajaj Electricals Limited (BEL), a globally renowned and trusted company, with a turnover of around ₹5500 crores (FY 22-23), is a part of "Bajaj Group". Bajaj Electricals’ business includes Consumer Products (Appliances, Fans, Lighting), Exports, Illumination and Transmission & Distribution (Transmission Line and Power Distribution). We also have a strong presence in premium range of home appliances and cookware with brands like Morphy Richards, Nirlep & Nex.

We have 18 branch offices across different parts of the country besides being supported by a chain of distributors, authorized dealers, retail outlets and approximately 480 customer care centers. To increase our global footprint, Bajaj Electricals has also set up offices in Africa, Middle East and China.

Bajaj Electricals is driven by Gandhian set of values advocated by our founding father, Shri Jamnalal Bajaj. Our current leaders carry forward this legacy while evolving for the future. “Inspiring Trust”, our tagline, is something that we associate with and try to fulfil in our everyday endeavors. Apart from work, we also believe in bringing about change in our society through our philanthropic work. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives rest on sustainability, gender diversity, employee volunteering and community outreach programs.

Major Areas of Responsibilities

• Develop, debug and test analog and digital power electronic circuits for lighting application
• Design and selection of components like magnetics, FETs, IGBTs, SCRs, ICs, micro-controllers etc.
• Simulate the design, create schematics/board layout and prepare functional prototype
• Carry out validation and reliability testing of components and circuit
• Formulate SOPs and carry out tests as per standard
• Come up with new ideas and innovations which can solve consumer pain points
• Maintain test records, analyze and share observation/suggestions with the relevant stakeholders
• Carry out root cause analysis of failed samples and plan for corrective actions
• Evaluate LED driver suppliers on the required parameters & formulate test plan
• Carry our process improvements at supplier
• Gracefully adjust to meet changing circumstances such as reorganizations, reassignment of project priority, changes in strategic direction, and customer needs
• Handle ambiguity in problem definition, have a good handle on business value and have the initiative to shape problems and projects so that they deliver maximum impact

Requirement

We are looking for a highly skilled product design engineer with knowledge of interdisciplinary engineering fundamentals in power electronics, who can define and design system level approaches to solve fundamental consumer problems. The candidate must have highest level of ingenuity and creativity who can work on multiple parallel approaches while solving problems and arrive at the simplest, manufacturable and cost-effective solution.

Essential Qualification: BE in Electricals or ‘E&E’

Experience: 5-8 years

Industry Preference: Power Electronics design, BLDC & Induction motor controllers, control & simulation for LED lamp drivers, Induction heaters, mixer grinder etc.

Sr. No.

Functional Competencies

Critical

Desirable

1.

Fundamentals of power electronics

YES

2

Strong background in EMI/EMC, high frequency magnetics and control systems

YES

3

Familiarity with simulation tools like Pspice, MATLAB, LTspice & SABER.

YES

4

PCB layout design software skill like Altium, Orcad etc.

YES

5

Manufacturing processes

YES

6

Good knowledge of different AC/DC converter topologies including high frequency ones (Buck, boost, fly-back, HB/FB inverters)

YES

7

Knowledge on sensors and actuators

YES

8

Basic knowledge on electrical motors used across industry

YES

9

Software coding (POC level)

Yes

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Behavioral Competencies

Critical

Desirable

1.

Strong communication skills

YES

2.

Problem solving skills at system level

YES

3.

Innovative mind set

YES

4.

Personal effectiveness

YES

5

Ethics

YES

Any specific requirement

Demonstrated track record of such design and developments