Principal Engineer- Principal Engineer- Embedded Hardware Engineer

Location: Bangalore, 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.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

As a Leader Hardware design and development, you will be a major actor in driving and owning complex hardware and system design

• Lead, mentor and manage a multidisciplinary team of hardware engineers, fostering a collaborative team environment.
• Preparation of different project proposals, Project scheduling/costing, detailed work breakdown for planned execution, identify risk opportunity and dependency
• Oversee the full hardware development lifecycle, from concept/architecture through to proto manufacturing, ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Follow predefined internal process and implement engineering best practices and methodologies to enhance productivity and product quality.
• Design and develop hardware from specifications including component selection and develop the required documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional and cross-geographical teams including software, product management, mechanical, and firmware and quality assurance to define requirements and ensure seamless integration of hardware, firmware and software components.
• Develop and manage project timelines, plan resource allocation, risk assessments to proactively address potential challenges, competency management.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and provide guidance to team members, facilitating their professional growth and development.
• Perform trade-off analysis of different technologies and feasibility studies to propose the best architecture design
• Recruit, train and manage engineers and drive for Key Maturity

Mandatory Skills:

• Electronics/ Electrical Engineering with 15+ years of experience on High-speed hardware board design integration, test, root cause analysis, problem solving
• Must have strong experience to troubleshoot on electronics and embedded hardware systems to find the root cause and to fix with a suitable solution.
• Must have experience in Embedded system development
• Must have experience in Schematics Entry using Cadence Allegro or OrCAD
• Must have experience in component selection and tradeoff analysis
• Must have experience in developing complex Hardware architecture
• Must have experience in impedance control and High-Speed board development
• Must have experience in developing Hardware Test plan and Test procedures
• Proficiency in Requirement analysis and validation
• Must have experience in Microprocessor and FPGA based system design
• Must have experience in power tree development using buck, boost regulators
• Must have experience in the IVVQ (Integration, Verification, Validation and Qualification) including requirements management
• Proficiency in Different bus interfaces like I2C, SPI, QSPI, UART, RS422, RS485, ARINC429, DDR3/4, PCIe, JTAG
• Knowledge of Component de-rating analysis
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must have experience to ensure the reporting progress of the project along with KPI.
• Must have usage experience of Lab Equipment like DSO, Logic Analyzer, VNA, Spectrum Analyzer
• Have experience managing people

Good to have

• Usage of soldering station to rework hardware board

Educational Qualification

Bachelor or Masters in Electronics & Communication or equivalent

Values and Behaviors

• High level of autonomy, efficiency, ownership and accountability
• Good organizational abilities and good interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated, ability to work independently with minimal direction.
• Ability to work in multi-geography and multi-disciplinary team.
• Capability to face customer, honest and trustable reporting and help colleagues
• Ability to bring innovative thought process.

We also attach great importance to soft skills, adaptability, openness and continuous improvement. Your autonomy and your taste for teamwork, your rigor and curiosity are all qualities that we value every day.

Language

Ability communicates in English verbally and through written form.

At Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference – for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.