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Senior Technical Lead – Digital Electronics
Thales India Engineering Competency Center in Bangalore is seeking a Senior Technical Lead role.
In this role you will be responsible for design and development of reliable, cost effective, customized products for Defense & avionics applications.
Electronics systems design, Obsolescence redesign for Defense / avionics 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 14 years of relevant experience.
Higher qualifications of Post-graduation and PhD are desirable.
Working experience in Defense / Avionics domain is desirable.
Technical Skills and Competencies:
Must have strong experience in Electronic design and development from requirements to Conceptual design to architectural design to detailed design and analysis
Must have strong experience in the hardware design, development and testing of high speed digital electronic circuits including microprocessors, microcontrollers, FPGA and embedded firmware.
Must have hands on experience in product design, board level testing, integration and validation testing including development of test plans and Pass/fail criteria.
Must have strong knowledge of using Design and simulation tools
Must have working experience of product performance evaluation (Hardware Verification) to comply to DO-160 or MIL-STD 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, PCB layout, Systems engineering 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
Digital Electronic Engineering Skills and ability.
VHDL coding, Timing analysis
Mastering of electronic simulation and design software (Cadence, Allegro, ANSYS, PSPICE/LTSPICE)
Knowledge or Defense & aeronautics constraints (MIL-STD, DO160, DO254)
General understanding of Engineering Development lifecycles including design, development, testing, verification and validation phases
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