Head – Hardware Design (Power Electronics)
Head – Hardware Design (Power Electronics)
Refined job description
ROLE
– Lead the Hardware Team
– Own Engineering, Quality, Hiring, and Team building functions
– Manage communication with internal and external resources such as supply chain, process engineering, and test validation teams
– Build capabilities across various domains of Electrical Engineering
– Drive hardware development from concept through production, including architecture design, component selection, schematic, layout, harness design, electrical integration, EMI/EMC, and DFX
– Take hardware products to production and ensure successful launch
– Own team morale and culture
– Evaluate project budgets and resource allocation
– Define and establish the Hardware Team for Exponent
REQUIREMENTS
– 15+ years of experience in product development with successful product cycles
– Strong understanding of engineering personnel and team dynamics
– Proven experience leading and building product development teams
– Deep practical knowledge of embedded and power electronics hardware with good visibility of firmware
– Hands‑on experience with cross‑functional aspects of hardware products, including mechanical packaging, firmware development, thermal design, and costing
– B.Tech/M.Tech in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related sub‑fields
– Demonstrated quality of work and strong problem‑solving approach
– High standards and dissatisfaction with mediocre work
– Resilient attitude and ability to bounce back after failures
Full job description
Description
You’ll be working with the
engineering
team.
This team runs on coffee with an infectious passion for building products that have never been built before. Our Flexible Energy Stack consists of the e^pack (battery pack) and e^pump (charging station) which together unlock 15-minute rapid charging.
Our philosophy:
Break. Believe. Build
Break stuff. Break assumptions. Break the thumb rule.
Believe in the team. Believe in the process. Believe through failures.
Build fast. Build passionately. Build to simplify.
What you will do:
At Exponent, we unlocked the 15-minute rapid charging of a Battery pack as a result of our e^pump (Charging Station) and e^pack (Battery) working together. Hardware Engineering is an integral part of both these systems. Everything on the Hardware Side from Architecture Design, Component Selection, Schematic, Layout, Harness Design, Electrical Integration, EMI/EMC, and DFX impacts the 15-minute rapid charging behavior.
The Hardware Team that Solves the above problems is your product.
Your main focus is to define and build the Hardware Team for Exponent.
Responsibilities:
Lead
Hardware Team
Own Engineering + Quality + Hiring + Team building
Manage communication with internal and external resources, like supply chain, process engineering, and test validation teams
Building capabilities in teams across various domains of Electrical Engineering
Get. Set. Production. Take all of it to production
Own team morale and culture
Evaluate Project budgets and resource allocation.
The ideal candidate requires:
15+ years of experience in
product development
with
successful product cycles
.
Good understanding of People
( Engineers)
Experience in
leading and building a product development team
.
Experience in taking Electromechanical components from
Concept to Production
(Design, Analysis, and DFX).
Deep practical knowledge of
Embedded
and
Power electronics hardware
and good visibility of
Firmware
.
Hands-on experience in
working with cross-functional aspects of a hardware product
- Like Mechanical packaging, Firmware development, Thermal design, Costing, etc.
B.Tech/ M.Tech in Electrical/Electronics Engineering and sub-fields
What matters:
Quality of work
Approach towards problem-solving
Dissatisfaction towards mediocre work
Resilient attitude to bounce back after failing
About Us
Exponent simplifies energy for EVs.
Co-founded by Arun Vinayak (Ather Energy's Founding Partner & Former Chief Product Officer) and Sanjay Byalal (Former hardware strategic sourcing and cell strategy lead, Ather and Former Supply Chain Lead, HUL), Exponent focuses on solving two sides of the energy problem by building the e^pump (charging station) and e^pack (battery pack) which together unlock 15-min rapid charging.
The 200+ strong team of passionate builders have a ton of EV experience and are currently looking for more builders to join one of the best EV teams in India to build & scale Exponent.