Electronics / Hardware Engineer
Location: Gurugram, India
Company: Proxgy
Experience: 3–6 years
Function: Hardware Engineering / Embedded Electronics / IIoT Devices
About Proxgy
Proxgy is an Indian deeptech startup based in Gurugram, building next-generation Industrial IoT, smart wearables, connected safety devices, logistics hardware, and fintech-enabled devices for real-world field deployment.
Our products combine industrial IoT hardware, embedded software, cloud middleware, and SaaS platforms to improve safety, productivity, visibility, and automation for blue-collar workers, logistics operators, merchants, and enterprises.
Key Proxgy products include:
- SmartHat: Industrial smart safety helmet with cameras, GPS, sensors, fall detection, and real-time monitoring.
- AirHat: Smart industrial helmet with filtration and worker safety features.
- Lockator: 4G-enabled smart lock for logistics, cargo tracking, and anti-tamper use cases.
- AudioCube: 4G multilingual UPI/digital payment soundbox.
- BirdBox: Portable autonomous surveillance and monitoring unit.
At Proxgy, hardware engineers work on products that go beyond prototypes and are deployed in demanding field environments.
About the Role
We are looking for a driven and detail-oriented Electronics / Hardware Engineer with 3–5 years of industry experience to design, develop, test, and validate electronic systems for Proxgy’s next-generation IIoT devices.
The role requires strong hands-on experience in board-level electronics design, embedded hardware, power circuits, wireless modules, debugging, PCB design reviews, and production readiness.
You will work closely with firmware, mechanical, cloud, QA, manufacturing, and vendor teams to take hardware from concept to prototype, validation, certification, and production.
Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end electronics development for embedded and IoT hardware products.
- Work on schematic design, PCB layout review, BOM selection, and component evaluation.
- Design analog, digital, power, and communication circuits for industrial-grade devices.
- Work with interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, USB, GPIO, ADC, PWM, BLE, Wi-Fi, GPS, LTE/4G modules, and sensor interfaces.
- Perform hardware bring-up, board debugging, and validation using lab instruments.
- Use oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, power supplies, current probes, and RF/debug tools for issue diagnosis.
- Optimize circuits for power consumption, thermal performance, signal integrity, and reliability.
- Work on battery-powered designs, charging circuits, DC-DC converters, LDOs, power-path design, and protection circuits.
- Collaborate with firmware teams for hardware/firmware integration and debugging.
- Collaborate with mechanical teams for enclosure constraints, connector placement, antenna placement, thermal design, and ruggedization.
- Support DFM, DFT, EMI/EMC, environmental testing, and certification readiness.
- Interact with vendors, component suppliers, PCB manufacturers, and contract manufacturers.
- Manage BOMs, alternate components, prototype builds, and pre-production iterations.
- Create and maintain hardware documentation, test plans, validation reports, and design review records.
- Participate in root-cause analysis for field failures and production issues.
- Contribute to hardware architecture decisions for new Proxgy products.
Required Qualifications
- B.Tech / B.E. / M.Tech / M.S. in Electronics, Electrical, Instrumentation, Embedded Systems, or related field.
- 3–5 years of hands-on hardware development experience.
- Strong experience in schematic design and PCB layout review.
- Good understanding of analog and digital electronics.
- Experience with embedded system hardware design using MCUs, SoCs, sensors, wireless modules, and power circuits.
- Hands-on experience with lab debugging tools such as:
- Oscilloscope
- DMM
- Logic analyzer
- Bench power supply
- Soldering/rework tools
- Good understanding of:
- Signal integrity
- Power integrity
- EMI/EMC basics
- Grounding and shielding
- ESD protection
- DFM and production constraints
- Experience with communication interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, USB, BLE, Wi-Fi, GPS, and LTE modules.
- Ability to read datasheets, reference designs, application notes, and hardware design guidelines.
- Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of design decisions.
- Strong debugging mindset and ability to solve hardware issues systematically.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, KiCad, OrCAD, or similar tools.
- Experience with wireless hardware design involving BLE, BLE Mesh, Wi-Fi, GPS, LTE/4G, or antenna integration.
- Experience with battery-powered IoT devices.
- Understanding of power electronics, battery charging, BMS, fuel gauge ICs, and DC-DC converter design.
- Exposure to industrial or rugged hardware design.
- Experience with compliance testing such as CE, FCC, BIS, IP rating, EMI/EMC, or safety testing.
- Experience working with production-scale hardware, EVT/DVT/PVT cycles, and contract manufacturers.
- Understanding of hardware-firmware co-debugging.
- Experience with wearable electronics, smart locks, payment devices, surveillance devices, or industrial IoT products is a plus.
Key Skills
- Electronics circuit design
- PCB design and layout review
- Embedded hardware design
- Analog and digital circuits
- Power supply design
- Battery-powered device design
- BLE / Wi-Fi / LTE / GPS hardware
- Sensor integration
- Hardware debugging
- EMI/EMC awareness
- DFM / DFT
- BOM management
- Vendor coordination
- Prototype validation
- Production support
What You Will Work On
You may work on one or more of the following Proxgy product lines:
- Smart industrial helmets with camera, GPS, sensors, and communication modules.
- 4G-enabled smart locks for logistics and cargo security.
- Digital payment soundboxes and merchant devices.
- Portable surveillance and safety devices.
- Sensor-based industrial safety and monitoring hardware.
- Rugged, battery-powered, field-deployable IIoT products.
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is someone who:
- Has strong hands-on electronics fundamentals.
- Can take a circuit from idea to prototype and production.
- Is comfortable debugging real hardware in the lab.
- Can work with firmware and mechanical teams without silos.
- Understands that field hardware must be reliable, power-efficient, manufacturable, and serviceable.
- Can think beyond schematic design and consider production, certification, testing, and field failures.
- Has the ownership mindset needed in a fast-moving deeptech startup.
Why Join Proxgy
- Work on real deeptech hardware products built in India.
- Build devices used in industrial safety, logistics, fintech, surveillance, and worker productivity.
- Get exposure to full product lifecycle: concept, PCB, prototype, testing, certification, production, and field deployment.
- Collaborate with embedded, AI, cloud, mechanical, manufacturing, and business teams.
- Be part of a fast-growing startup building globally relevant industrial IoT products.
Pay: ₹700,000.00 - ₹1,200,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Leave encashment
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Provident Fund
Work Location: In person
