Electronics & Hardware Design Engineer

About Cradlewise

Cradlewise is a baby tech startup based out of San Francisco, Bangalore, and Pune. We build smart baby products.

Our first product is a smart crib for babies from 0 to 24 months. It comes with an integrated baby monitor that senses early signs of wake-up, learns from the baby's sleep patterns, and starts rocking with music to soothe the baby back to sleep, just like a parent would.

We are all about sensing, learning, and improving outcomes for babies and parents. We design our electronics in Bangalore and manufacture in-house in Pune, so the boards you design will be built a short flight away and shipped to thousands of families across the US.

See how it works:

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About the role

We're looking for an Electronics & Hardware Design Engineer to join our hardware engineering team. You'll own electronic hardware from concept through mass production: architecture, schematic capture, layout, bring-up, validation, and production support. You'll work closely with firmware, mechanical, RF, EMC, validation, manufacturing, and supply chain teams.

This role is ideal for engineers who love hands-on hardware development and want complete ownership of what they build.

What you'll own

• End-to-end hardware development: architecture, schematic capture, component selection, PCB layout guidance, prototyping, bring-up, validation, and production support
• Design of power management circuits, microcontroller-based systems, and communication interfaces
• Reliable, manufacturable, cost-optimized PCB designs that account for signal integrity, thermal performance, EMI/EMC, DFM, and DFT
• Board bring-up, debugging, and root-cause analysis using standard lab equipment
• Manufacturing support: prototype builds, NPI, production test development, supplier interactions, and field failure analysis
• Design reviews and engineering documentation, including calculations, test reports, and validation results

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical, or Electronics & Communication Engineering
• 3 to 5 years of experience in electronics hardware design and product development
• Strong foundation in analog and digital circuit design
• Hands-on schematic capture and PCB design experience with Altium Designer or Cadence
• At least one product taken from prototype through validation into manufacturing
• Strong debugging skills with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, function generators, spectrum analyzers, and power supplies
• Experience with embedded hardware and common interfaces: SPI, I²C, UART, CAN, USB, Ethernet, JTAG, or SDIO
• Solid understanding of PCB stack-up, signal integrity, thermal design, EMI/EMC, DFM, and DFT
• Power supply design experience: buck, boost, LDO, flyback, or other DC-DC topologies

Nice to have

• ARM-based processors, PMICs, or high-speed memory interfaces (DDR/LPDDR)
• Wireless technologies: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LTE, GNSS, or RF systems
• MATLAB, Python, or LabVIEW for validation and test automation
• EMI/EMC compliance standards (FCC, CE, UL)
• Background in robotics, consumer electronics, automotive/EV, IoT, energy, or medical devices
• Rigid-flex or flexible PCB design

What makes you successful here

• Ownership mindset: you can independently drive a hardware project from idea to production
• Sharp debugging instincts and a bias for getting into the lab
• Ability to balance performance, manufacturability, reliability, and cost
• Clear communication across functions, and comfort in a fast-paced, unstructured startup environment

What we offer

• The chance to design hardware that ships in real products used by thousands of families
• Autonomy to ideate, experiment, and execute your own design decisions
• Close collaboration and mentorship within a senior, cross-functional engineering team
• A fun, inclusive, learning-oriented culture with regular reviews to accelerate your growth
• Competitive salary

Quick facts

Industry: Baby tech. The infant and childcare market is $136B annually

Type: Privately held, VC-backed

Founded: 2019

Funding: $10M, with lead investors CRV and Footwork

Location: Pune,, work from office

Sounds like you?

Are you excited to work collaboratively with design, product, and engineering? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments where you wear many hats and think on your feet? Are you an independent thinker, a fast learner, hungry to be part of a high-performing team?

Come join us! Say 👋: [email protected]

Cradlewise is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender orientation or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic under applicable law.