Engineer III, Electrical

Location: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Category: Research & Development

Employment Type: Full time

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Position Summary:

We are seeking an Engineer III – Electrical / Embedded to join a growing R&D team in Hyderabad supporting sustaining engineering, VAVE, and lifecycle management for the KingFisher sample preparation systems and Detection instruments.

In this role, you will be a key individual contributor, owning electrical and embedded subsystems, executing design changes, and supporting system integration. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues, improve product performance, and contribute to cost optimization initiatives, while continuing to build depth in embedded systems and instrument design.

Key Responsibilities

Electrical & Embedded Development

• Design, develop, and support electrical circuits, PCBAs, and embedded systems (firmware interfaces, microcontrollers, communication protocols).
• Own subsystems or modules, including design, implementation, and verification.
• Support debugging and troubleshooting of electrical and embedded issues at board and system levels.
• Contribute to design documentation, schematics, and interface definitions.

Sustaining Engineering & Lifecycle Support

• Execute sustaining activities including issue resolution, ECO implementation, and component obsolescence management.
• Perform root cause analysis of field and production issues and implement corrective actions.
• Support testing, validation, and qualification of design changes.

Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE)

• Identify and implement cost reduction opportunities within electrical and embedded designs.
• Evaluate alternative components and design approaches in collaboration with senior engineers.
• Support design for manufacturability and cost initiatives.

System Integration & Technical Contribution

• Collaborate with systems, mechanical, and software teams to support system integration and verification.
• Contribute to requirements definition, interface development, and test planning.
• Participate in design reviews and technical discussions, providing data-driven input.

Global & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work with global R&D teams (Finland, US, Singapore) to support knowledge transfer and ongoing product support.
• Partner with manufacturing, quality, service, and sourcing to resolve issues and improve product performance.
• Collaborate with Business Unit Product Management to support execution aligned with product priorities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in electrical or embedded engineering.
• Experience with PCB design, circuit analysis, and embedded systems development.
• Strong skills in debugging, root cause analysis, and hands-on problem solving.
• Experience working in cross-functional engineering environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with embedded firmware development (C/C++, RTOS, communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART).
• Experience with life sciences or analytical instrumentation.
• Familiarity with design for manufacturability (DFM) and cost optimization.
• Experience with lab equipment, test methods, and validation processes.
• Exposure to regulated product development environments.

Impact

• Owns and delivers electrical and embedded subsystem solutions.
• Drives execution of design updates, issue resolution, and validation activities.
• Contributes to product performance, reliability, and cost improvements.
• Supports the development of R&D capability in Hyderabad.

ents preferred