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Job Description: Program Manager – CSR Initiative (BT-IISc Faculty Development Program)

Position Overview

We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven Program Manager to lead and oversee the British Telecom (BT) sponsored CSR initiative focused on delivering a high-impact Faculty Development Program (FDP) in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. This program aims to enhance the capabilities of faculty members in advanced cybersecurity areas across institutions by fostering excellence in teaching, curriculum development, and technology integration.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end program planning, execution, monitoring, and evaluation of the BT-sponsored FDP initiative.
  • Liaise with BT, IISc faculty, stakeholders, and other relevant bodies to ensure alignment and successful delivery of program goals.
  • Develop program timelines, budgets, operational plans, and ensure timely execution of key deliverables.
  • Coordinate logistics, outreach, communications, and branding associated with the initiative.
  • Manage data collection, impact assessment, reporting metrics, and present outcomes to CSR and academic stakeholders.
  • Facilitate regular stakeholder meetings and provide periodic progress updates and reports.

Qualifications and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) in Education, Public Policy, Management, Engineering, or related field.
  • 5+ years of program management experience, preferably in CSR, education, or development sectors.
  • Demonstrated experience in managing multi-stakeholder academic or industry-led initiatives.
  • Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
  • Familiarity with CSR compliance, reporting frameworks, and academic partnerships is an advantage.

Location

This is a full-time position based in Bengaluru,  at IISc campus.

Remuneration

Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Application Process

Interested candidates should submit their resume and cover letter to the specified email ID, clearly stating their motivation and relevant experience.

Email ID: apply.ese@iisc.ac.in

Last date for receiving application: 10/08/2025

 

 

PCB Design and Fabrication Engineer (KiCad)
Number of Position: 1
Please send your CV with a cover letter to lums@iisc.ac.in
Application deadline: 11/07/2025

Responsibilities
  • Create and maintain complex PCB schematics and layouts using KiCad (schematic capture, footprint library management, net-list generation).
  • Prototype assembly, bring-up, testing, and debugging of PCBs (soldering, rework, test fixtures).
  • Document board layouts, design rules, and revision history for internal reviews.
Skill and Educational Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science.
  • 1–3 years of hands-on experience in PCB design and fabrication.
  • Proficiency in KiCad for schematic capture, layout, library management, and CAM outputs.
  • Strong understanding of PCB manufacturing processes and design-for-manufacturability.
  • Experience with analog and digital circuit design on PCB.
  • Hands-on use of test and measurement tools: multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers.
  • Familiarity with EMI/EMC mitigation techniques (shielding, filtering, impedance control).
Contract duration: Initially 1 year with a possible extension for 3 more years
Salary: As per DST Guidelines & IISc norms
Embedded Photovoltaic System Engineer
Number of Position: 1
Please send your CV with a cover letter to lums@iisc.ac.in 
Application deadline: 11/07/2025 
Responsibilities
  • Design and fabrication of complex embedded hardware Includes following activities – components selection, schematics design, interaction with PCB manufacturing vendors, testing and debugging of hardware boards.
  • PCB Layout Design, simulation, working with external peripherals using various communication interfaces for example, Ethernet, UART, CAN, SPI, I2C, I2S etc.
  • Experience in DC/DC and DC/AC converters design.
  • Experience in Photovoltaic Systems.
  • Designing circuits to ensure EMI/EMC compliance.
Skill and Educational qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s/master’s degree in computer science or Electronics/Electrical Engineering.
  • 1-3 years of work experience in Embedded Systems and Hardware Design.
  • Exceptional experience in circuit design, encompassing Analog and Digital Circuits.
  • Proficiency in PCB design, manufacturing, and testing for embedded hardware.
  • Hands-on experience with test and measurement tools such as Multi-meters, Scopes, Logic Analysers.
  • Hands-on Photovoltaic Systems experience.
Contract duration: Initially 1 year with a possible extension for 3 more years
Salary: As per DST Guidelines & IISc norms
Job Opening: Administrative Assistant 
Department: NPTEL, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering (DESE)
Institution: Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
Employment Type: Contract (1 year, extendable up to 5 years as per IISc norms)
Location: IISc, Bangalore
Number of Positions: 1
Job Description
The NPTEL Office at DESE, IISc is seeking an Accounts & Administrative Assistant to support financial, administrative, and communication-related functions. The selected candidate will be responsible for handling accounts, SAP operations, documentation, and interdepartmental coordination related to the NPTEL project.
Key Responsibilities
  • Maintain project-related accounts and financial records
  • Process invoices, payments, purchase orders, reimbursements, cash advances, and honorarium
  • Coordinate with the Finance & Accounts section, Faculty, and TAs at IISc and IITM
  • Prepare utilization certificates, audit documents, and expenditure reports
  • Manage staff records and salary-related documentation
  • Draft and respond to email communications with faculty, staff, vendors, and funding agencies
  • Compose grammatically correct and easily comprehensible documents
  • Provide general administrative support to the NPTEL team
  • Maintain proper documentation and filing of project materials
Required Qualifications & Skills
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce / Business Administration / Finance / or related field
  • Proficiency in SAP (Finance Module)
  • Strong knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Should be able to write professional, grammatically correct documents and emails
  • Good organizational and communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and in coordination with multiple teams
Salary & Benefits
  • Salary: As per DST Guidelines & IISc norms
  • Opportunity to work in a prestigious academic and research environment
 
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should send their CV with a cover letter to npteloffice@iisc.ac.in with the subject line “Administrative Assistant – NPTEL DESE”.
Application deadline: 06/06/2025
Job Opening: Camera Person
Department: NPTEL, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering (DESE)
Institution: Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
Employment Type: Contract (1 year, extendable up to 3 years)
Location: IISc, Bangalore
Number of Positions: 1
Job Description:
The NPTEL office at DESE, IISc is looking for a skilled Camera Person with experience in professional video production and studio equipment management. The selected candidate will be responsible for capturing high-quality educational and promotional video content for NPTEL courses.
Key Responsibilities:
  • Operate and manage professional studio cameras, lighting, audio,
  • Record lectures, interviews, and promotional content for NPTEL courses.
  • Set up and maintain studio equipment, including microphones, mixers, and video switchers.
  • Collaborate with faculty and production teams to ensure high-quality video output.
  • Edit and enhance video recordings as needed.
  • Ensure proper camera angles, lighting adjustments, and sound quality in recordings.
  • Troubleshoot technical issues related to video production and studio equipment.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
  • Any Bachelor’s degree / Master’s degree / diploma
  • Proficiency in operating professional video cameras and production equipment.
  • Experience in studio setup, live streaming, and multi-camera operations.
  • Understanding of lighting techniques, green screen setups, and composition.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Salary & Benefits:
  • Salary as per DST Guidelines & IISc norms
  • Opportunity to work in a prestigious academic environment.
  • Hands-on experience with advanced studio and broadcasting equipment.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should send their CV with a cover letter to npteloffice@iisc.ac.in with the subject line “Application for Camera Person – NPTEL DESE”.
Application Deadline: 15/04/2025

NPTEL, IISc, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering (DESE) hereby invite applications from suitable candidates for the following contract positions.

Profile: Video and Visual Creator

Number of Position: 1

Please send your CV with a cover letter to npteloffice@iisc.ac.in

Application deadline: 31/01/2025 

Responsibilities

  • Plan, shoot, and edit high-quality video content for educational and promotional purposes.
  • Create compelling visual assets, including graphics, animations, and motion graphics, to support video content.
  • Collaborate with faculty and staff to conceptualize and produce visual storytelling projects.
  • Operate and maintain video production equipment, including cameras, lighting, and sound equipment.
  • Design and edit video and visual content for online platforms.
  • Ensure content aligns with institutional branding guidelines and maintains a high production quality.

 

Skill and Educational qualifications:

  • Any Bachelor’s / Master’s degree
  • Knowledge in video editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or equivalent.
  • Knowledge in graphic design tools like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects.
  • Experience with motion graphics and animation is a strong advantage.
  • Strong understanding of video production equipment, including cameras, lighting, and audio.
  • Knowledge of video compression, file formats, and online distribution channels.
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively to meet deadlines.

Contract duration: Initially 1 year with a possible extension for 3 more years

Salary: As per DST Guidelines & IISc norms

Department of Electronic Systems Engineering (DESE) hereby invite applications from suitable candidates for the following contract positions.

Profile: Embedded Photovoltaic System Engineer

Number of Position: 3

Please send your CV with a cover letter to lums@iisc.ac.in 

Application deadline: 31/02/2025 

Responsibilities

  • Design and fabrication of complex embedded hardware Includes following activities – components selection, schematics design, interaction with PCB manufacturing vendors, testing and debugging of hardware boards.
  • PCB Layout Design, simulation, working with external peripherals using various communication interfaces for example, Ethernet, UART, CAN, SPI, I2C, I2S etc.
  • Experience in DC/DC and DC/AC converters design.
  • Experience in Photovoltaic Systems.
  • Designing circuits to ensure EMI/EMC compliance.

Skill and Educational qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s/master’s degree in computer science or Electronics/Electrical Engineering.
  • 1-3 years of work experience in Embedded Systems and Hardware Design.
  • Exceptional experience in circuit design, encompassing Analog and Digital Circuits.
  • Proficiency in PCB design, manufacturing, and testing for embedded hardware.
  • Hands-on experience with test and measurement tools such as Multi-meters, Scopes, Logic Analysers.
  • Hands-on Photovoltaic Systems experience.

Contract duration: Initially 1 year with a possible extension for 3 more years

Salary: As per DST Guidelines & IISc norms

Profile: Embedded hardware Engineer

Please send your CV with a cover letter to emsys.ese@iisc.ac.in

Application deadline: 12/12/2025 

Responsibilities

  • Design and fabrication of complex embedded hardware Includes following activities – components selection, schematics design, interaction with PCB manufacturing vendors, testing and debugging of hardware boards.
  • PCB Layout Design, simulation, working with external peripherals using various communication interfaces for example, Ethernet, UART, CAN, SPI, I2C, I2S etc.
  • Experience in DC/DC and DC/AC converters design.
  • Designing circuits to ensure EMI/EMC compliance.

Skill and Educational qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s/master’s degree in computer science or Electronics/Electrical Engineering.
  • 1-3 years of work experience in Embedded Systems and Hardware Design.
  • Exceptional experience in circuit design, encompassing Analog and Digital Circuits.
  • Proficiency in PCB design, manufacturing, and testing for embedded hardware.
  • Hands-on experience with test and measurement tools such as Multi-meters, Scopes, Logic Analysers.

Contract duration: Initially 1 year with a possible extension for 3 more years

Salary: 5 to 6 Lpa

Profile: Embedded Software Engineer

Please send your CV with a cover letter to emsys.ese@iisc.ac.in

Application deadline: 12/12/2024  

 Responsibilities

  • Develop firmware and embedded software for the R&D Work closely with the embedded hardware engineer to test and debug the developed boards.
  • Should be able to understand OS concepts and develop software that may work in bare metal/ RTOS/ Embedded Linux environment.
  • Develop deep domain expertise required for the project

Skill and Educational Qualification

  • Bachelor’s/master’s degree in computer science or Electronics/Electrical Engineering
  • 1 to 3 years of Embedded software development experience microprocessors/controllers.
  • Strong expertise and experience in C/C++ Programming languages
  • Understanding of RTOS concepts, firmware development and scripting languages like Additionally, experience with Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) is desirable.
  • Good understanding of TCP/IP, UDP and Serial based protocols like Modbus, .etc
  • Ability to read hardware schematics and use of debugging instruments like oscilloscope, logic analysers .etc
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Contract duration: Initially 1 year with a possible extension for 3 more years depending on the performance.

Salary: 5 to 6 Lpa

Profile: Network Engineer and Security Analyst

Please send your CV with a cover letter to emsys.ese@iisc.ac.in

Application deadline: 12/12/2024  

The Network Engineer and security analyst is responsible for design, deployment, and maintenance of department network that include day-to-day operations and security audits. Further, he/she should be able to plan and pursue long term goals to rollout new services for the department users.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Maintaining and administering computer networks and related computing environment including systems software, applications software, hardware, and configurations.
  • To take care of deployment and maintenance tasks of network equipment such as routers, switches, Access Points, and Linux/Windows hosts.
  • Monitor network activity and configure network switches and wireless Access Points.
  • Plan/perform disaster recovery operations and data backups when required.
  • Install maintain software licenses and digital certificates.
  • Protecting data, software, and hardware by coordinating, planning, and implementing network security measures.
  • Troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving hardware, software, and other network and system problems.
  • Monitoring network performance to determine if any configuration changes are needed.
  • Operating master consoles to monitor the performance of network and computer systems.
  • Designing, configuring, and testing networking software, computer hardware, and operating system software.

Skills and Academic Qualification:

  • BE/B. Tech in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or a related field with 1+ years of professional experience, or equivalent
  • In-depth understanding of network infrastructure and network hardware
  • Ability to think through and debug network related problems
  • Ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot network infrastructure devices, including wireless access points, firewalls, routers, switches, controllers.
  • Deep understanding of application and network access protocol stack.
  • Certification desired: , g. CCIE (Cisco), CCNP (Cisco), JNCIE-ENT (Juniper), Network+ (CompTIA),
  • Both, fresher as well as experienced candidates are eligible to apply.

Benefits:

Salary: 25,000 INR p.m. (+ HRA) for project associate-I and 31,000–35,000 INR p.m. (+ HRA) for project associates II as per IISc norms. The exact salary will be decided depending on qualification, experience, and availability of funds as well as performance over time

Contract duration: Initially 1 year with possible extension for 4 more years

Profile: Embedded Reconfigurable Hardware (FPGA) Engineer 

Please send your CV with a cover letter to emsys.ese@iisc.ac.in

Application deadline: 12/12/2024  

Skills and Academic Qualification:

  • BE/B.Tech in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or a related field with 1+ years of professional experience, or equivalent.
  • Proficiency in hardware description languages (HDL) and experience with FPGA/ASIC design, particularly with Xilinx FPGAs and Analog Devices transceiver ICs, is highly desirable.
  • Strong understanding of RF, analog, digital, and mixed-signal Familiarity with various communication protocols and digital signal processing is desirable.
  • Hands-on experience with diagnostic lab equipment such as spectrum analyzers, signal generators, power supplies, and oscilloscopes is essential.
  • Proficiency in MATLAB, Python scripting, Linux and C/C++ programming is essential.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills are must.
  • Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment with strong interpersonal skills.

Contract duration: Initially 1 year with possible extension for 3 more years

Salary: 5 to 6 Lpa