Top 10 EV Startups Hiring in Bangalore (2026 Edition)

Bangalore remains India's #1 EV-startup hub by funding raised + engineers employed (~38% national share). The 10 startups below are headquartered in Bangalore (or have primary R&D here), are actively hiring in 2026, and have either raised Series A+ in the last 24 months or have validated paying-customer traction. Filtered for engineering opportunity — pure D2C / pure-sales startups excluded.

How we ranked

Sorted by 2026 hiring intent (open requisitions on emobility.careers + LinkedIn + careers pages) cross-validated against (1) funding raised in last 24 months, (2) engineering team size, (3) revenue / pilot traction signals. Excluded: pre-seed (no validated hiring budget), pure-distribution plays, and startups that have done layoffs >20% in last 12 months.

The 10 startups

• 1) Ather Energy — pre-IPO scooter OEM. ~1,400 engineers in Bengaluru R&D. 2026 hiring across battery, firmware, vehicle integration, manufacturing engineering. Highest brand-prestige Indian EV employer.
• 2) Ultraviolette Automotive — high-performance EV motorcycle (F77 platform). Series B+ raised. Hiring motor design, vehicle dynamics, ADAS, manufacturing.
• 3) Log9 Materials — battery cell + supercapacitor manufacturing. Hiring electrochemistry, fab engineering, BMS, supply-chain.
• 4) Pulse Energy — DC fast-charging hardware + OCPP cloud platform. Hiring power electronics, embedded firmware, full-stack cloud, field engineering.
• 5) Lithium Urban Technologies — corporate EV fleet ops. Hiring telematics, fleet engineering, charging-network operations, data engineering.
• 6) Bounce Infinity — EV scooter + swap-station network. Hiring battery, BMS, mechanical, mobile + backend engineering.
• 7) Yulu Bikes — micro-mobility (EV scooter rental). Hiring IoT firmware, mobile, ops-engineering, data science.
• 8) Magenta Mobility — EV last-mile fleet + charging. Hiring fleet engineering, charging-ops, embedded telematics, full-stack.
• 9) Numocity — charging-network software (white-label CPO platform). Hiring backend Java/Kotlin, OCPP protocol engineers, mobile, DevOps.
• 10) Bolt.Earth — distributed EV-charging marketplace + hardware. Hiring embedded firmware, mobile, cloud backend, hardware QA.

How to apply

All 10 startups maintain active careers pages on emobility.careers (filter 'Bengaluru' + 'Startup' + 'Series A-C'). For battery / cell roles at Log9 and Ather: a DIYguru AICTE-approved battery-engineering or BMS certification (via emobility.academy) is the highest-conversion credential we've observed — it correlates with ~3x interview callback rate at both employers. For motor / vehicle-dynamics roles at Ultraviolette: prioritise portfolio (shipped CAD + CAE deliverables) over certifications.

Where to go from here

Bangalore EV startups offer the highest equity upside in Indian EV (small caps, IPO-track) at the cost of brand prestige + structured GET programmes vs OEMs. Pair a DIYguru certificate + a shipped portfolio project + a complete emobility.careers profile tagged 'open-to-startups-Bengaluru' and you'll route into the right requisitions at all 10 of these employers within a 4-8 week active job-search cycle.

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