What we deliver
Team design
Roles, seniority mix, skills and leadership structure planned against your product roadmap.
Hiring
Sourcing and technical screening of embedded, AUTOSAR, VLSI and test engineers in Bengaluru.
Infrastructure
Workspace, IT, secure network access and lab setup appropriate to the work and your security policies.
Delivery and governance
Day-to-day management, delivery reporting and governance reviews while the team operates.
Process alignment
Your development, quality and security processes adopted by the team from the start.
Transfer
Planned transfer of employees, IP, assets and processes to your legal entity in India.
How BOT works
01
Plan
Scope, team shape, location, security model and transfer conditions are agreed up front. Decision point: go-ahead and contract.
02
Build
We hire engineers and leads, set up infrastructure and onboard the team to your tools and processes. Decision point: core team in place.
03
Operate
The team delivers under our employment and management with joint governance. Decision point: readiness review for transfer.
04
Prepare transfer
You set up or confirm your Indian entity; employment, asset and IP transfer are planned. Decision point: transfer date confirmed.
05
Transfer
Employees move to your entity, assets and contracts are assigned, and we provide agreed transition support.
When BOT fits
BOT suits companies that want a long-term engineering team in India but do not want to set up an entity, recruit and manage from day one. You get delivery while the team forms, and ownership once it is stable.
If you need a team only for a defined project or a limited period, project delivery or staff augmentation is usually simpler. The BOT glossary entry explains the model in general terms.
Standards
- IEC 62443
- ISO 9001
- ISO/SAE 21434
Toolchains our engineers work with
- Confluence
- Git
- Jenkins
- Jira
Related work
Case studies →Setting up a 25-engineer embedded validation team in Bengaluru through Build-Operate-Transfer
A 25-engineer embedded validation team built, run and then transferred to a mid-sized company's Bengaluru GCC over 12 to 18 months.
Embedding a functional safety and cybersecurity pod with an EV start-up
A dedicated pod for ISO 26262 safety analysis and ISO/SAE 21434 TARA, embedded with an EV start-up preparing UNECE R155 type approval evidence.
Staffing DO-178C verification engineers ahead of SOI audits
DO-178C verification engineers for an avionics supplier before SOI audits: requirements-based tests, structural coverage, review checklists and independence.
Further reading
All insights →Hiring AUTOSAR and SDV engineers in India in 2026–27: skills, notice periods and ramp planning
Where AUTOSAR and SDV engineers are in India, the skills worth screening for, and how to plan around 60–90-day notice periods.
Semicon 2.0 and the VLSI talent gap: hiring verification, DFT, post-silicon and ATE engineers
What Semicon 2.0's talent pillar changes for VLSI hiring, which roles stay scarce, and how fabless teams and OSATs can staff up.
Contract-to-hire vs permanent hiring for engineering roles in India
When contract-to-hire beats a direct permanent offer for engineering roles in India, and the conversion terms worth agreeing upfront.
Frequently asked questions
Do we need a legal entity in India before starting BOT?
No. During build and operate, engineers are employed by Stalwart Innovations, so you can start without an Indian entity. You will need one, often a private limited company or a branch structure chosen with your legal and tax advisers, before transfer, because employees and assets move to it.
How do transfer fees work in a BOT model?
BOT contracts commonly include a transfer fee or a defined commercial mechanism for moving the team, reflecting the recruitment and setup work already done. How it is calculated, and how it changes with timing or team size, is agreed in the contract at the start, so the cost of transfer is known in advance.
Who owns the IP created by the team?
IP created for you is assigned to you under the contract throughout the engagement, not only at transfer. Code and documents normally live in your repositories from day one, so there is no separate IP handover of the work itself; transfer focuses on people, assets and processes.
How are employees transferred to our entity?
At transfer, engineers receive offers from your entity, generally on terms at least comparable to their existing ones, and move with recognition of service as agreed. Communication with the team starts well before the date. The approach follows Indian employment law and is planned with your HR and legal advisers.
Can we transfer part of the team or bring the transfer forward?
Contracts can provide for partial or phased transfer, or earlier transfer, with the commercial impact defined in advance. Transferring in phases, such as leads first, is sometimes used to keep delivery stable.
What disciplines can a BOT team cover?
Teams can cover embedded firmware, AUTOSAR and automotive software, VLSI roles such as verification, DFT and validation, and testing and validation. Mixed teams are common, such as firmware plus test automation engineers working on the same product line.
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