Senior Engineer – Mechanical Design (CTIS)

Location: Vadodara, Gujarat

Experience: 4–8 Years

Employment Type: Full Time

Position: Senior Engineer – Mechanical Design (CTIS)

Reporting to: Deputy Manager - R&D and Application Engineering

Education: B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical or Automotive Engineering

Work Experience: 4 – 8 yrs.

Job location: Vadodara, Gujarat.

• Understand basic function & configuration rules of all SOV, Coil and Valve products.
• Create product string building rules of all standard catalogue products, NCPs, ETOs.
• Understand Marketing & Production codes, Item Code & Drawing Numbering System fully.

• Correct/Modify Static BOMs in SAP under minimum supervision.
• Search/Create manufacturing drawings in Solidworks and release them in PDM, item codes and BOM in SAP etc.

• Interface with customers for product requirements gathering, prepare requirements compliance report (TFSO), fill product specification sheet, create/review GA drawings and seek customer approval.

• Perform product design tasks like concept design, detailed design, modelling/drafting using Solidworks CAD, calculations, basic structural FEA using Solidworks Simulation, tolerance stack-up analysis, apply GD&T, prepare DFMEA, prepare Item Codes, BOM etc independently.
• Perform benchmarking/Reverse Eng., VA/VE activities of products independently.
• Design products for - Form/Fit/Function, Mfg., Assembly, Reliability/Life, Cost, Service, EHS, etc. using DFSS tools with minimum supervision.
• Co-ordinate design verification thru CAE (CFD, Vibration, Fatigue etc.) and/or POC testing.
• Understand various manufacturing processes and the tolerances, surface roughness/finishes that could be achieved using those processes and create manufacturing drawings based on it independently.
• Conduct design reviews (DFx) of new parts/products/systems with cross-functional team or suppliers and optimize the design based on their feedback independently.
• Prepare design documents required for various product certification with minimum supervision.

• Write test plan for complete design validation of a product/system (DVP) based on agreed specification/technical requirements, co-ordinate product assembly and testing activities with minimum supervision.

• Be the SPOC for all design projects and provide status updates/clarifications to PM/HOD/CFT members on regular basis.
• Resolve supplier / production / design validation / customer problems using 8D process (RCA and CAPA) and implement design changes thru ECRN process with minimum supervision.
• Maintain project folder as per applicable QMS system – ISO9001 / IATF 16949 and face internal and external audits with minimum supervision.
• Prioritize, balance and manage multiple tasks with sense of urgency in changing environment.

• Train GETs and Design Engineers on product design and development activities.
• Learn about solenoid coil design, system design, electronics used and trouble shooting from SMEs.

• Product Design & Development
• Solidworks
• Benchmarking
• VA/VE
• 8D Process
• DFMEA
• GD&T
• SAP
• APQP
• Design Validation

• B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical or Automotive Engineering
• M.E./M.Tech - Machine Design
• First class degree in B.E./B.Tech – Mechanical or Automotive Engineering

• 4–8 Years in related field

• 4 - 8 years of work experience in design and development of electro-mechanical products and/or systems for automotive applications
• Successfully developed at least one product based on benchmarking of an existing product and applying VA/VE principle
• Hands-on working experience in product design & development project activities including Compliance report preparation, concept design, detailed design, design verification thru POC/simulation, engineering calculations, mfg. deviations review, prototype build, complete design validation testing and production release as per APQP
• Led resolution of at least one supplier / production / design validation / customer problems using 8D process and RCA tools like Fishbone Diagram / Fault Tree Analysis / 5-Why analysis etc.
• Willing to travel to customer sites in India and abroad for fitment and functional trials of prototype systems (20% of the time)