SPM Design Engineer

Job Title: Senior SPM(Special Purpose Machine) Design Engineer

Company: Ledvore Limited

Location: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (On-site)

Experience: 11 to 13 years

Industry: Industrial Automation / Machinery

We are looking for a Senior SPM Design Engineer who can take a special purpose machine from a blank sheet to a working installation. This is not a drafting or detailing role. If you have spent your career modelling parts to someone else's specification, this will not suit you.

Key Responsibilities

• Read the client requirement, challenge it where it is incomplete, and develop the concept and layout
• Carry out full mechanical design of special-purpose machines, conveyor systems and automated equipment including structures, mechanisms, guarding, pneumatics and motion
• Design and integrate conveyor systems (belt, roller, chain, pallet-handling and transfer systems) into complete machine builds
• Select components: size and choose pneumatic cylinders, actuators, linear guides, bearings, drives, motors, sensors and structural sections based on load, stroke, cycle time and duty
• Carry out market and vendor sourcing: research suppliers, compare specifications and pricing, download supplier CAD models and integrate them into the assembly
• Produce manufacturing and assembly drawings that a machine shop can build from directly
• Support build, commissioning and design changes on the shop floor

Required Skills and Experience

• 11 to 13 years designing and building special-purpose machines, conveyor systems, automation equipment, jigs or fixtures. Candidates must have built machines, not just modelled parts
• Proven machine-building experience — from concept through to installation and commissioning
• Automation knowledge — PLC, EOAT, HMI, sensors
• Strong proficiency in SOLIDWORKS or equivalent 3D CAD, including large assemblies and drawing standards
• Demonstrable component selection ability. Candidates will be asked to justify components chosen on a past machine and explain the reasoning
• Excellent spoken and written English. The role involves regular calls with European clients, and clear communication is a hard requirement
• Genuinely self-directed, with the ability to work with minimal supervision

Preferred Skills

• Experience working with European clients or to European standards, including CE marking and machinery safety
• Exposure to medtech, automotive or industrial automation equipment

What We Offer

• Direct client exposure, working with the people who use your machines
• Real ownership of projects from day one
• A growing company where senior engineers shape how the team works