Walk-in || Design Engineer

Area of Responsibility:

• Design, develop, and validate vehicle propulsion system components and subsystems.
• Lead the mechanical integration of power electronics components, including Inverters. DC/DC Converters. On-Board Chargers (OBC), Battery Distribution Units (BDU), HV Junction Boxes Sheetmetal Brackets, plastic components.
• Knowledge of Thermal & Cooling Systems, Thermal management of power electronics and propulsion systems, Liquid cooling and air-cooling systems, Heat transfer fundamentals and cooling system packaging.
• Knowledge of EMC/EMI requirements for automotive systems
• Experience with wiring harnesses, connectors, terminals, and busbars.
• Develop and maintain 3D CAD models and 2D engineering drawings using CATIA.
• Design and optimize plastic components, structural parts, and mounting systems.
• Design brackets, supports, housings, and retention features for propulsion and power electronics systems.
• Perform tolerance stack-up (tolerance chain) calculations and GD&T analysis.
• Support thermal management and cooling system design, including liquid cooling and air-cooling solutions.
• Conduct engineering investigations, root-cause analysis, and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, suppliers, manufacturing, and testing teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Ensure compliance with Volvo Cars development processes, quality standards, and regulatory requirements. Document and manage: Release drawings and models and maintain a Bill of Materials (BOM).
• Ensure Standard methodologies are followed to meet Regulatory, Safety & Quality requirements.
• To be able to assign and get the work done from team members effectively.
• Should be able to lead the design reviews with cross functional teams & lead engineers.
• Adequate knowledge of plastic ,sheetmetal,diecast and design process, DFMEA, DVP, DFA/DFM.
• Knowledge of GD&T, component drawings, Standards and Guidelines etc.
• Ensuring that the all project deliverables is met at given time with Dashboard document.
• Identifying all risks of the programme and make appropriate capitalization documents (Lessons learned, Technical Reports) to feed/improve Design and Development standards and guidelines.

Knowledge / Experience Essential:

• Education: Bachelor's Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 8-12 years of automotive product engineering experience required specifically in automotive Power Electronics components.
• Extensive experience in using CATIA V5, Team Centre (Tce)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Working knowledge of project delivery processes.
• Working experience with global OEM cross functional teams will be an added advantage.
• Manufacturing knowledge: Understanding of manufacturing processes, particularly for plastics, Aluminium diecast, Sheetmetal and composite materials.
• Team collaboration: The ability to collaborate with cross-functional and global teams to resolve technical issues.
• Should be good Team player with positive attitude & good approach.