Lead Engineer-Molded Rubber Products

What you’ll do

• Lead design & development of Overhead & underground medium voltage protection system/ sub-system as per marketing requirements • Complete system/ sub-system component sizing, modeling and simulation to meet customer requirements and IEEE standards, especially with di-electric, partial discharge, thermal, structural and environmental requirements • Design medium voltage underground products such as connectors, cold shrink joints, elbows, bushings considering manufacturability and assembly • Develop innovative solutions to minimize iterations and quick prototyping • Accountable for providing engineering solutions for field issues, plant quality issues, retrofits, etc. • Collaborate with SCM to develop ecosystem in India for prototype and testing capabilities • Research, review, and implement best-practices, new and emerging technologies, and design patterns to new and existing development • Maintain and enhance technical proficiency in medium voltage related development environments, processes, and tools • Plan and manage development work to achieve on-time delivery of NPD, features and enhancements • Coordinate and collaborate with product manager, design, simulation, reliability, marketing and manufacturing development teams to produce engineering designs and specifications for new features and enhancements • Identify, communicate and mitigate risks as they arise during development • Mentor and coach less experienced members of the team in all aspects of GD&T, manufacturing, assembly etc. • Generate ideas and innovative solutions which will provide competitive edge to business products • Think creatively and come out with new proposals and present them to stakeholders • Develop design guidelines, best practices and lessons learnt documents and shares with peers and team • Actively participates in paper presentations, tech talks and external university forums. • Estimate work load, establish and maintain project schedules and monitor progress through the project execution phases • Contribute to team’s technical growth by engaging in technical discussion and mentoring • Active communication with the cross functional team to ensure schedule, cost and performance alignment • Strong ability for critical design thinking, thorough risk analysis and effective decision making Qualifications:

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in engineering in Mechanical 8-12 years Minimum of 8+ of experience in medium voltage electrical products such as switchgear, switches, insulators, etc

Skills

• Experience in medium voltage cable accessories is added advantage • Experience in technically leading a team through all stages of the product development cycle • Experience in di-electric, short circuit, temperature rise, arc test, test duties in accordance with IEEE/IEC standards • Experience in end to end product design with strong understanding of different functions within organization • Understanding of rubber/polymer manufacturing process is added advantage • Strong experience of working with manufacturing for new product industrialization. • Experience in product costing and analyzing cost break-up due to various manufacturing processes/ design features • Experience in test object requirements, plan for assembly and finalize test parameters • Hands on experience in product development leveraging DfX methodology • Engineering technical expertise to solve problems and make design recommendations" "Desired: • Sound technical knowledge in medium voltage product design such as switchgear, switches, insulators etc. Experience in molded rubber products cable connectors is added advantage • Extensive experience with product design, technology exploration, agile methodologies • Hands on experience of working in plants/ suppliers, resolving technical issues, driving LEAN, DFSS certified • Thorough understanding of IEEE/IEC standards, Type test certification, 3D modelling/drafting & SAP knowledge Excellent verbal and written communication skills,Problem solving skills,Working in ambuiguity, process management, critical design thinking