Key Responsibilities (KRA) Leadership & Team Management Design Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and manage a cross-functional design team consisting of design engineers, draftsmen, and technical specialists. Inspire and empower team members to innovate and enhance their technical skills by providing guidance, training, and career development support. Implement performance management systems, conducting regular one-on-one meetings, feedback sessions, and professional development programs to improve the team’s capabilities. Establish and maintain a positive, collaborative, and results-driven work environment. Strategic Planning & Resource Allocation: Develop and implement a strategic design roadmap for new product development, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. Prioritize design projects based on business needs, project timelines, and available resources, ensuring effective resource allocation. Oversee project timelines, ensuring that design work is completed on time and within the allocated budget. Collaboration with Cross-Functional Teams: Collaborate closely with production, quality assurance, procurement, supply chain, and sales teams to ensure seamless integration of designs into production processes. Facilitate communication between departments to ensure technical feasibility and consistency of designs throughout the product lifecycle. Advanced Mechanical Design & Development Mechanical System Design: Lead the development and design of complex mechanical systems, components, and assemblies from concept to production, ensuring functionality, manufacturability, and cost-efficiency. Utilize advanced CAD tools (SolidWorks, CATIA, PTC Creo, AutoCAD) for 3D modelling, 2D drawings, assemblies, and simulation. Design systems with emphasis on structural integrity, safety standards, and performance criteria (e.g., stress , thermal , fluid dynamics, and vibration analysis). Design Optimization & Cost Control: Apply Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) principles to ensure that products are optimized for efficient and cost-effective manufacturing. Identify areas for cost reduction by refining designs, utilizing alternative materials, optimizing manufacturing processes, and eliminating waste. Implement value engineering strategies to enhance product performance, reduce costs, and ensure sustainability in designs. Material Selection & Sourcing: Ensure optimal selection of materials that meet the required mechanical properties, environmental considerations, and manufacturing constraints. Work with the procurement team to source materials, ensuring timely availability and compliance with industry standards. Analysis, Simulations & Validation Finite Element Analysis (FEA): Lead the execution of FEA simulations to validate the mechanical design’s structural performance, including stress , strain , fatigue , and vibration analyses. Use ANSYS, Nastran, Abaqus, or similar FEA tools to ensure that designs meet required performance, safety, and operational standards before physical testing. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD): Utilize CFD simulations for thermal management and fluid flow analysis of systems such as heat exchangers, pumps, cooling systems, etc., to optimize efficiency and reduce energy consumption. Prototyping & Testing: Oversee the creation of physical prototypes, ensuring that all design specifications are accurately replicated. Lead rigorous testing protocols, including mechanical, thermal, fatigue, and functional tests to validate designs under real-world conditions. Analyze test results, identify potential issues, and initiate corrective actions or design modifications. Process Improvement & Innovation Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the design team by introducing best practices, lean design methodologies, and tools such as Six Sigma or Kaizen to optimize design workflows. Identify and implement process innovations, improving design cycle times, enhancing product performance, and reducing costs. Technology Integration: Stay at the forefront of technological advancements in mechanical design, simulation tools, and manufacturing techniques (e.g., additive manufacturing, advanced robotics, smart materials). Introduce new tools or technologies that increase design efficiency, product reliability, and production capabilities. Research & Development (R&D): Lead the development of new products and technologies, integrating emerging concepts into the design process, including collaboration with the R&D team for experimental design concepts. Encourage creativity and innovation within the team to propose and test new design ideas, materials, and solutions. Product Lifecycle & Documentation Management BOM & Documentation: Oversee the creation and management of Bill of Materials (BOM), ensuring that all parts are clearly specified, documented, and aligned with the design, manufacturing, and procurement teams. Maintain comprehensive documentation of all designs, changes, and testing results, ensuring revision control and compliance with company standards. Engineering Change Order (ECO) Management: Lead the ECO process, ensuring that all changes to designs or specifications are properly documented and communicated across teams. Ensure that changes are reviewed, approved, and implemented seamlessly with minimal disruption to production timelines. Client Engagement & Technical Support Customer-Focused Design Solutions: Engage directly with clients to understand their technical requirements, customize designs based on their needs, and offer design solutions that meet or exceed their expectations. Provide technical support to clients by addressing design-related queries and providing recommendations for product improvements or modifications. Sales & Marketing Support: Provide technical support to the sales and marketing teams during product launches and client presentations, offering technical explanations and assisting with product proposals. Ensure that product design specifications align with client requirements and provide clear, detailed product technical documents. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Design Quality & Compliance: Target: Achieve 100% compliance with industry standards (ISO, ASME, etc.) and customer specifications for every design. Metric: Number of non-compliances or customer complaints related to design flaws. Design Efficiency: Target: Reduce design cycle time by 15-20% through optimized processes and early integration of design reviews. Metric: Average time to complete design from concept to final approval. Prototype Success Rate: Target: Ensure 95% of prototypes pass initial tests with minimal modifications. Metric: Percentage of successful prototypes compared to total prototypes tested. Innovation & Process Improvement: Target: Lead at least 3 innovation initiatives per year that result in improved design methodologies, product features, or cost reduction. Metric: Number of patents filed, new design techniques implemented, or cost-saving innovations. Client Satisfaction: Target: Achieve 90%+ client satisfaction with design deliverables and product quality. Metric: Client feedback ratings and satisfaction scores. Cost Control & Profitability: Target: Achieve at least 10% reduction in design-related production costs through improved material selection, manufacturing process optimizations, or innovative design modifications. Metric: Percentage reduction in production costs attributed to design decisions. Team Development: Target: Achieve high performance within the design team, ensuring career growth for individual members. Metric: Team performance reviews, employee retention, and skill development progression. Qualifications And Skills Educational Qualifications: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design Engineering or related fields. Certifications: Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) or Certified CATIA Designer. Six Sigma Green/Black Belt (Preferred as an advantage). Certified Product Design Engineer (CPDE) (Preferred as an advantage). Experience: 7-8+ years of experience in mechanical design engineering, with at least 3-5 years in a leadership or managerial role overseeing design teams. Proficient in design tools (SolidWorks, CATIA, PTC Creo, AutoCAD), FEA, CFD, and thermal analysis tools. Skills: Expertise in CAD software (SolidWorks, CATIA, PTC Creo). Strong knowledge of FEA, CFD, and thermal simulations. Familiarity with PLM systems, BOM management, and ECO processes. Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills. Skills: finite element analysis (fea),design for manufacturability (dfm),team management,research & development,six sigma,technical support,process improvement,design,manufacturing,computational fluid dynamics (cfd),client engagement,material selection,cad tools (solidworks, catia, ptc creo, autocad),bom management,design for assembly (dfa),leadership,mechanical system design,innovation Show more Show less