Lead Mechanical Engineer

As a Lead Engineer, you will leverage your expertise in mechanical design and automation technologies to solve complex engineering challenges, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to our mission of becoming the ultimate trusted partner in automation. If you are passionate about innovation, continuous improvement, and delivering world-class solutions, we invite you to be part of our global journey. This position reports to the Design Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Complex Mechanism Design: Design high-speed servo picks and place systems, robotics, and complex mechanisms.
• Transport Systems: Knowledge of asynchronous & synchronous transport systems.
• Design Requirements: Proficient in material selection, tolerance stack-up, and component selection based on functional design needs.
• Communication: Effectively communicate project status, issues, risks, scope management items, and forecasts.
• Engineering Calculations: Perform engineering calculations to analyse equipment parameters such as force, movement, energy, and timings.
• Mechanical Designs: Develop and execute complex mechanical designs for life science assembly or high-speed packaging systems.
• Integration: Design and integrate high-speed servo pick and place systems and robotics.
• Standards Exposure: Have exposure to North American Standards.
• Custom Solutions: Provide bespoke design solutions for custom build automated machineries.
• Mechanical Systems: Design mechanical systems such as pneumatics, mechanical drive systems, kinematic principles, sensors, motors, and servo applications.
• Collaboration: Work in an industry automation environment in collaboration with process, electrical engineering, and control system engineering teams.
• Material Handling Systems: Design material handling systems and robotic integrated systems like conveyors, chutes, AGV/AMR, end of arm tooling, and complex grippers.
• Assembly Automation: Knowledge in assembly automation and testing of automation systems.
• Cross-Functional Knowledge: Knowledge in machine assembly, testing, and troubleshooting in automation.
• APQP & PFMEA: Exposure to APQP & PFMEA environments.
• Manufacturing Collaboration: Collaborate with manufacturing teams to optimize production processes.
• Compliance: Ensure all mechanical systems designed comply with relevant industry standards, regulations, and safety requirements (Exposure to GAMP 5 is advantageous).
• Software Proficiency: Highly proficient in SolidWorks & PDM, with Autodesk Inventor being highly preferable.
• Customer Interaction: Demonstrate designs and solutions effectively and confidently to customers with a customer-centric approach.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• Education: BE or B. Tech in Mechanical/Mechatronics
• Industry Experience: Minimum 10+ years in mechanical design, specifically in automation machinery for the food industry, packaging or life sciences verticals.
• Key Skills: Assembly automation and integrated systems, robotic systems, custom machine design & manufacturing. Should have good strong concept designs
• Software: SolidWorks, Inventor, PDM, NX
• Standards Exposure: Have exposure to North American and European Standards

VISA: Candidates holding valid visas for the location (USA, UK, and Canada) are highly recommended.
Travel: Able to travel for short term assignments at different business units   Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to feel objects, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, talk and hear.
 

Perks of Being Part of the Team

Here at CONVERGIX, we offer a generous compensation and benefits package including:

• Annual Floating Medical Insurance

• Life Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Company Pension.
• A gift voucher on your birthday
• Profit Sharing