Product Engineering Railways

SKF Global Technical Centre India (GTCI)

Job Family: Product Engineering

Position: Engineer Product Engineering Railways

Work Level: E1/Contract

Reporting Manager: Head of Department – Product Engineering

Key Purpose of the Job:

Development of new sensors, customization of current solutions and integration of electronic system inside trains within the Railway mechatronic product engineering team.

Profile of the Job Holder:

• Bachelor’s in Mechatronics alternatively Electronics,
• Around 1-3 years’ experience
• Individual contributor with the ability to work in multi-disciplinary & multi-cultural team
• Motivated team member willing to go extra mile to achieve set target / goal
• Preferable to have experience in railway industry (bogie and traction) handling installation, maintenance, customer complaints in retrofitting activities.
• The candidate will have opportunity to interact with Sales Unit and to interact with other teams which are dealing with electronics and sensors.

Key competency & Knowledge Profile:

1. Cabling & Connector: capability to select wires & cable, to read cable specification (material, electrical data, knowledge on standard), strong knowledge about routing rules & cable fixation

2. Knowledge of Cable shielding and basic principles & rules of EMC

3. Fundamental understanding of Conduit corrugated tube datasheet material (mechanical, thermal, norms)

4. Speed & Temperature sensor configuration for single & double channel, knowledge about types of signals, mounting, typical interfaces & packages.

5. Hands-On knowledge to use oscilloscope & datalogger.

6. Knowledge of Sensor integration with diverse mechanical components/assemblies.

7. Ability to create manuals (for laboratory, depot).

8. Basic knowledge of Windchill

9. Knowledge of manufacturing processes for electronic components.

10.Strong verbal and written communication to Stakeholder Management (Internal & External suppliers)

Key Responsibilities

Product Engineering Activities: 65%

• Create/Modify technical specification, test plan, report & user manual for electronic components
• Design or selection of cable / junction boxes of suitable connectors, glands and conduit tubes to meet project requirements
• Preparation of system level BOM for customer orders detailing the items, quantity & length
• Preparation of electrical wiring diagrams
• Ability to involve in validation process of new product and test report creation from the scratch
• Ability to do reverse engineering activities on electronic control hardware devices
• Ability to read the test reports from laboratory and have a analytical skills of the test results

Process Adherence and Reviews & Reporting: 10% and 5%

• Should understand and adhere to Stage gate (ETO) process & Change Management process.
• Ensure Lessons Learned, Best Practices & MMR Reports are maintained effectively
• To work & manage according to the product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process

Continuous Improvement Initiatives: 10%

• Identify & facilitate continuous improvement initiatives (Design rules, Business Excellence, Quality, Project Management) to improve product & process performance (KPI’s)
• Implement actions identified from root cause analysis for the process & product deviations and take corrective and propose preventive actions

Competency Development: 5%

• Active participation in knowledge sharing sessions and group learning sessions.
• Be updated on technologies, products, and services available within the SKF organization as well as from SKF partners related to his/her areas

Innovation Culture: 5%

• Use various idea generation techniques (Brainstorming, Crowd sourcing, Gordon Techniques, etc.) to generate and foster innovation culture
• Initiate, drive and participate in events, both internally and externally, within his area

Mapping of matrices and KPI’s

• Right first time
• Broken promises
• Lessons learned and continuous improvement

Key Interfaces & Interactions (Typical):

Internal

Product Engineering / Purchasing / Quality / Factories / Application Engineering / Sales / Testing laboratory / Customers

External

Suppliers / External Laboratories / Industry experts / Consultants / Service providers