Senior Engineer - Mechanical

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About Barry Wehmiller :-

packaging, paper converting, sheeting, corrugating, engineering, and IT consulting

The GCC, based in Chennai, is an Engineering Center of Excellence that supports all Barry Wehmiller divisions globally.

What is in for you ?

This role is more than just a job. Its an opportunity to be part of a global team that values people excellence, innovative solutions, and operational excellence. Barry Wehmiller provides a unique environment where you can grow your skills, work on impactful projects, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. In addition, we are deeply committed to your personal and professional growth, fostering a culture that helps you achieve your full potential.

We offer a culture that values autonomy, ownership, and flexibility. Youll have the freedom to experiment, influence product decisions, and see your work throughfrom idea to delivery. Our teams are collaborative, agile, and outcome driven, with trust placed in every individual to make a meaningful impact.

We believe in:

• Ownership Youll drive features end-to-end, from design to deployment.
• Flexibility – A friendly, results-oriented culture that respects your time.
• Empowerment – Your insights are valued, and your work makes a visible difference.
• Learning & Growth – You’ll work on complex challenges with smart, passionate peers—and have the support to level up continually. If you’re ready to bring your best thinking to the table and grow in a high-impact, future-focused environment, we’d love to hear from you.

• Experienced Mechanical Engineer adept in New Product Development, Conceptual Design, Engineering Design and Detailing, Engineering Calculations, BOM release, Production and Testing Support for Industrial Machineries and Equipment such as Printing, Packaging, Converting, Textile and Paper machineries and discrete product machineries.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

Senior Mechanical Engineer will be reporting to the Engineering Leader and provide engineering support to Barry-Wehmiller divisions on the below areas:

• Design of product line variants
• Design modifications of existing machines
• Basic engineering calculations
• Concept Development
• Detailed Design

• Detail drawings and Bill of Materials release using SolidWorks

  (2018 & above)/EPDM and Infor XA applications as per client standards
• Perform concept/design/manufacturing reviews and participate in testing, safety, installation, commissioning and troubleshooting reviews with customer.
• Perform risk assessments of new designs using DFMEA or similar techniques.
• Acquiring and maintaining knowledge in functional specifications, design intents and latest developments in the industry related to client product lines.

Technical skills:

• Sound knowledge in mechanical engineering design principles.
• Excellent knowledge in manufacturing processes.

• Extensive knowledge in engineering calculations.

• Experience in calculation and selection of commercial components such as bearings, gearbox, couplings, motors, pneumatics/hydraulic components, linear/rotary actuators, etc.).

• Knowledge of electrical components, sensors, encoders, etc.

• Experience in handling large assemblies using SolidWorks (2018 & above).

• Knowledge in the principles of operation of industrial machinery such as Printing, Packaging and Converting Machines, Textile machines, Paper machines and discrete product machineries.

• Experience in material selection

  based on functional requirement and application of manufactured and commercial components of industrial machinery and equipment.
• Extensive knowledge in global material standards and specifications of commonly used materials in industrial machineries and equipment.
• FEA using SolidWorks simulation (experience in structural and dynamic analysis using ANSYS is an added advantage).
• Knowledge in Metric and Imperial (Inch) Design Standards.
• Knowledge in servo motor & gearbox selection and drive calculations.
• Experience in creating and updating functional specifications of machines
• Experience in replacement of obsolete commercial components by maintaining Form, Fit and Functions of the existing design of the machines.
• Experience technical problem-solving skills and providing out of the box solutions for complex problems.
• CAD modeling and detailing using SolidWorks is mandatory, experience in Creo and UG is an added advantage.

• Excellent knowledge in GD&T and tolerance stack-up analysis.

• Experience in Value Engineering and Cost Optimization using FAST or similar techniques.

Mandatory Tool Skills:

• SolidWorks version 2018 & above

• EPDM 2018 & above
• AutoCAD
• MS Office applications (Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with

  more than 10 years of relevant work experience

• Experience in Printing, Packaging and Converting Machines OEM is preferrable.

Travel:

• The candidate will be required to travel to other divisions of Barry-Wehmiller in US and Europe on short term for training and project support activities.