Senior Design Engineer (Engine Heads & Blocks and Major castings)

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Job Title:  Sr. Engineer-Design (Engine Heads & Blocks and Major castings):

Job Duties/Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Design and development of Heads & Blocks and General castings
• Perform design calculations, initiate ideas, support design failure model and effect analysis (DFMEA) and develop validation plan for New Product Introduction (NPI) programs
• Perform product maintenance in support of Continuous Product Improvement (CPI)
• Work with Subject Matter Experts (SME) and Process partners to understand and document the requirements
• Provide technical support to manufacturing, quality, purchasing during part development
• Work with simulation team to plan and deliver simulation activity
• Communicate results to customers, suppliers, team members and other cross functional teams

Educational Requirement:

• BE Mechanical engineering with minimum 7 to 10 years of relevant experience in engine industry (or)
• ME / MTech Mechanical engineering (specialization in solid mechanics/Engineering Design/fluid mechanics /thermal engineering/heat transfer) with minimum 5 years of relevant experience in engine industry (ideal candidate)

Skill Sets/Competencies (Must to have):

• Good Product knowledge on Core engine systems
• Product knowledge of engine components like Cylinder Head, Cylinder Block and major castings
• Basic Knowledge of Casting, Machining, Surface Finishing and Heat Treatment Processes
• Proficient in modelling of castings using CREO
• Knowledge of applicable simulation tools like Stress Analysis, Heat Transfer, Thermo Mechanical Fatigue (TMF) or Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) etc.
• Knowledge on Data extraction, regression analysis and problem solving
• Ability to apply GD&T based on the functional requirement
• Knowledge of Bolted Joint analysis
• Ability to communicate technical information in a concise and accurate manner

Skill Sets/Competencies (Nice to have):

• Familiar with design and analysis of gasket sealing
• Tolerance stack-up analysis
• Familiar with concept to detailed design for New Product Introduction (NPI)
• Familiar with Value analysis/Value engineering techniques
• Reliability analysis
• Adequate knowledge on external standards applicable for castings
• Familiar with Teamcenter or equivalent engineering data management tool

Top Candidates will have:

• Advanced degree from reputed institution
• 3+ years of Core engine component design and development (5C components) working with global and regional teams
• Experience in working with regional suppliers for core engine component development
• Good knowledge of cross functional roles in domains such as Manufacturing, Purchasing, Quality, related to engines
• Core engine component validation and failure analysis skills

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job.  At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization.  It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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