Lead Engineer - Mechanical

evels and develop actions to increase maturity, Guide and mentor Pune LIPE team for concept, detailed design and industrialization activities.

• Lead design & development of Overhead & underground medium voltage protection system/ sub-system as per marketing requirements
• Complete system/ sub-system component sizing, modeling and simulation to meet customer requirements and IEEE standards, especially with di-electric, partial discharge, thermal and structural requirements
• Design medium voltage overhead products such as on-load, off-load and under oil switches considering manufacturability and assembly
• Develop innovative solutions to minimize iterations and quick prototyping
• Collaborate with SCM to develop ecosystem in India for prototype and testing capabilities
• Research, review, and implement best-practices, new and emerging technologies, and design patterns to new and existing development.
• Maintain and enhance technical proficiency in mechanical engineering related development environments, processes, and tools.
• Plan and manage development work to achieve on-time delivery of NPD, features and enhancements.
• Utilize VAVE approach to build strong cost out portfolio for LIPE
• Coordinate and collaborate with product owners and systems, Design, simulation, Reliability, Marketing, and manufacturing development teams to produce engineering designs and specifications for new features and enhancements.
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate risks as they arise during development.
• Mentor and coach less experienced members of the team in all aspects of GD&T, manufacturing, assembly etc.
• Generate ideas and innovative solutions which will provide competitive edge to business products.
• Think creatively and come out with new proposals and present them to stakeholders.
• Develop design guidelines, best practices and lessons learnt documents and shares with peers and team.
• Actively participates in paper presentations, tech talks and external university forums.
• Estimate work load, establish and maintain project schedules and monitor progress through the project execution phases.
• Contribute to team's technical growth by engaging in technical discussion and mentoring.
• Active communication with the cross functional team to ensure schedule, cost and performance alignment.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's/Master's degree in engineering in Mechanical
8-12 years
Minimum of 7+ of experience in electromechanical product development, experience on overhead products is preferred

Skills:

• Experience of technical leadership to project team through all stages of the product development cycle
• Experience in short circuit, temperature rise, Dielectric in accordance with IEEE/IEC standards
• Hands on experience in product development leveraging DfX methodology
• Engineering technical expertise to solve problems and make design recommendations
• Proficient in Inventor and 3D modelling
• Knowledge in Agile ProLaunch and PreLaunch processes
• Expertise on identifying technical risks and implementing proactive mitigation plans
• Experience in test object requirements, plan for assembly and finalize test parameters & instrumentation
• Knowledge of power systems, underground protection, loadbreak & deadbreak connectors

Desired:
• Sound technical knowledge in Electrical products like MV switches, connectors, loadbreaking, short citcuit etc.
• Thorough understanding of IEEE/IEC standards, 3D modelling in inventor & SAP knowledge,
• Extensive experience with product design, prototyping, testing, agile methodologies
• Sound technical knowledge on manufacturing processes such as sheetmetal, machining, molding, extrusion etc
Excellent verbal and written communication skills,Problem solving skills,Working in ambuiguity, process management