Engineer – Product Engineering
Job Description
Work on multiple categories of projects like (but not limited to):
- New Product Development
- Product Upgrade & Improvement
- Feature Enhancement
- Migration to & from other regions
- Product Quality improvement
ACCOUNTABILITY CLUSTER
MAJOR ACTIVITIES
- Product development
- Working with different regions for New Product Development, Existing product Enhancement & Upgrades (Vitreous China _ Toilets)
- Understand region specific requirements and validation as per applicable standards
- Aligning and leading the Engineering activities as per project schedule
- Working on product design and supporting procurement & manufacturing to derive product cost
- Generation and maintenance of product design histories, and development cost estimates, and test documentation
- Must demonstrate capability to handle multiple projects at a time.
- Ability of problem solving, fault analysis, root cause analysis.
- Continuously work for process improvement, involve in setting up / expansion of required infrastructure – product test labs etc.
- Design guidelines, BOM, Test standard
- Evaluating the technical feasibility of new product concepts or potential modifications to existing products.
- Performing Root Cause Analysis for field / customer feedbacks & devise an improvement strategy till implementation.
- Creating and maintaining the necessary documentations for products (PCI, BOMs, Drawings, verification reports etc.)
- Design Software – Creo
- Preparation of CAD models, assemblies, drawings, and documentation needed to define the product design.
- Maintaining awareness of relevant product technologies and improving technical skills
- KEY INTERACTIONS
Internal
External
- Head – VC Product Engineering
- Manager – VC Product Engineering
- Deputy Manager – VC Product Engineering
- Asst Manager – VC Product Engineering
- Sr. Engineer – VC Product Engineering
- Marketing & Program Management
- Sourcing & Suppliers
- Plant / Manufacturing
- Industrial Design
- Quality
- Lab & Testing
- SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
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Educational Qualifications & Relevant Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering with 2~3 years of experience in Consumer Facing Products. Experience in similar industry or vitreous products is an added advantage
SKILL SET
- New Product Development : Must have experienced the new product development process (Kickoff to Launch)
- Design : Must have basic understanding of product design and critical parameters
- CAD : Must have working experience of CREO (modeling, surfacing, 2D)
- Basic understanding of GD&T and tolerance stack up
- Must understand and contribute to DFMA, DFMEA
- Design, development and manufacturability of plastic, ceramic, sheet metal and rubber components
- Effective communication and presentation skills
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS & BEHAVIOUR
- Team Player : Should be able to work in a cross functional environment
- Communication : Should be able communicate across the cross functions & leaders effectively
- Ethical & Respectful : Must be ethical and respectful towards other associates and the organization
- Flexibility : Must be open to work on different projects (NPD/VAVE/Innovation/Quality)