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Staff Senior Design Engineer

Schneider Electric Buildings Americas, Inc.

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Karnataka, IN
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Job Description

As posted by the hiring company

Job Overview:

Senior Designer - Electromechanical

 

MISSION

The primary responsibility of this role is to lead design engineering for product development of LV Circuit Breakers (MCCB & ACB) and Accessories to meet customer specific technical, cost and market related technology requirement in accordance with standards (IEC, UL…). The candidate will be involved in all phases of product development.

 
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop designs to meet electrical distribution market needs defined by product technical specifications.

Responsible for the design, development, testing, documentation and manufacturing readiness.

Hands on experience on working on LV products like MCCB, ACB, Contactors, Thermal Relay, circuit-breakers, accessories (rotary handle, motor mechanism, trip unit, ...).

Lead engineering analysis on design concepts using engineering fundamentals and analysis tools (material strength, stack-up analysis, mechanism) and conduct complex design feasibility studies using hands on 3D software’s like Pro/e .

Have manufacturing/tooling knowledge to perform in metallic and plastic parts design.

Design for Cost/Design for Manufacture Analysis (DFM/DFA) on individual parts, subassemblies with the ability to propose alternate materials and methods of assembly and manufacture.

Develop and test product qualification, certification and reliability requirements 

Manage execution of prototype design; build and test 

Troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis to resolve design concept failures 

Interact and challenge with cross-functional teams such as manufacturing, sourcing, finance, marketing and vendors to define requirements, validate designs, implement manufacturing readiness and support product launch 

Develop and update product documentation including drawings, BOM's and design guides.


Qualifications

BE / B Tech in Mechanical/Electrical engineering with 8+ relevant experience

Requirements: 

Experience in product design, production Engineering, Value Engineering 

Exposure to product design & development, quality, value engineering, costing of electrical distribution products like Low Voltage circuit breakers, MCCB, ACB

Manufacturing knowledge for moulding, casting, & assembly processes and tooling 

Good knowledge on materials - plastics

Working knowledge of CAD/CAE software like Pro/E and mechanism with Dimension chain analysis 

Project & design management skills is a must

Proven communication & inter personal skills - a clear thinker that can simplify complexity.

Able to set clear goals, communicate priorities

Experience in full product life cycle (scoping, feasibility, execution, production, establishment)