Automotive Mechanical Design Engineer -Cockpit Electronics

Orcapod Consulting Services; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Orcapod Consulting Services in Pune seeks an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer to own complete mechanical design solutions within customer, system, quality, timing, and cost targets. You will translate requirements into packaging, structural, thermal, material, and manufacturing solutions, and develop 3D models and BOM inputs.

Hands-on with CATIA V5/V6, PLM tools, GD&T, and DFMEA is essential to ensure compliance with IATF 16949 and automotive standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or Automobile Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Own complete mechanical design solutions within customer, system, quality, timing, and cost targets.
• Translate product requirements into packaging, structural, thermal, material, and manufacturing solutions.
• Develop 3D models, 2D drawings, specifications, and BOM inputs.
• Manage vehicle packaging, mounting points, connector access, and service clearances.
• Select and design components using plastics, sheet-metal, die-cast, adhesives, and thermal materials.
• Integrate displays, cover lenses, touch panels, and decorative parts with cosmetic quality control.
• Define passive/active thermal management concepts and ensure robustness against vibration, shock, corrosion, and environmental ageing.
• Apply GD&T, tolerance stack-up analysis, and resolve dimensional variation issues.
• Lead DFMEA, risk analysis, and ensure compliance with IATF 16949 and automotive standards.
• Support prototypes, DV/PV testing, and root-cause analysis for mechanical issues.
• Collaborate with suppliers, review tooling concepts, and support industrialization activities.
• Provide mechanical inputs for RFQs, drive VAVE, lightweighting, and cost optimization initiatives.

Job description

• Own complete mechanical design solutions within customer, system, quality, timing, and cost targets.
• Translate product requirements into packaging, structural, thermal, material, and manufacturing solutions.
• Develop 3D models, 2D drawings, specifications, and BOM inputs.
• Manage vehicle packaging, mounting points, connector access, and service clearances.
• Select and design components using plastics, sheet-metal, die-cast, adhesives, and thermal materials.
• Integrate displays, cover lenses, touch panels, and decorative parts with cosmetic quality control.
• Define passive/active thermal management concepts and ensure robustness against vibration, shock, corrosion, and environmental ageing.
• Apply GD&T, tolerance stack-up analysis, and resolve dimensional variation issues.
• Lead DFMEA, risk analysis, and ensure compliance with IATF 16949 and automotive standards.
• Support prototypes, DV/PV testing, and root-cause analysis for mechanical issues.
• Collaborate with suppliers, review tooling concepts, and support industrialization activities.
• Provide mechanical inputs for RFQs, drive VAVE, lightweighting, and cost optimization initiatives.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Bachelor/Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or Automobile Engineering.
• 710 years of automotive mechanical product development (cockpit electronics preferred).
• Minimum 5 years of ownership in mechanical design, packaging, or technical lead roles.
• Expertise in plastics, sheet-metal, die-cast, machined, rubber, adhesive, optical, and thermal components.
• Hands-on experience with CATIA V5/V6, Teamcenter/ENOVIA/Windchill, tolerance-analysis tools, and CAE interpretation.
• Strong knowledge of GD&T, DFMEA, DFM/DFA, DV/PV, PPAP, APQP, and change management.
• Experience collaborating with OEM customers, styling teams, toolmakers, suppliers, and manufacturing plants