Design Manager

HYT Engineering; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

HYT Engineering in Pune invites a Mechanical Design Manager to lead a team of design engineers through full lifecycle of CNC machine tools and heavy machines, from tender to commissioning. You will drive design decisions, ensure GD&T, release drawings and BOMs, and provide field support.

You will mentor engineers, manage DFMEA, coordinate with manufacturing, electrical and controls teams, and strive for target cost, safety and delivery commitments across multiple concurrent projects.

Qualifications

• Education: B.E./B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering; M.E./M.Tech in Machine Design or Manufacturing is preferred.
• Experience: Minimum 8-10 years in mechanical design of CNC machine tools or heavy special purpose machines, with at least 4–5 years leading a design team.
• Preferred: Experience in railway wheelset, rolling-stock maintenance or other heavy-duty machine tools is a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead the mechanical design of machines and assemblies including beds, columns, saddles, rams, spindles, feed drives, gearboxes, work holding, hydraulics, pneumatics, lubrication, coolant and chip handling, and guarding.
• Ensure designs meet stiffness, accuracy, thermal stability and ease of manufacture, assembly and maintenance.
• Carry out design calculations and analysis including loads, deflection, bearing life, motor sizing; use FEA for critical structures.
• Conduct design reviews at stages and DFMEA; release GD&T drawings and BOMs; manage ECNs.
• Ensure machines comply with applicable national and international standards.
• Drive value engineering and standardization; evaluate bought-out items and maintain standard modules and guidelines.
• Adapt designs for manufacture in India, contribute to NPD and upgrades, benchmark against competitors, check patent status.
• Support manufacturing, trials, FAT/SAT, commissioning; perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Plan design activities and coordinate with electrical, CNC/PLC, controls, production, purchase, quality, sales and service teams.
• Lead and develop the team; conduct performance appraisals and participate in recruitment.

Education

B.E. / B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering

M.E. / M. Tech. in Machine Design or Manufacturing (preferred)

Job description

ROLE PURPOSE

The Mechanical Design Manager leads a team of design engineers and is responsible for the complete mechanical design of machines, from tender stage to commissioning. This covers technical offers, concept and detailed design, design calculations, release of drawings and bills of material, and technical support during manufacturing, trials, acceptance and field service. The aim is that every machine meets the customer specification, accuracy and safety standards, cost target and delivery schedule.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Concept and Detailed Machine Design: Lead the mechanical design of machines and assemblies: beds, columns, saddles and rams (castings and weldments), spindles and bearing arrangements, feed drives (ball screw, rack and pinion, linear guideways), gearboxes, work holding, hydraulics, pneumatics, lubrication, coolant and chip handling, and guarding. Ensure designs achieve the required stiffness, accuracy, thermal stability and ease of manufacture, assembly and maintenance.

2. Design Calculations and Analysis: Ensure design calculations are carried out and documented: loads, deflection, bearing life, motor and drive sizing, bolted and welded joints, and hydraulic circuits. Use FEA (static and modal) for critical structures. Size and select servo and spindle motors together with the electrical and controls team.

3. Design Review, Release and Change Control: Conduct design reviews at defined stages (concept, detailed design, pre-release) and DFMEA for critical assemblies. Approve and release general arrangement and detail drawings and BOMs with correct GD&T, tolerances and material specifications. Control revisions and engineering change notes (ECNs) through PDM. Obtain design approvals from customers and inspecting agencies where required.

4. Safety, Standards and Compliance: Ensure machines comply with applicable national and international standards.

5. Cost, Vendors and Standardisation: Design to target cost and drive value engineering. Technically evaluate and approve bought-out items such as spindles, bearings, guideways, ball screws, hydraulic units, CNC systems and alternate vendors. Build and maintain a library of standard modules, assemblies and design guidelines to cut offer time, design time and lead time.

6. Technology Transfer and New Product Development: Adapt designs from SAFOP and other collaborators for manufacture in India, including material equivalents, local sourcing of bought-out items and drawing-standard conversion. Contribute to new product development and upgrades of existing products, including benchmarking against competitor machines and checking patent and freedom-to-operate status.

7. Manufacturing, Trials and Field Support: Resolve design queries from production, purchase and quality. Support machine assembly, trials, factory and site acceptance tests (FAT / SAT) and commissioning. Carry out root-cause analysis of design-related non-conformances and field or warranty failures, and feed corrective actions back into standard designs.

8. Project Planning and Coordination: Plan design activities, resources and drawing release schedules for multiple concurrent projects in line with order delivery dates. Coordinate with the electrical, CNC / PLC and controls, production, purchase, quality, sales and service teams.

9. Team Leadership and Development: Allocate and review work, mentor engineers, maintain a skill matrix and plan training. Conduct performance appraisals and take part in recruitment. Build the team's capability in machine tool design, analysis tools and standards.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Education: B.E. / B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering. An M.E. / M. Tech. in Machine Design or Manufacturing is preferred.
• Experience: Minimum 810 years in mechanical design of CNC machine tools or heavy special purpose machines, of which at least 4–5 years leading a design team.
• Preferred: Experience in railway wheelset, rolling-stock maintenance or other heavy-duty machine tools is a strong advantage.