Engineer

KONE; Chennai District; On-site; INR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

KONE in Chennai seeks a Senior Engineer / Technical Specialist with 5+ years of experience in mechanical/elevator engineering. You will contribute to global projects, develop high-end concepts, and lead cross-functional initiatives, ensuring alignment with customer needs and safety standards.

You will engage in design reviews, drawings, and collaboration with teams worldwide to deliver optimized elevator solutions while maintaining cost and manufacturability considerations.

Qualifications

• BE/BTech in Mechanical Engineering is required.
• 5+ years of total experience in related field.
• Experience with elevator systems and layouts is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop highly demanding concepts and solutions globally.
• Lead global development cross-functional engineering projects.
• May lead global development projects from multiple viewpoints.
• Participate in meetings and workshops to share knowledge.

Skills

Elevator background

AutoCAD

Elevator General Arrangement Drawings

EN/SS550/GB codes exposure

Education

BE/BTech in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Number of positions : 5

Locations : GEC - ITEC, Chennai

Designation : Senior Engineer / Technical Specialist

Total Experience : 5+ years

KONE Way Role : SL Engineering Specialist /SL Chief Engineer

Grade : 5L/5M

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

Skills Required:

• Experience in Elevator background, if in layouts, then preferred.
• Working knowledge in AutoCAD.
• Experience in Elevator General Arrangement Drawings.
• Exposure to EN, SS550, GB codes is preferable.

Responsibilities & Key activities:

• Develop highly demanding concepts and solutions globally
• Take a leading global role as an engineering stakeholder in various development projects
• May lead global development cross-functional engineering projects from several viewpoints.
• May make management decisions as substitute for management and typically can take be substitute for a manager.
• Has knowledge and understanding of KONE global equipment offering, technical design, structure and details and of the technical strengths and limitations of products.
• Analyses contracts and specifications for equipment and selects the right products for the required solution.
• Designs highly demanding customized solutions.
• Cost understanding of solutions and components.
• Takes safety aspects into account and designs environmentally sustainable solutions when possible.
• As a member of a global engineering team, shares his/her knowledge and skills with colleagues and participates actively in meetings and workshops.
• May play the role of Chief Design engineer for supporting Major Projects
• Analyses technical requirements and identifies possible solutions
• Selects the optimal product/solution that meet the customer needs
• Clarifies with relevant stakeholders in case of unclear requirements and decides the solution
• Designs the solutions and/or components to meet customer specific requirements
• Creates drawings, engineering structures or other relevant outputs for the solution
• Understands basic cost levels of different components and solutions and utilizes cost knowledge in his/her work
• Takes all design relevant aspects into account when making engineering designs, like:
• Safety, codes, and standards
• Installability
• Maintainability
• Manufacturability
• Sustainability
• Self-checks outputs of his/her own work. Participates in checking of colleagues’ work outputs.
• Reports his/her work progress on a timely basis
• Communicates deviations from the given customer specification and passes outputs of his/her work to relevant parties on time

General Responsibilities

• As a member of an engineering team, shares his/her knowledge and skills with colleagues
• May act as a local or global trainer
• May contribute to development projects for tools and processes
• May support R&D and other stakeholders in Change Request/Product Development process, and similar tasks

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

Read more on https://kone.com/global/en/careers.html