Engineer - Product Engineering - DGBB

SKF Sverige AB; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

SKF Sverige AB in Pune, India, seeks a Specialist to own the design, development, validation and industrialization of automotive driveline products from concept to SOP. You will act as technical owner, ensuring performance, quality, cost, manufacturability and timing targets are met.

You will collaborate with customers, suppliers, sales, manufacturing, quality, and global engineering teams to drive design reviews and ensure successful product launches.

Qualifications

• Experience in design, development, validation and industrialization of automotive driveline products.
• Creating and modifying 3D CAD models using Creo; generating drawings, BOMs, and engineering documents in Windchill.
• Knowledge of tolerance stack-up analysis, GD&T, and design for cost/performance.

Responsibilities

• Own design, development, validation and industrialization of automotive driveline products from concept to SOP.
• Act as technical owner for assigned products ensuring performance, quality, cost, manufacturability and timing targets are achieved.
• Collaborate with customers, suppliers, sales, manufacturing, quality, and global engineering teams.

Skills

Automotive driveline design

Creo CAD modeling

Windchill engineering docs

DFM DFMA / tolerance analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Creo

Windchill

ANSYS

Job description

Requisition ID882-Posted11/09/2026-Pune Office Automotive-India- Job Category (1) -Specialist-Permanent

By creating bearings and solutions for everything from industrial applications to vehicles, SKF plays an essential role in our everyday lives. In Q4 2026, SKF intends to spin off its Automotive business and list it as a separate company under the name of SKF Vertevo. A company created to support the future of the automotive market, and to co-drive the future of mobility faster.

This role will be a part of that new company. Would you like to join us, and move people further?

Role Purpose

• Own design, devel o pme n t, validati o n a n d indus t rializatio n of aut o motive drivel i ne pr o ducts

from c o ncept t o SOP.

• A ct as technical o wner f or assi gned pro d ucts en s uring performance, quality, cost,

manufa c tur a bility and timing targets are achieved.

• Collabora t e with cus t omer s , suppli e rs, sales, manufacturing, quality, and global engineering

teams .

Responsibility Allocation

• Innovation, Rese a rch & Cont i nuous Imp r ovem e nt - 20%
• Design and devel o p DGBB, TRB, CRB, NRB, Clutch Release Bearings, Clutch Bearing Units, S ensor Beari n gs, Mechatronic Products for EV & Driveline Solutions.
• Create a nd m odify 3D C A D models using Creo.
• Gener a te a n d rel e ase d rawings, s pecification s , BOMs, and engineering documents through W indchill.
• P erform GD & T , tol e rance s t ack-up analysis, and engineering calculations.
• A pply DFM, DF A , Des i gn f o r Cost, Desi g n fo r Performance and Design for Reliability
• Mana g e eng i neeri n g ch a nges a nd m aintain design doc u mentati o n.
• P articipate in design reviews a nd tec h nical risk as s essm e nts.

Application Engineering & Technical Understanding

• Underst a nd e n gine a nd t r ansmissi o n systems , diffe r entia l systems, e -axles, e -mo t ors, clut c h systems, a n d whee l -end appl i cations.
• Underst a nd lo a d pa t hs, be a ring reacti o n loads , prel o ad, c learanc e , lubric a tion, NVH, and thermal effects .
• A nalyze pro d uct b e havio r fr o m com p one n t level to v ehicle system level.
• S upport cu s tom e r a p plication s t udies a nd tec h nical disc u ssions .

Engineering Analysis & Validation

• P erform bear i ng life cal c ulations, c ontact analysis,, and to lerance s t udies .
• S upport F EA , dur a bility, thermal,, and NVH analysis activities.
• Inter p Ret A NSYS results and develop engineering recommendations.
• A wareness of K ISSsoft, MASTA and Romax or other bearing & transmission analysis appl i cation .
• Review test r e ports and c orre l ate si m ulation with physica l testing .
• S upport root c a use a nalysis an d cor r ective act i ons .
• S upport R FQ an d cust o mer d evelo p ment pro g rams .
• Develop con c epts, p rotot y pe r eleases , and v alidation plans.
• Drive APQP deliverables and support PPAP submissions.
• Monitor engi n eeri n g time plans, a c tions, risks, and deliverables.
• S upport p ro d uction l a unch r eadi ness an d indus t rial i zatio n reviews.

Quality & Risk Management

• Lead t h E DFM EA & DVP activities.
• S upport P F MEA linkage and DRBFM methodology.
• Maintain t echnical risk regis t ers a nd lessons in in learned databases.
• A pply APQP, PPAP, MSA, SPC, Control Plans and 8D methodologies.
• P articipate in c usto m er, s u pp l i er,, and i n ter n al audits .
• S upport IA T F 1 6 949 c ompl i an c e a n d conti n uous i m prov e ment activitie s .
• P articipate in s upplie r techni c al reviews a nd c a pabi l ity assessments.
• Conduct m anu f acturi n g desi g n reviews and f easibi l ity evaluations.
• S upport p rotot y pe b uilds, p r ocess improvements, and launch activities.
• W ork with fact o ries to resolve technical is s u es a n d im p rove product robustness.
• Drive New devel o pm e nt of s mart bear i ng s & applicable products for EV & ICE technologies.
• P erform benc h marki n g studie s and tech n ology sc o uting .
• A pply Weibull analysis a nd rel i abi l ity eng i neeri n g pr i ncipl e s.
• S upport p atent s , invent i on disclosures, and proof-of-concept development.
• Contribu t e conti n uous i m pro v emen t and i nnovat i on initiat i ves and participate in Technology seminars .

Technical Skills

• W orking Knowld g e: A NSYS or other FEA softwares.
• A wareness / B asic Work i ng Knowle d ge: K ISSsoft, MASTA, Romax.
• S trong u nders t andi n g of b eari n g desi g n, tri b ology, m etal l urgy, m anufa c turi n g, S hee t metal, polymer, physics & me c hanical p rincipals, rel i ability e ngi n eering and a uto m otive d riveline systems.

Language Skills

• K nowledge o f Jap a nese, G erm a n o r F r ench is p ref e rre d .
• A bility to pre p are t echnical rep o r ts, p resen t ations, and c u stomer c omm u nication .
• S elf-driven and h i ghly moti v ated .
• P assionate a bout e ngin e ering and t echnol o gy.
• Curious a n d cont i nuous l earni n g.
• S trong ow n ership and accoun t ability.
• Collabora t e to Win m i ndset .
• S trong infl u encing and n egoti a tion skil l s.
• B usiness acum e n a n d cust o mer f ocus .
• A gile, adap t able, a nd q u ality conscious.
• Go-get t er a t titude wi t h bias f or acti o n.

Mobility Requirement

• W illing to travel domestically and internationally for customer visits, supplier reviews, testing activities and projec t execut i on .

Key Success Measures

• On-time design relea s es.
• Technical probl e m-solvi n g effe c tiveness .
• Innovation con t ributi o ns.
• Cost optimizat i on a n d valu e creat i on .

seminars .

If you want to go further

This position will be located in Pune/Bangalore. You will report to Lead- PD&E Driveline , who is located in Pune, India.

For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Neha Chawda, Talent Acquisition Specialist, by email [e-mail]. Please note that we can't accept applications via email.

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