Lead - Design Engineer- Air Vent

Tata AutoComp; Pune District; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata AutoComp is seeking a design engineer to lead plastic injection molding components for automotive air vent systems. You will design center, side, defrost, and rear vents, create housings, bezels, and frames, and work on kinematic vanes mechanisms.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure feasibility and production-readiness. The role requires CATIA V5 expertise, including surfacing and solid modeling, plus NX as a secondary tool.

Qualifications

• Experience in plastic injection molding design for automotive components.
• Solid understanding of airflow and mechanism functionality.
• Knowledge of DFMEA/ GD&T and design for manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop automotive air vent systems (center, side, defrost, rear).
• End-to-end plastic component design including housings, bezels, knobs, frames.
• Manage CAD data and change control (ECR/ECN) with cross-functional teams.
• Support DFMEA, tolerance stackup, and DVP activities.
• Prepare design releases, EBOM/PBOM, and manufacturing drawings.
• Participate in design reviews with customers and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Plastic injection molding design

Kinematic simulations

Airflow understanding

Communication and teamwork

Understanding of mechanism function

Education

B.Tech in Automobile/Mechanical Engineering

M.Tech in Automobile/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CATIA V5

Siemens NX

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Customer Interactions and Cross functional workflows management in projects
• Design and develop automotive air vent systems (center, side, defrost, rear)
• Endtoend plastic component design including housings, bezels, knobs, frames.
• Kinematic parts design for vanes mechanism
• Concept, feasibility, master section, and detailed part design
• Packaging & integration with HVAC ducts and IP substrate
• CFD and FEA requirement adaption
• Apply DFM/DFA, Injection mold tooling feasibility, and Mold Flow insights
• Prepare design releases, EBOM/PBOM, and manufacturing drawings
• Support DFMEA, GD&T, tolerance stackup, and DVP activities
• Manage CAD data and change control (ECR/ECN)
• Participate in design reviews with customers and crossfunctional teams

Skills Required:

• Strong plastic injection molding design knowledge
• Handson experience in CATIA V5 (Surfacing & Solid Modeling)
• Kinematic simulations for mechanism in CATIA V5
• Understanding of airflow, mechanism functionality, gap & flush
• Good communication and teamwork skills

CATIA V5-Primary

Siemens NX -secondary

B.Tech/ M.Tech in Automobile / Mechanical Engineering