Senior Design Engineer- Product

GKN; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

GKN Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Design Engineer to lead product design activities, ensuring that requirements are defined, implemented, and verified in alignment with design intent and regulatory standards. The role includes ownership or delegated responsibility for design in accordance with Type Certificate Holder, OEM, and applicable regulatory guidelines.

You will collaborate with manufacturing, quality, certification, and program management to ensure successful product delivery, support

Qualifications

• 10+ years of aerospace or related field experience.
• Strong understanding of product design requirements and regulatory standards.
• Experience with design reviews and certification processes.
• Negotiation with external stakeholders and change management.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage design requirements aligning with intent and regulatory expectations.
• Develop design standards and compliance frameworks.
• Define verification and validation methods to show conformance.
• Review and approve engineering drawings, specs, and configurations.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, certification, and program management.
• Support design reviews, audits, and certification processes.

Skills

Product design

Regulatory compliance

Design verification

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Job description

The Senior Design Engineer is responsible for leading product design activities, ensuring that all product-specific requirements are clearly defined, implemented, and verified in alignment with design intent. The role includes ownership or delegated responsibility for design in compliance with Type Certificate Holder, OEM, and applicable regulatory standards. The incumbent brings deep technical expertise in product design, functionality, and operational use, and ensures that all engineering outputs meet required quality, safety, and performance standards

Roles and Responsibilities :

• Own and manage product-specific requirements, ensuring complete alignment with design intent and regulatory expectations.
• Hold design responsibility or delegated design authority in accordance with Type Certificate Holder, OEM, and organizational guidelines.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of product design, functionality, and in-service application
• Define and establish design requirements, standards, and compliance frameworks for assigned products.
• Identify, define, and implement design verification and validation methods to ensure adherence to requirements.
• Review, analyse, and validate design outputs, ensuring compliance with technical and regulatory standards.
• Prepare and present technical summaries, engineering reports, and conclusions, supporting product compliance and certification.
• Approve product definition documents, including engineering drawings, specifications, and configuration data.
• Review and approve technical analysisreports, ensuring technical accuracy, completeness, and compliance.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams (manufacturing, quality, certification, and program management) to ensure successful product delivery.
• Support design reviews, audits, and certification processes, ensuring alignment with industry regulations and best practices

Job Requirements :

• 10 +years of experience in aerospace or related field
• Knowledge of classification of product and characteristics
• This role shall be attached to the authorization application
• Extensive experience with Negotiation with external stakeholder regarding rebalancing requirements. Also handling of the proposed requirements change
Project & Program management knowledge, planning and organising