Senior Designer

Danfoss GmbH; Pune District; On-site; INR 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentoring & training programs

Flexible work style with autonomy

Inclusive work environment

13th salary and annual bonus

Job summary

Danfoss Pune, India, is seeking a Senior Designer to deliver customer-focused product customization and engineering solutions for hydraulic products. You will align with engineering, manufacturing, and customer requirements to ensure accurate, compliant designs released on time.

Responsibilities include developing CAD models, managing PLM changes, and collaborating with global teams to drive quality and continuous improvement through design reviews and documentation.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• 1+ years in product customization/design or change management in manufacturing.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD tools and PLM/PDM systems.
• Strong understanding of GD&T, drawings, and standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and release product customization designs and drawings using approved standards.
• Manage engineering change requests and revision control in PLM systems.
• Create/modify CAD models and drawings with NX/Pro/E and GD&T.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address design challenges and improvements.
• Support continuous improvement and change management processes.

Skills

3D CAD proficiency

PLM systems

GD&T knowledge

Engineering change management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

NX

Pro/E

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

TeamCenter

Enovia

Job description

Segment: Danfoss Power Solutions Segment

Job Category: R&D, Technology and Engineering

Work Location Type: On-site

Job Experience Level: Associate

Senior Designer

Req ID: 51324 Job Location: Pune, IN Employment Type: Full Time Segment: Danfoss Power Solutions Segment Job Category: R&D, Technology and Engineering Work Location Type: On-site Job Experience Level: Associate

The Impact You'll Make

As a Senior Designer at Danfoss, you'll play a key role in delivering customer-focused product customization and engineering solutions for our hydraulic products portfolio. You'll work at the intersection of engineering, manufacturing, and customer requirements, ensuring designs are accurate, compliant, and released efficiently to support business growth. In this role, you'll drive engineering changes, maintain design quality, and support product lifecycle activities while collaborating with global cross-functional teams. Your expertise in CAD design, PLM systems, and engineering standards will help ensure on-time delivery of customer requests and high-quality engineering documentation. Through continuous improvement initiatives, you'll also contribute to enhancing engineering processes and operational excellence across the organization.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Develop and release product customization designs, engineering drawings, and documentation for customers, manufacturing, and pricing teams using approved engineering standards.
• Manage engineering change requests and revision control activities within TeamCenter, Enovia, or other PLM/PDM systems while ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Create and modify component and assembly models, drawings, castings, and forgings using CAD tools such as NX or Pro/E, applying GD&T and stack-up analysis principles.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, suppliers, customers, and global cross-functional teams to evaluate technical requests, resolve design challenges, and support product improvements.
• Drive quality and process excellence by performing design reviews, maintaining engineering standards, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives within change management processes.

You'll also support value analysis/value engineering (VA/VE) projects and help improve product performance, manufacturability, and customer satisfaction through effective engineering solutions.

What We're Looking For

Essential Qualifications

• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
• 1+ years of experience in product customization, product design, or engineering change management within a manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD tools such as NX, Pro/E, SolidWorks, or similar platforms.
• Experience working with PLM/PDM systems, including TeamCenter, Enovia, or equivalent solutions.
• Strong understanding of GD&T, engineering drawings, stack-up analysis, ASME/ISO standards, and engineering change processes.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with NX, TeamCenter, Pro/E Wildfire, and AutoCAD is advantageous. Knowledge of hydraulic products, piston pumps, motors, hydraulic circuits, manufacturing processes, tool design, casting, forging, and machining processes will be highly valued. Exposure to Root Cause Analysis, 8D methodology, Lean, DMAIC, and continuous improvement practices would be beneficial.

What You'll Get from Us

• We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
• You'll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.
• We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
• You'll receive benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great.

Our Commitment to Transparency

Salary ranges listed reflect only primary location and currency. For local salary ranges and specific benefits in your preferred hiring location, please ask your Talent Acquisition representative for more information.

The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Any benefits listed do not promise or guarantee any particular benefit or specific action. They may depend on country or contract specifics and are subject to change at any time without prior notice.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.

Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.

Our solutions are used in areas such as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, marine, and on- and off-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for data centers, renewable energy, energy storage, heat recovery, as well as contribute to district energy solutions for cities.

Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned and employs over 39,000 people. We create long-term value for our customers in more than 100 countries with a global footprint of around 100 factories.