Senior Electromechanical Engineer

The ePlane Company; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

The ePlane Company in Chennai, India, seeks a Senior Electromechanical Engineer to own packaging and mechanical integration of high-voltage battery modules and powertrain into the eVTOL airframe. You will bridge electrical architectures and structural mechanics, optimize thermal paths, weight, and mass balance, and ensure flight-ready assemblies through cross-functional collaboration.

This role requires 6–9 years of relevant experience and deep CATIA, GD&T, and DfM/DFx know-how to deliver

Qualifications

• 6–9 years of mechanical or electromechanical packaging experience in aerospace, EV powertrain, or defense sectors.
• Advanced CATIA V5/V6 (3DEXPERIENCE) proficiency with assembly design and sheet metal workbenches.
• Expert GD&T knowledge and proven ability to resolve complex tolerance stack-ups.
• Experience designing parts optimized for CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, bonding, and lightweight casting/molding.
• Exposure to electrical system design constraints including ingress protection, creepage/clearance, and HV barriers.
• Prototype-to-production exposure with full certification through DGCA/CEMILAC/ARAI is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Enclosure & Packaging Design: Design robust, lightweight enclosures, mounts, and structural brackets for high-voltage battery packs, PDUs, and inverter modules.
• Advanced 3D Modeling: Build electromechanical assemblies in CATIA V5/V6 (3DEXPERIENCE) for aerodynamic integration and routing constraints.
• Precision Engineering & GD&T: Apply GD&T per ASME Y14.5 to ensure flawless fitments and perform tolerance stack-up analyses.
• DfM / DfA / DfT: Apply manufacturing, assembly, and testing principles early to reduce parts and optimize shop-floor production.
• Material & Structural Selection: Choose aerospace-grade alloys, plastics, adhesives, and TIMs to maximize heat dissipation and safety.
• HV Isolation Design: Coordinate with electrical team to respect creepage/clearance boundaries and HV barrier layouts.
• HV Box Design: Assemblies including contactors, busbars, fuses, pyrofuses, and manual disconnect switches.

Skills

CATIA V5/V6

GD&T

Mechanical packaging

HV systems design

Tools

CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE

Job description

As a Senior Electromechanical Engineer, you will own the physical packaging, structural housing, and mechanical integration of our high-voltage battery modules and electrical powertrain systems into the eVTOL airframe. This is a highly cross-functional role bridging electrical power architectures and structural mechanics. You will transform complex electrical systems into flight-ready, structural assemblies, ensuring optimal thermal paths, structural integrity under high-g flight envelopes, and strict optimization for aircraft weight and mass balance.

Senior Electromechanical Engineer

Department: TEC Electrical & Battery

Experience Level: 6-9 Years

Location: Chennai, India

Position Type: Full-Time / New Role

About the Role

As a Senior Electromechanical Engineer, you will own the physical packaging, structural housing, and mechanical integration of our high-voltage battery modules and electrical powertrain systems into the eVTOL airframe. This is a highly cross-functional role bridging electrical power architectures and structural mechanics. You will transform complex electrical systems into flight-ready, structural assemblies, ensuring optimal thermal paths, structural integrity under high-g flight envelopes, and strict optimization for aircraft weight and mass balance.

What You Will Do

• Enclosure & Packaging Design: Design robust, lightweight, and crash-worthy enclosures, mounts, and structural brackets for high-voltage battery packs, power electronics, power distribution units (PDUs), and inverter modules.
• Advanced 3D Modeling: Utilize CATIA V5/V6 (3DEXPERIENCE) to build complex electromechanical assemblies, leveraging surface modeling for aerodynamic integration and airframe routing constraints.
• Precision Engineering & GD&T: Apply rigorous Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) principles per ASME Y14.5 to ensure flawless fitments between machined enclosures, sheet metal shields, and composite airframe interfaces. Perform detailed tolerance stack-up analyses.
• Design for Excellence (DfM / DfA / DfT): Inject Design for Manufacturing, Assembly, and Testing principles early into the development lifecycle to drive down component counts, minimize assembly cycle times, and simplify shop-floor production.
• Material & Structural Selection: Select and qualify aerospace-grade alloys, high-performance plastics, structural adhesives, and advanced Thermal Interface Materials (TIMs) to maximize heat dissipation while ensuring structural safety.
• HV Isolation Engineering: Coordinate closely with the electrical team to design mechanical clearances that respect strict creepage and clearance boundaries for high-voltage components.
• HV Box Design: Assemblies involving Contactors, Busbars, Fuses, Pyrofuses, Manual Service Disconnect switches, etc.

What We Are Looking For (Must-Haves)

• Experience : 6 to 9 years of dedicated mechanical or electromechanical packaging experience within the aerospace, electric vehicle (powertrain/battery), or high-reliability defense sectors.
• CAD Mastery : Advanced, hands-on expertise in CATIA V5 / V6 (3DEXPERIENCE), specifically utilizing advanced assembly design, sheet metal workbenches, and mechanical part design.
• Drafting & Stack-up Depth : Expert-level knowledge of GD&T and a proven track record of resolving complex multi-part tolerance stack-ups.li>
• Manufacturing Knowledge : Direct experience designing parts optimized for CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, structural bonding, and lightweight casting or molding.
• Exposure to Electrical System Design constraints : Excellent understanding & design capability on - Ingress protections, Water proof / Dust proof designs, Good understanding of clearance & creepage distances, Switches Panel creation, Electrical sub-assemblies.
• Certification / Compliance : Experience in prototyping as well as production planning kind of environment. Ideal candidates should have designed, developed & taken at least one such development through full certification through the likes of DGCA / CEMILAC / ARAI.

Preferred Skills (Good-to-Have)

• Working knowledge of Mechanical Shape Design within CATIA for complex surface modeling.
• Experience packaging high-voltage systems (upto 800VDC) and managing mechanical safety barriers against electric shock or thermal runaway.
• Familiarity with environmental testing standards like RTCA DO-160 (specifically regarding vibration, shock, and thermal profiles).
• Excellent understanding of electrical system design, electrical properties of materials, dielectric strength, creepage & clearances, thermal properties of materials.
• Good understanding of - Grounding / bonding required for electrical components, Enclosure design & fabrication for electrical systems, Design for Ingress Protections.
• Exposure to material selection for electrical products.