Senior Mechanical Engineer / HOD

Xsub Robotics; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

XSubRobotics in Chennai invites a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to lead the mechanical design and development of underwater ROV systems, managing engineers and interns for module execution.

You will conduct requirement analysis, simulations and testing, develop prototypes, forecast timelines and budgets, and push product improvements based on customer feedback for naval and security applications.

Qualifications

• Lead a team of engineers and interns on product/module development.
• Assist in timeline forecasting and budget estimation.
• Mechanical design of ROV systems with manufacturing awareness.
• Conduct simulations and testing for feasibility and validation.
• Drive product improvements from customer feedback.
• Commitment to internal standards and quality processes.
• Design improvements of existing products based on feedback.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design of underwater ROV systems.
• Coordinate timeline forecasting and budget estimation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and performance.
• Perform requirement analysis and feasibility studies via simulations and testing.
• Drive prototypes and product improvements from customer feedback.

Skills

Team leadership

Budgeting

Requirement analysis

Simulation testing

R&D design

Manufacturing knowledge

Quality assurance

Underwater systems design

Education

BE/BTech Mechanical

M.E./M.Tech Mechanical

Naval Architecture / related

Tools

CAD software

FEA/CFD

Prototyping tools

Job description

XSubRobotics is a next-generation defence technology company and a joint venture between Planys Technologies, Krishna Defence and Allied Industries Limited and Conceptia Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd. XSub is building intelligent autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and maritime robotic systems that give naval and security forces a real‑time, machine‑driven picture of the undersea battlespace. Inspired by the pace, ambition, and product mindset of modern defence innovators, we are designing persistent, long‑range AUVs, edge‑compute heavy payloads, and advanced undersea sensing that turn oceans into knowledgeable, navigable, and defendable environments. At XSub, engineers and researchers work like full‑stack product teams: shaping hydrodynamics and propulsion, architecting navigation and perception stacks, and building autonomy and mission‑systems software that must perform in GPS‑denied, low‑comms, high‑risk conditions. You will see your code and hardware leave the lab quickly, iterate through real sea trials, and plug into high‑impact naval, coastal security, and strategic deterrence missions in India and beyond.

Role Description

The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer is a full‑time, on‑site role based in Chennai. The role involves leading the mechanical design and development of underwater ROV systems, while managing a team of engineers and interns for product and module‑level execution. Daily responsibilities include conducting requirement analysis, performing design feasibility studies through simulations and testing, developing prototypes, and driving product improvements based on customer feedback. The role also includes supporting project timeline forecasting, budget estimation, quality assurance activities, and collaborating with cross‑functional teams to deliver reliable and high‑performance underwater systems.

Qualifications

• Handle team of engineers and or interns in executing the assigned product / module level development
• Assist in the timeline forecast, project budget estimation.
• Mechanical engineering design of ROV systems, while sometimes conducting R &D studies, applying various principles of mechanical engineering with an understanding of manufacturing engineering.
• Mechanical engineering design of ROV systems, while sometimes conducting R &D studies, applying various principles of mechanical engineering with an understanding of manufacturing engineering.
• Carry out requirement analysis and feasibility of designs based on simulation (analytical and numerical), rapid prototyping, FMEA and testing.
• Assures product and process quality by designing testing methods, testing finished-product and process capabilities.
• Carry out requirement analysis and feasibility of designs based on simulation (analytical and numerical), rapid prototyping, FMEA and testing.
• Conduct market surveys wherever required.
• Carry out requirement analysis and feasibility of designs based on simulation (analytical and numerical), rapid prototyping, FMEA and testing.
• Work towards the design improvements of existing products based on customer feedback
• Comply to internal standards and processes set by the department.
• Mechanical engineering design of ROV systems, which are deployed under water.

Legal Qualification Required (Mandatory) & Specialization

B.E./ B.Tech, M.E/M.Techin Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture, Ocean Engineering, or an Engineering Degree in a related field