Software Development Manager - CAD/API

Sandvik; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandvik in Pune, India, seeks a CAD Software Development Manager (Cimatron) to lead the CAD software team and deliver high-quality CAD solutions aligned with the product roadmap.

You will mentor engineers, drive agile delivery, tackle complex geometry and API challenges, and collaborate with product owners to ensure customer success and continuous improvement. The role demands strong leadership, analytical thinking, and a passion for modern CAD/CAM tech in manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related.
• 7–10+ years in software development with 2–3+ years in people management.
• Experience delivering complex CAD/CAM or manufacturing software products.
• Strong CAD/geometric modeling knowledge, data structures, and design workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead CAD software development initiatives aligned with the product roadmap.
• Ensure on-time delivery with quality and risk management.
• Provide technical leadership for complex CAD topics and API work.
• Drive Agile practices, CI/CD, and continuous improvement.
• Mentor and develop a high-performing software team.

Skills

People leadership

Coaching

Decision making

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Software Eng

Mechanical Eng or related

Tools

CAD

CAD/CAM

PLM

CAE

Geometric modeling

Manufacturing software

Job description

Business Title

CAD Software Development Manager (Cimatron)

Company Overview

Intelligent Manufacturing address the customers full value chain from design and planning to verification with a combination of overarching and point-solutions. We shape the future of manufacturing by connecting and automating the component manufacturing value chain. By providing open and agnostic end-to-end solutions and shaping new markets with partners in our collaboration network making the shift towards more efficient and sustainable manufacturing possible Cimatron helps mold makers build tooling, regardless of complexity and size, with an integrated CAD/CAM solution for mold and die design and manufacturing. It offers a wide range of specific design and application tools, as well as a comprehensive set of NC technologies, ranging from 2.5-axis milling and drilling to complex 5-axis machining. Our products and services are designed to enhance the efficiency and productivity of our clients worldwide.

Job Purpose

The CAD Software Development Manager is responsible for leading and developing the CAD software development team within the Cimatron Business Unit. The role ensures the successful delivery of high-quality CAD software solutions, supporting Cimatron's strategic product roadmap while driving development excellence, team development, innovation, and operational execution. The position combines strong people management, technical understanding of CAD software development, agile delivery management, and cross-functional collaboration. The CAD Software Development Manager fosters a high-performance culture focused on quality, innovation, accountability, continuous improvement, and employee growth while supporting the modernization and evolution of Cimatron's CAD platform.

Location

Pune, India

Key Responsibilities

CAD Software Development Leadership and Delivery

Lead the execution and delivery of CAD software development initiatives aligned with the product roadmap. Ensure committed deliverables are delivered on time, within scope, and with the expected level of quality. Drive predictability and transparency through effective planning, estimation, risk management, and progress reporting. Partner with Product Owners and Product Management to clarify priorities and align development activities with business objectives. Provide technical leadership for complex CAD development topics, ensuring appropriate ownership, prioritization, and delivery follow-up across the team. Provide technical support for complex customer or field-reported CAD issues, including coordinating investigation, reproducing geometric problems, supporting defect analysis, and guiding resolution. Support API-related discussions with internal teams and, when required, third-party or integration stakeholders. Guide the team in resolving complex CAD engineering challenges related to geometric modeling, CAD infrastructure, API development, data exchange, and performance-critical areas. Manage and drive technical initiatives end-to-end, including planning, tracking, coordination, delivery follow-up, and communication of risks and dependencies.

CAD Product Development Lead

Lead and take part, if required, in the development of advanced CAD functionalities supporting mold design, tooling design, electrode design, assemblies, automation, and associated workflows. Support the design, development, and continuous improvement of core CAD geometric modeling components, CAD infrastructure components, and CAD API capabilities. Contribute to development activities related to B-Rep data structures, local topology operations such as Booleans, blends, tweak/local operations, and geometry healing algorithms, where relevant to the product roadmap. Support the modernization of the CAD application and API layer, including the progressive migration of business logic toward a clean, maintainable, and framework-independent service layer. Ensure software solutions address customer requirements, performance expectations, and usability standards. Contribute to long-term platform evolution and modernization initiatives. Support integration between CAD, CAM, automation, AI, and emerging technology initiatives where applicable. Maintain awareness of industry trends, customer needs, and competitive developments in CAD/CAM and manufacturing software.

Team Leadership and People Management

Build, lead, mentor, and develop a highly engaged software engineering team. Conduct performance and development discussions, career planning, coaching, and succession planning. Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous learning. Support recruitment, onboarding, retention, and talent development activities. Develop technical and leadership capabilities within the team. Ensure and create actions to foster knowledge sharing and cross-functional collaboration.

Software Development Excellence

Promote a quality-first mindset across development teams. Partner closely with QA teams to improve product quality and release confidence. Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions for critical defects and production issues. Guide the diagnosis and resolution of complex geometric failures, including issues related to modeling robustness, tessellation, visualization, and computational performance. Support continuous improvement of the CAD document model, save/load persistence, backward compatibility, and data integrity across product versions. Encourage research, prototyping, and validation of new geometric algorithms where they support product quality, performance, or roadmap objectives. Support release planning, stabilization activities, and continuous improvement processes. Promote software development best practices across architecture, coding, testing, security, maintainability, and documentation. Champion modern development methodologies including Agile, CI/CD, DevOps, automation, and continuous quality improvement. Ensure adherence to development standards, coding guidelines, and architectural principles. Support technical decision-making and architecture reviews in partnership with architects and senior technical leaders.

Key Deliverables and KPIs

On-time roadmap delivery Reduction of critical defects Achievement of product roadmap commitments Software quality indicators Employee engagement Team retention Internal talent development Skills development and capability growth

Required Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Experience

7-10+ years of experience in software development. 2-3+ years of people management experience leading software development teams. Experience delivering complex commercial software products. Experience working within Agile development environments. Experience in CAD, CAD/CAM, PLM, CAE, manufacturing software, geometric modeling, or similar engineering software environments is strongly preferred.

Technical skills and knowledge

Strong understanding of CAD technologies, geometry kernels, modeling concepts, data structures, and design workflows. Knowledge of software architecture, object-oriented design, and enterprise software development. Computational geometry understanding Familiarity with cloud-connected engineering software ecosystems and AI-assisted development practices Strong understanding of software development methodologies and development best practices. Understanding of software quality and release management practices.

Skills

Strong people leadership and coaching skills. Ability to build and motivate high-performing teams. Strong decision-making and problem-solving capabilities. Excellent stakeholder management skills. Continuous improvement mindset. Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Travel

around 10-20% of the FTE - Willingness to travel for occasional travel for team meetings, customer visits, product workshops, and collaboration with stakeholders.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role means independently owning and delivering high-quality CAD modeling components, kernel-level algorithms, and data-exchange capabilities that are reliable, scalable, and aligned with real design and manufacturing needs. The role demonstrates complete technical ownership with end-to-end accountability and minimal rework, while coordinating effectively across business units and collaborating with product, QA, and application teams. Success is reflected in measurable product impact, timely project delivery, reduced defects, and continuous improvement of both code quality and engineering practices.

A glimpse of our culture

At Sandvik, we're tech driven, innovative and entrepreneurial! For us, success is a team effort - we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where people can be themselves and reach their full potential. So, we invest in supporting each other, learning together and celebrating our differences. We also give you the freedom to find that perfect mix between work, family life and interests. Visit our stories hub, LinkedIn or Facebook to get to know us further.

Our Recruitment Process

Our recruitment process is open and fair - we welcome all applicants and evaluate every unique application in line with the specified requirements profile, to find the best match for the position. To learn more about our recruitment process, please visit our career site.