Sr. Specialist- FEA

Pentair; Dadri; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentair is seeking a Senior FEA expert to serve as SME across the organization, guiding other FEA engineers and expanding support across sites.

You will lead multiple cost-reduction and failure-analysis projects using FEA, driving meaningful results with cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate has 8–10 years in FEA, hands-on ANSYS and SolidWorks, and Python automation to streamline workflows.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years in FEA with hands-on meshing, solvers, linear/non-linear analyses.
• M.E./M.Tech/PhD in a relevant field with FEA emphasis.
• Strong cross-functional and communication skills essential.
• Experience in rotor dynamics and modal analysis is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and control key performance metrics for the FEA domain.
• Lead rotor dynamics and modal analyses to optimize designs.
• Simulate existing designs and identify optimization opportunities.
• Support field failure analysis through FEA and document results.
• Collaborate with project leaders and managers across sites.

Skills

Analytical skills

Team building

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

M.E./M.Tech/PhD

Tools

ANSYS

SolidWorks

Python

Job description

Be a SME across the organization and provide technical guidance to other FEA engineers within Pentair. Identify the opportunities for expanding FEA support across various sites withing organization. Identify skill gaps within the FEA engineers and work with their managers to bridge the gap. Driving a change within the FEA domain by defining/improving processes. Define and improve Key Performance metrics for FEA domain. Lead multiple engineering projects simultaneously for cost reductions, failure analysis through finite element analysis (FEA) and provide meaningful results in a timely manner.

Minimum Eight (8) years of experience in FEA domain with hands on experience of model mesh, solvers, linear and non-linear analysis, modal / dynamic analysis, material properties characterization, drop & crash analysis, model correlation. Must be a good team player with the ability to support cross functional teams located across site engineering offices within Pentair.

Software Skills

• FEA – especially ANSYS
• CAD- especially SolidWorks
• Experience of Python coding for automation will have an added advantage

Key Interfaces

• Local Engineering Team members
• Project leads, people managers, lab technicians

Qualifications and Experience:

M.E. / M. Tech/PhD with minimum 8-10 years of experience in FEA domain.

Essential functions:

• Define and control the key performance metrics for FEA domain
• Rotor dynamics, modal analysis
• Simulate different existing designs and find the opportunity to optimize the product.
• Field failure analysis through FEA
• Prepare/review technical documentation related to design validation and communicate it with counterparts

Desired exposure to:

• AI-assisted engineering tools (Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, ANSYS AI-powered capabilities) to improve simulation workflow efficiency
• Exposure to Digital Twin or Model-Based Engineering concept

Other Requirements:

• Strong Analytical & Team Building skills
• Good communication and presentation skills

* Position title will be given based on the experience & work capability of the candidate