Structural Mechanical Engineer

Hitachi Energy; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy in Chennai seeks an experienced mechanical design engineer to standardize rack and elevating-structure designs for capacitor filter units. You will create and verify 3D models and drawings, apply design rules, and drive modular, reusable solutions across projects.

The role requires hands-on steel rack/elevating-structure design experience, proficiency in 3D CAD (Creo preferred) and ANSYS, and familiarity with IEC/IEEE/ANSI and seismic codes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in mechanical engineering.
• Hands-on experience designing fabricated steel racks and elevating structures.
• Proficient with 3D CAD and drawing tools; Creo/Autodesk preferred.
• Familiar with IEC/IEEE/ANSI and seismic standards.

Responsibilities

• Standardize rack and elevating-structure designs for capacitor filter units.
• Perform mechanical verification of capacitor bank structures and assemblies.
• Perform seismic analysis for capacitor bank structures.
• Coordinate seismic analysis with internal/external sources and report conformance.
• Create and maintain 3D models, drawings, and design templates.
• Review existing designs and develop standard solutions.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to meet functional, safety, quality and cost requirements.
• Define standard materials, interfaces, tolerances, and fastening methods.
• Support implementation of standardized designs in active projects.
• Apply mechanical design calculations and coordinate structural validation.
• Ensure inputs are available and participate in peer reviews.
• Maintain engineering documentation and revision histories.

Skills

3D CAD

Drawing tools

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Master's degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

PTC Creo

Autodesk applications

ANSYS/ANSYS CAD

Job description

How youll make an impact:

• Support the standardization of rack and elevating-structure designs for the Capacitor Filter unit.
• Perform mechanical verification of capacitor bank structures and assemblies.
• Perform seismic analysis for capacitor bank structures
• Coordinate and review seismic analysis performed by external and internal sources and prepare reports and provide conformance to requirements.
• Create and maintain 3D models, drawings, design rules, interfaces, and engineering templates for these structures.
• Review existing designs, identify common requirements, and help develop practical standard solutions for the Capacitor Filter unit.
• Coordinate with product engineering, project engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, suppliers, and other stakeholders to ensure standardized solutions meet functional, safety, quality, manufacturability, transportation, installation, and cost requirements.
• Define standard materials, components, interfaces, tolerances, and fastening methods while reducing unnecessary design variations.
• Support implementation of standardized designs in active projects and provide technical clarification to internal teams and suppliers.
• Apply appropriate mechanical design calculations and engineering judgment; coordinate specialized structural validation when required.
• Ensure all necessary design inputs are available from stakeholders, perform self-review, and participate in peer reviews.
• Deliver high-quality designs and standardization activities on schedule while coordinating closely with team members and project lead engineers.
• Maintain and update engineering documentation, standard libraries, revision records, and project deliverables in accordance with the quality process.
• Live Hitachi Energys core values of safety and integrity by taking responsibility for your actions and caring for colleagues and the business.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

Documentation:

Maintain controlled and up-to-date 3D models, drawings, specifications, standard libraries, design guidelines, calculation records, and revision history in accordance with applicable quality processes.

Your Background:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in mechanical engineering, with 59 years of relevant mechanical design experience.
• Hands-on experience designing fabricated steel racks, support frames, elevating structures, or comparable industrial equipment.
• Hand on experience in Structural engineering using, AnsysCAD tools.
• Strong proficiency with 3D CAD and drawing tools; experience with PTC Creo and Autodesk applications is preferred.
• Familiarity with codes and applicable standards applicable for structure design (American, European, DNVGL etc.) is Mandatory.
• Knowledge of international standards such as IEC/ IEEE / ANSI, DNVGL Seismic zones and Response spectra.
• Good understanding of design for manufacturability, welding, bolted connections, tolerances, material selection, corrosion protection, and assembly practices.
• Experience with product standardization, modular design, configurable platforms, value engineering, and design reuse is highly desirable.
• Ability to interpret applicable mechanical-design codes, internal engineering standards, customer specifications, and manufacturing requirements.
• Experience with product lifecycle management, engineering change control, bills of materials, and controlled technical documentation is preferred.
• Team player with strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.