Team Lead - Mechanical

Rockwell Automation; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Rockwell Automation is seeking a Lead Mechanical Engineer in Pune, India to drive design and execution across proposals, orders, and field modifications, ensuring quality, cost, schedule, and customer requirements.

You will mentor the mechanical engineering team, coordinate with global partners, and drive standardization and continuous improvement while adhering to regulatory and manufacturability standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in industrial automation, mechanical design, and engineering execution.
• Experience leading technical teams and delivering work across a complete project lifecycle.
• Hands-on experience with mechanical design, CAD modeling, drawings, assemblies, design reviews, and manufacturing processes.
• Working knowledge of drives, motor control centers, electromechanical systems, quality management systems, and applicable engineering standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical engineering execution across proposal support, order/project engineering, design reviews, release, and field modification support, ensuring quality, cost, schedule, and customer requirements are achieved.
• Lead, coach, and mentor the mechanical engineering team; plan and allocate work based on capability, capacity, priorities, and project requirements while improving productivity and technical competency.
• Provide technical direction for complex mechanical design challenges and review solutions for manufacturability, reliability, product performance, regulatory compliance, and cost optimization.
• Collaborate with global partners, regional solution teams, subject matter experts, technical leads, project managers, manufacturing, and other stakeholders on solution development, workload balancing, and work breakdown planning.
• Drive functional excellence through engineering standardization, reusable designs, robust quality processes, audit readiness, continuous improvement, customer satisfaction, and support for annual operating plan activities.

Skills

CAD modeling

Engineering leadership

Manufacturing processes

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Creo

AutoCAD

SAP

PLM/Windchill

Job description

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world's manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that's you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Your Responsibilities:

• Lead mechanical engineering execution across proposal support, order/project engineering, design reviews, release, and field modification support, ensuring quality, cost, schedule, and customer requirements are achieved.
• Lead, coach, and mentor the mechanical engineering team; plan and allocate work based on capability, capacity, priorities, and project requirements while improving productivity and technical competency.
• Provide technical direction for complex mechanical design challenges and review solutions for manufacturability, reliability, product performance, regulatory compliance, and cost optimization.
• Collaborate with global partners, regional solution teams, subject matter experts, technical leads, project managers, manufacturing, and other stakeholders on solution development, workload balancing, and work breakdown planning.
• Drive functional excellence through engineering standardization, reusable designs, robust quality processes, audit readiness, continuous improvement, customer satisfaction, and support for annual operating plan activities.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• 10 or more years of relevant experience in industrial automation, mechanical design, and engineering execution.
• Experience leading technical teams and delivering work across a complete project lifecycle.
• Hands-on experience with mechanical design, CAD modeling, drawings, assemblies, design reviews, and manufacturing processes.
• Working knowledge of drives, motor control centers, electromechanical systems, quality management systems, and applicable engineering standards.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• Experience with Creo, AutoCAD, SAP, PLM/Windchill, and product lifecycle management processes.
• Knowledge of sheet metal design, welding, GD&T, tolerance stack-up, DFMEA, design verification, and manufacturability improvement.
• Experience with engineering analysis tools such as ANSYS and with design decisions involving product performance, reliability, and cost optimization.
• Knowledge of ASME, IEC, NEMA, ingress protection requirements, regulatory compliance, and LV/MV drives or MCC systems.
• Experience partnering with global engineering, project management, manufacturing, and customer-facing teams in a complex organization.

What We Offer

Our benefits package includes ...

• Comprehensive mindfulness programs with a premium membership to Calm
• Volunteer Paid Time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees
• Company volunteer and donation matching program - Your volunteer hours or personal cash donations to an eligible charity can be matched with a charitable donation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Personalized wellbeing programs through our OnTrack program
• On-demand digital course library for professional development

... and other local benefits!

Equal Opportunity & Inclusion

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

Rockwell Automation's hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.