Walk-In _ Design Engineer / Sr. Design Engineer (Automation) @ Pune

Technosoft Engineering; Bavdhan; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Technosoft Engineering in India is seeking a hands-on Mechanical Design Engineer to lead automation-focused projects. You will oversee design, detailing, BOMs, and design reviews, while coordinating with sales and vendors to deliver cost-effective, compliant solutions.

The role requires strong GD&T knowledge, kinematics, hydraulics, and experience with 3D modeling tools. Travel for global assignments may be required.

Qualifications

• Engineering mechanics, strength of materials, and design principles.
• Practical problem-solving with thumb rules and hand calculations.
• Led 3 industrial automation projects from concept to commissioning.
• Experience with automation components, conveyors, pick-and-place, grippers, and gantry systems.
• Knowledge of European machinery directives 2006/42/EC and UL/CE requirements.
• Strong understanding of kinematics, hydraulics, and modular pneumatics.
• Familiarity with GD&T and stack-up analysis.
• Experience with 3D modeling software (SolidWorks/Pro-E/Inventor).
• Excellent communication and teamwork; willing to travel overseas for assignments.

Responsibilities

• Participate hands-on and oversee design, detail, BOMs, reviews, and checks of mechanical design.
• Assist in proposal models, drawings, and sketches during quotation phase.
• Work with sales to understand scope, timelines, and requirements for cost-effective solutions.
• Apply GD&T to drawings as required by specs or project needs.
• Lead kick-off meetings with project teams.
• Collaborate with vendors to prototype new components and implement design improvements.
• Ensure designs meet current safety standards and stay within project costs.
• Align engineering with manufacturing capabilities for assembly and machining.
• Manage internal and external design reviews and project handover to manufacturing.

Skills

Engineering mechanics

Strength of materials

Design principles

Problem solving

Project leadership

Kinematics

GD&T knowledge

Automation systems design

RFIDs/AMR/AGVs knowledge

3D modeling

Tools

SolidWorks

Pro-E

Autodesk Inventor

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Participate hands-on and oversee design, detail, BOMs, design reviews and check of all aspects of the mechanical design package.
• Activities include assisting in the creation of proposal models, drawings, and sketches during the quotation phase.
• Work with supervisors and sales to fully understand scope of work, project requirements, timelines & project schedules to develop cost effective and innovative solutions.
• Understand and apply GD&T to drawing package as required by technical specifications and/or project requirements.
• Actively leading kick-off meetings with the assigned project team.
• Work with internal and external vendors to create and test functional prototypes of new components including component changes and design improvements.
• Ensure that all designs and concepts follow current safety standards.
• Ensure that actual design costs are within the estimated project design costs.
• Work towards meeting project milestones including budgets, schedules, and project timelines.
• Responsible for planning and implementing all internal design reviews, external customer design reviews and project handover to manufacturing.
• Work with manufacturing and operations to align engineering with assembly and machining capabilities.

Preferred candidate profile

• Engineering Skills Engineering mechanics, strength of materials & design principals.
• Practical approach (not textbook) to problem solving with knowledge of thumb rules, hand calculations.
• At the very least, candidate must have led 3 industrial automation projects from concept to commissioning (including requirement gathering, preparing concepts, working with client for DAP approvals, working with Electrical and controls team, commissioning onsite)
• Core experience in selecting automation components/technologies viz. Indexers, specifying conveyors of different types, modular pneumatics, pick and place systems including grippers, Articulated or parallel robots (selection and specifications), End effectors/Robotic grippers design, gantry systems, experience in cobots is an added advantage, integration of vision systems, linear motion products.
• Experience of some of common automating operations such as Sort, Stack/unstack, Locate, Store, Convey, Pick and Place, Tend, Track, Pack, Kitting and light assembly, Palletizing and depalletizing.
• Experience in conceptualizing and designing special or general-purpose automation systems for various applications, motor power calculation, Gear box selection, standard machine components.
• Applied knowledge of European machinery directives 2006/42/EC and UL standards, CE requirements
• Very good understanding of Kinematics, hydraulic and modular pneumatics.
• Knowledge of multiple suppliers for automation components with acumen to select right component at right price.
• Knowledge or experience in RFIDs, AMR/AGVs, wireless and remote technology, voice activation shall be an added advantage.
• Understanding of FEA analysis and reports is an added advantage.
• Good understanding of Manufacturing processes including post-production processes and machine building components.
• Knowledge in GD&T, stack up analysis.
• Good knowledge on any of the 3D modeling software (SolidWorks / Pro-E / Autodesk Inventor).
• Excellent communication skills and good team working skills.
• Willing to travel overseas for short and long assignments.