Senior Sustaining Engineer - Value & Productivity

HCL Technologies Limited; Rhode Island; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited is seeking a Senior Sustaining Engineer (Productivity) to lead value engineering, optimize materials, manage supplier transitions, and drive manufacturing efficiencies that improve gross margins and cost savings.

You will evaluate design options, support ROI-based opportunities, and develop design verification strategies while ensuring product safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 5–8 years of engineering experience in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience in sustaining engineering, product development, operations engineering, manufacturing engineering, or value engineering.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering measurable cost savings through engineering solutions.
• Experience supporting design controls and engineering change management processes.
• Medical device industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify and evaluate cost-saving opportunities through design optimization, material substitutions, component standardization, and specification rationalization.
• Support development of business cases and prioritize opportunities based on ROI, implementation complexity, risk, and strategic impact.
• Drive value engineering initiatives while preserving product functionality, safety, quality, and compliance.
• Partner with Procurement and Supplier Quality to identify supplier-driven cost-saving opportunities.
• Lead design changes associated with Productivity projects, including component, material, supplier, and manufacturing process modifications.
• Develop and execute design verification strategies to support product changes.
• Generate and maintain required design control documentation, including risk assessments, design outputs, test protocols, reports, and engineering justifications.
• Support regulatory submissions and product lifecycle management activities as required.

Skills

Value engineering

Cost savings

Design optimization

Sustaining engineering

Education

Mechanical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Manufacturing Engineering

Related technical discipline

Job description

HCL Technologies Limited is seeking a Senior Sustaining Engineer (Productivity) to lead value engineering, optimize materials, manage supplier transitions, and drive manufacturing efficiencies that improve gross margins and cost savings.

You will evaluate design options, support ROI-based opportunities, and develop design verification strategies while ensuring product safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.