Senior Engineer - Connectors & Backshells

Overview

Senior engineering role responsible for the design of Eaton's electrical connectors, accessories, cables and conduit assemblies within the Aerospace Interconnect Technologies Division, from concept through final design documentation.

What you'll do

• Support project engineering by generating CAD and drawings for new product development and product sustaining activities.
• Perform design engineering work from concept development, trade studies, design for manufacturability, and final design documentation.
• Generate complex component drawings to effectively communicate requirements.
• Develop creative solutions with existing technologies and add novel designs when required to meet product requirements.
• Support a reduced number of projects at once and effectively communicate commitments to international project teams.
• Initiate engineering change orders and implement design changes within a configuration-controlled environment.
• Lead projects and activities independently without follow-ups, raise concerns in time, and drive a cross-functional team towards a common goal.
• Ensure successful completion of assigned projects within budget, time and cost constraints.
• Verify completed drawings, reports, and change orders for completeness and conformity to standards, procedures and specifications, including accuracy of calculations, dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Manage design history folders, generating Engineering Change Orders to start the release process of technical data.
• Participate in design reviews, innovation summits, and design bursts.
• Support product sustaining activities to improve manufacturability or manage obsolescence through drawing changes.
• Utilize DFSS concepts/tools such as PDSC, P-Diagram, DFMEA, Risk Management and DVPR for new product development and/or existing product improvements.
• Create 3D models, drawings, reports, ECRs/ECOs, BOMs, tooling designs, test fixture designs, test plans and test reports for new product designs and modifications of existing drawings and models; coordinate design reviews through the release process.
• Sustain processes for design standards and procedures governing product design methods, documents and data control for the associated business group.
• Drive PRO-Launch execution for NPI programs with work package approvals, engineering management plan and attainment of all engineering deliverables per activity matrix.

What you'll need

• B.E/B.Tech or ME/M.Tech in Mechanical or related engineering area.
• 8-10 years of experience in design and development of connectors, cables and accessories (BE/B.Tech), or 6-8 years (ME/M.Tech).
• Working knowledge of mechanical design principles.
• Strong product design ability for both new product and product modification.
• Experience using SolidWorks for modeling and drafting in accordance with ASME Y14.100 and GD&T per ANSI Y14.5M-1982 or newer.
• Innovative mechanical design skills including frequent use of 2D and 3D CAD (Creo and/or SolidWorks), Model Based Definition, and GD&T.
• Ability to read and understand drawings, specifications, and requirements.
• In-depth knowledge of mechanics of materials, statics, and dynamics.
• Ability to make recommendations on product designs, strongly influence product costs, and capital investments.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and presentations for internal and external customers, including design reviews, non-advocate reviews and technical coordination meetings.
• Thorough knowledge of product applications, product design techniques, engineering processes, and engineering standards (AS85049, MIL 38999 etc.).
• Experience handling Design for Manufacturing, DFMEA and DVPR.
• Exposure to PLM systems, i.e. ENOVIA.
• Ability to participate and contribute in strategy building for the business over the next few years.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to drive independent projects, highlight risk and communicate it through executive-level presentations.
• Ability to lead a team of 3-4 individuals.
• Ability to work across site boundaries in a global virtual engineering organization.
• Ability to network and develop relationships with other Eaton Aerospace and non-Aerospace resources.
• Ability to develop productive working relationships with functions and organizations outside of Engineering.

Nice to have

• Relevant exposure to manufacturing of connectors, contacts, wires and cables.

Details

• Location: Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra, India.