Mechanical Engineer - Product

Responsibilities:RFQ Review & Technical Assessment

• Review RFQs, drawings, specifications, BOMs, data packages, and customer standards to identify gaps and prepare structured clarification lists.

• Assess product design maturity, manufacturability, technical risks, and proposal feasibility.

Mechanical Design Assurance

• Own mechanical design assurance activities including 2D/3D CAD reviews and GD&T evaluations in accordance with ASME Y14.5 standards.

• Perform worst-case and RSS tolerance stack-up analysis to validate manufacturability and assembly robustness.

• Conduct structural, thermal, drop, and shock simulations to support product reliability and performance requirements.

Solution Development & Risk Management

• Define technical solutions, basis of estimate, assumptions, exclusions, dependencies, risks, and mitigation plans.

• Identify design and manufacturing risks and provide evidence-based recommendations to support bid decisions and project execution.

Technical Proposal & Costing Support

• Develop technical inputs for resource planning, equipment/tooling requirements, NRE estimates, CapEx assessments, lead-time evaluations, and implementation milestones.

• Prepare technical justifications, compliance matrices, proposal narratives, costing models, and management approval documentation.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Product Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and Customer teams to ensure alignment on technical solutions.

• Challenge unsupported assumptions and reconcile inconsistencies across engineering, process, test, quality, automation, and supply chain inputs.

Supplier & Customer Engagement

• Support supplier technical evaluations, quotation reviews, and make-versus-buy analyses.

• Participate in solution reviews, customer clarification meetings, Red Team reviews, and Gold Team reviews to ensure proposal readiness.

NPI & Volume Manufacturing Readiness

• Drive design transfer activities into NPI and volume manufacturing.

• Define acceptance criteria, validation plans, and key deliverables required for successful execution following bid award.

Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Maintain controlled templates, lessons learned, engineering databases, and reusable estimation data for future programs.

• Ensure compliance with Tata Electronics information security, confidentiality, quality, and document control requirements.

Essential Attributes:

• Strong expertise in mechanical design assurance, GD&T interpretation, and tolerance stack-up analysis.

• Experience conducting 2D/3D CAD reviews and validating designs against manufacturing and assembly requirements.

• Proficiency in structural, thermal, drop, and shock simulation methodologies.

• Solid understanding of DFM/DFx principles, design risk assessment, and product validation planning.

• Experience managing product lifecycle processes including BOM management, engineering changes, configuration control, and release governance.

• Proven experience supporting customer RFQs, technical proposals, NPI programs, or manufacturing industrialization projects within EMS or complex product environments.

• Ability to identify technical risks and provide data-driven recommendations to support management decision-making.

• Strong analytical, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to work effectively with global customers and suppliers across multiple time zones.

• Willingness to travel for customer workshops, supplier reviews, equipment trials, and program reviews as required.

Qualifications:

• B.E. / B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, ECE, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering, or another discipline relevant to the role.

• Postgraduate specialization in Mechanical Design, Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering,

Desired Experience Level:

• 8-12 years of experience in Product Engineering, Mechanical Design, Design Assurance, Manufacturing Industrialization, NPI, or related engineering functions within EMS, Electronics Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Automotive, or other complex product manufacturing environments.