Lead/Senior Engineer - Product Management

Your role
Job Description/Mission
As a Lead Engineer / Senior Engineer within our Product Engineering team, you will be responsible for the design, development, enhancement, and lifecycle support of energy and power equipment including compressors, pumps, gensets, and related systems. The role requires end-to-end ownership of engineering activities across New Product Development (NPD), product care, sustaining engineering, product upgrades, and design modifications.
You will act as a system-level engineer, translating customer, manufacturing, quality, and field requirements into robust engineering solutions. The position requires strong hands-on design expertise, advanced CAD skills, problem-solving capability, and the ability to manage design projects from concept through production support while ensuring product performance, quality, reliability, and manufacturability.
Key Responsibilities
Customer Focus
- Develop and maintain 3D models, assemblies, engineering drawings, and manufacturing documentation using Autodesk Inventor and associated CAD tools.
- Execute product design and development activities throughout the complete engineering lifecycle.
- Lead design activities for New Product Development (NPD), product enhancement, redesign, and customization projects.
- Drive product care and sustaining engineering initiatives for released products.
- Analyze production, assembly, testing, and field-related issues and implement effective design improvements.
- Perform root cause analysis (RCA), corrective actions, and design validation activities.
- Ensure compliance with engineering standards, CAD standards, design rules, and company procedures.
- Collaborate with manufacturing, sourcing, quality, and service teams to deliver practical and cost-effective engineering solutions
-Interface directly with suppliers and vendors to resolve technical issues, review designs, and improve manufacturability.
-Support prototype builds, product testing, inspections, commissioning activities, and product release processes.
-Participate in VA/VE, reliability improvement, cost optimization, and standardization initiatives.
-Manage engineering deliverables, schedules, risks, and technical documentation
People Focus
- Adhere to the Team spirit towards Driving Customer Success & Improving Business Results.
- Inspire “CAN DO; WILL DO” attitude in yourself.
- Take complete responsibility of executing assigned tasks.
- Maintain a positive team moral with an open atmosphere of teamwork and co-operation
- Co-ordination with internal & external clients for reporting status of task, resolving queries and receiving feedback.
Technology Focus
- Look for the innovative techniques other than standard practices been followed.
- Generate innovative ideas through self-study of new technologies in market.
- Nurture innovative ideas and focus improvements on the product performance, cost, life, reliability, Sustainability.
- Promote sharing best practices across all product management teams.
- Promote use of advance manufacturing techniques while designing new products.
- Identify and implement AI/ML-based solutions to improve design productivity, cost optimization, and engineering decision-making.
Product Focus
- Suggest different CAD automation projects to automate repeated processes & to improve the quality.
- Follow Atlas Copco design codes, standards, work instructions & check lists of the tasks handled and carry out the checking. Ensure adherence to Quality Norms as set by the Project leader from time to time.
- Continually innovate the ideas to improve the Quality aspect of engineering.
- Create & Promote use of reusable components, product platforms, Subassemblies, Modular Designs
To succeed, you will need
Knowledge/Educational Requirements
•Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical engineering.
•5-8 years (Senior Engineer) / 8-12 years (Lead Engineer) of experience in Product Design Engineering, Mechanical Design Engineering, or Product Development.
•Strong experience in New Product Development (NPD), Product Care, Sustaining Engineering, Product Enhancement, and Design Modification projects.
•Strong domain knowledge of compressors, pumps, gensets, rotating equipment, power systems, energy equipment, or heavy industrial products.
•Expertise in:
Large Assemblies
Sheet Metal Design
Heavy Fabrication
Piping Systems
Flange Selection
Weldments
Mechanical Packaging
Manufacturing Drawings
Proficiency in Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD and SolidWorks.
Strong understanding of CAD standards, engineering drawings, GD&T, tolerance stack-up, and manufacturing documentation.
•Experience with PLM systems such as Enovia, Windchill, Teamcenter, or equivalent.
•Strong understanding of engineering change management, configuration management, and product lifecycle processes.
•Experience working with suppliers/vendors for technical issue resolution and design implementation.
•Proven experience in root cause analysis, failure investigation, corrective actions, and product reliability improvements.
•Experience managing engineering projects and coordinating multiple stakeholders.
Added advantage:
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-Programming/scripting skills (Python preferred) for automation/data integration.
-Exposure to CAD automation tools and methods (iLogic, API development).
Personality Requirements
-Detail-oriented, structured thinker with ability to manage multiple competing priorities independently.
-Strong interpersonal and communication skills; clear, precise technical correspondence in English.
-Positive, proactive approach with demonstrated problem-solving and learning attitude.
-Ability to thrive under deadlines while maintaining high standards of quality.
-Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and result orientation.
-Contributes effectively as a team player in a global, cross-functional environment.
In return, we offer
A work culture known for respectful interaction, ethical behavior, and integrity
Access to Global Job opportunities as a part of Atlas Copco Group
Opportunities to grow and develop
Potential to see your ideas realized and to make an impact
New challenges and new learnings
Job location
This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on-site at Pune.
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