Senior Engineer- Mechanical VAVE

What you'll do:

The position primarily focuses on driving Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) initiatives across various product lines within the PDCA division of ES-Americas. The candidate should possess strong expertise in VAVE methodologies, cost reduction, and cost avoidance through New Product Introductions (NPI). Must demonstrate excellent decision-making, effective communication and collaboration skills to engage global stakeholders across PDCA product lines. The role involves leading cost reduction projects using Design to Value methodology, setting benchmarks for cost optimization processes. A solid technical understanding of electrical products, especially in the Low Voltage (LV) and Medium Voltage (MV) segments, is essential. Additionally, the candidate should be adept at capturing internal customer requirements, managing projects efficiently, and delivering results in a fast-paced environment.

"-BE/Btech/ME/Mtech Mechanical engineering with 7 to 10 years experience in Electromechanical Product design and identifying the Costout opportunties within it
-Should have lead and worked on the costout projects for LV, MV Electrical prioducts viz. Contactor, Switch Disconnector, Electrical fuses, Circuit Breakers, Panel boards, Relay products
-Expertise in Product Teardown analysis, Design Benchmarking, Competitive Benchmarking, Function analysis and lead the technical evaluations with experts to make decisions
-Extensive experience working for product design, multiple material selections, understanding of the design of copper and Aluminium busbars
-Should have experience in BOM costing, spend analysis and able to do the costing at the components level
-Should have knowledge on the global design standards like IEC,UL,CSA, NEMA or any other compliance standard.
-Modify existing products to support customer, manufacturing, applicable regulatory and industry standard, and market requirement.
-Experience in PLM system is required to get drawings and cost data ( Enovia / SAP preferred) and analyse them to generate cost effective ideas
-Should have a strong relationship building capabilities within and outside the team, and collaborate to achieve better outcomes for Cost savings opportunities"

Qualifications:

BE/Btech/ME/Mtech in Mechanical
7 to 10 years experience in industry. Various electrical products Circuit breaker, Fuses, Panel boards, LV/MV switchgear

Skills:

Product design, VAVE expertise, Electromechanical products Costout & cost avoidance, Teardown & benchmarking, BOM costing
Working in global business environment, Decision making, Collaboration & communication, result oriented, Strategic planning, good presentation skills