Job Title

Design & Development Engineer (Production Support)

Job Code

Department/ BU

Research and Development

Location

Chakan

Reporting To

Lead – Design & Development

Organizational Description

Bajaj Electricals Limited (BEL), a globally renowned and trusted company, with a turnover of ₹6679 crores (FY 18-19), is a part of "Bajaj Group". Bajaj Electricals’ business includes Consumer Products (Appliances, Fans, Lighting), Exports, Illumination and Transmission & Distribution (Transmission Line and Power Distribution). We also have a strong presence in premium range of home appliances and cookware with brands like Morphy Richards and Nirlep.

We have 18 branch offices across different parts of the country besides being supported by a chain of distributors, authorized dealers, retail outlets and approximately 480 customer care centers. To increase our global footprint, Bajaj Electricals has also set up offices in Africa, Middle East and China.

Bajaj Electricals is driven by Gandhian set of values advocated by our founding father, Shri Jamnalal Bajaj. Our current leaders carry forward this legacy while evolving for the future. “Inspiring Trust”, our tagline, is something that we associate with and try to fulfil in our everyday endeavors. Apart from work, we also believe in bringing about change in our society through our philanthropic work. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives rest on sustainability, gender diversity and employee volunteering and community outreach programs.

Major Areas of Responsibilities

1. Engineering Design :-

• Connect with ABSQR Team for any new product or part development and validation.
• Single Point of Contact for Chakan manufacturing for any technical query.
• Trouble shooting of any design related issue during manufacturing in coordination with product owners at ABSQR.
• Connect and resolve with Chakan quality for testing and validation related queries. 
• Initiate and communicate to Product Owners for value engineering for Chakan make products and apply the Implementation. 
• Recommend products modifications or improvements for each category based on findings on product benchmarking/ manufacturing requirement.
• Review vendor performance w.r.t. product quality & processes and guide QA for improvements.
• Research, develop & implement a best processes for new product development and carry out modifications / upgrade the existing products as per the feedback.
• Evaluate and recommend to adopt technology, equipment, systems, or other assets that will improve the quality of the organization’s products and services

2. Operations Management :-

• Having excellent understanding on complete LED outdoor product portfolio.
• Excellent understanding on LED Luminaire manufacturing and latest trends.
• Excellent capability to understand Luminaire part requirements and convert it into best optimized solution.
• Good knowledge on photometric requirement for street and area lighting applications.
• Good knowledge on optics/ lens and its assembly guidelines.
• Expert in First article inspection based on Design input, assembly and test validation
• Monitor the status of development projects on periodic basis and keep Manufacturing in loop.
• Assists manufacturing during new product launch, training programmers and workshops for new comers.
• Development and validation of packaging for new product.
• Experience of Pilot batch production and coordination for Quality, SCM and Design team.

3. Team Management :-

• Provide guidance and direction to product designers on developing new products and managing the lifecycle of existing products
• Train and identify the people who can add value to the team in terms of new concepts. Process, Training Modules, Documentation, Testing etc.

Requirement

To drive new product manufacturing management for Illumination. Develop product or solutions that meet customer’s needs based on the feedback received from the Marketing / sales teams and aligning the development program in line with the business strategy.

Essential Qualification: B.E / B.TECH/Masters in Mechanical/ Electrical/ Electronics.

Desired Qualification:  

Experience: Around 3-8 yrs of experience in LED outdoor product manufacturing.

Industry Preference:  LED Lighting