Hydraulics Component Design Engineer

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Role Summary

Demonstrates Technical Excellence and Results Orientation by designing validating and supporting hydraulic valves and cylinders for earthmoving mining and construction equipment. The role applies strong analytical capability handson design expertise and disciplined execution while collaborating effectively with global and crossfunctional teams to deliver solutions that meet performance quality reliability and cost objectives across the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities (Mapped to Competencies)

Technical Excellence

• Apply deep engineering knowledge to design and develop hydraulic valves and cylinders that meets machinelevel functional durability and reliability requirements.
• Performs component sizing selection and analytical calculations to ensure designs meet system and machine performance targets.
• Leads and participates in concept and detailed design reviews applying sound engineering judgment and standards.
• Conducts virtual and physical validation using DFMEA and DVP&R methodologies to ensure robust productionready designs.

Results Orientation

• Owns component deliverables from concept through production release ensuring commitments are met on time and with quality.
• Releases and maintains component drawings and Bills of Material (BOM) in accordance with engineering and configuration management processes.
• Drives costreduction and valueimprovement initiatives through design optimization and component redesign.
• Supports resolution of field warranty and factory issues through structured rootcause analysis and corrective actions.

Customer & Product Focus

• Designs components with a strong understanding of machine application duty cycle and customer usage.
• Performs competitive benchmarking to identify opportunities to improve performance durability cost and manufacturability.
• Ensures design decisions balance customer value reliability and total cost of ownership.

Collaboration & Influence

• Works effectively with global engineering teams manufacturing purchasing suppliers and quality to deliver integrated solutions.
• Partners with suppliers on quality planning PPAP and APQP activities to ensure robust launches and sustained performance.
• Communicates technical information clearly and effectively across disciplines and regions.

Continuous Improvement & Learning

• Applies lessons learned from validation field feedback and benchmarking to continuously improve designs and processes.
• Strengthens engineering capability by adopting improved analysis methods tools and best practices.
• Demonstrates learning agility by expanding technical breadth across valves cylinders systems and manufacturing processes.

Technical Expertise

• Design hydraulic components to meet requirements system performance and cost targets.
• Material selection for valve body Stem Cartridge end covers Conduct cross function meeting with manufacturing and assembly team
• Bolt and seal selection
• Virtual validation using simulation tools like MATLAB CFD Creo Simulate
• Define and execute the Virtual On machine validation plan through DFMEA DFMA and DVP&R
• Analyse valve component performance data against virtual validation
• Conduct Concept and Detailed Design Reviews with the Engineering teams for NPI NTI programs. Resolve field warranty related issues
• Conduct competitive assessments at Component level & System level
• Collaborate with the Global/Regional purchasing and manufacturing facility teams to support the product quality & cost targets supplier process audit sourcing PPAP/APQP process validation
• Troubleshoot field failures Warranty claims factory issues Cost reduction project requires component evaluation / redesign
• Reliability & Warranty analysis
• Project management
• Release and maintain component Bill of material
• Collaborating with all functional areas (marketing purchasing manufacturing) to provide a design solution that meets the requirements of the customer and dealer network
• Design experience with mobile hydraulic cylinders including singleacting doubleacting telescopic tierod trunnionmounted bolted threaded positionsensing and strut suspension cylinders.
• Expertise in seals (static and reciprocating) bearings manufacturing processes and structural validation.
• Valves Design ( Details) /Valve Spool Design Manifold Design Valve body Cartridge valve sizing
• CFD Analysis Structural FEA 1D & 3D Stack-up Analysis
• Bolted Joint Analysis Failure analysis tools and technique
• Hydraulic systems Design / Circuit reading
• Data analysis / Life predictions

Analysis & Validation (Results Orientation)

• Experience with virtual validation tools such as Creo Simulate CFD and MATLAB (preferred).
• Knowledge of GD&T tolerance stackup analysis and reliability and warranty assessment.

Tools & Professional Skills

• Handson experience with Creo for component design and drawing release.
• Strong problemsolving skills with a structured datadriven approach.
• Effective project execution and crossfunctional collaboration in a global environment.
• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes and supplier quality systems.

Experience:

7 years of Experience in Design & Development of the Hydraulic components for the Earth moving Mining and Construction machineries & equipments.

Degree Requirement:

B.E. / ME / (Mechanical /Mechatronics/ Automobile / Production)

Soft Skill:

• Effective communication
• Fluent in English
• Good presentation

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