Job Overview
Role: Associate Engineer – Mechanical Design Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India Experience: 0 to 2 Years (Freshers & early-career engineers are eligible) Qualification: B.E / B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent) Key Skills: Mechanical Design, CAD, Creo Parametric, SolidWorks, GD&T
Job Description
Eaton Corporation, a leading multinational power management company, is looking for dynamic and passionate engineering talent for the position of Associate Engineer – Mechanical Design. This role is a prime opportunity for early-career professionals and freshers with 0 to 2 years of experience. Selected engineers will join the Eaton India Innovation Centre (EIIC) in Pune to work on cutting-edge aerospace and commercial technologies, supporting end-to-end product design, digital prototyping, and sustaining engineering.
Roles and Responsibilities
- New Product Development (NPD): Designing, updating, and modeling critical physical mechanical systems and components using Creo/SolidWorks as per Eaton’s design standards.
- Sustaining Engineering: Analyzing, reviewing, and applying necessary changes to existing designs based on client feedback, manufacturing feedback, and operational performance requirements.
- Design for Six Sigma (DFSS): Using quality tools like Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) concepts, DFMEA (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis), Risk Management, and DVPR (Design Verification Plan and Report).
- Prototyping & Testing: Participating in building physical prototypes, coordinating product verification testing, evaluating teardowns, and analyzing components post-test to verify performance limits.
- Manufacturing Integration: Developing an understanding of casting, molding, machining, and sheet-metal fabrication processes to optimize designs for manufacturability (DFM).
- Technical Communication: Preparing comprehensive design documentation, performance reports, tolerance stack-up sheets, and managing engineering change orders (ECO).
Skills and Eligibility Criteria
Educational Background: Regular, full-time B.E / B.Tech degree specializing in Mechanical Engineering.
Experience: 0 to 2 Years (Freshers & early-career engineers are eligible).
Mandatory Technical Skills:
- Clear, conceptual grasp of foundational mechanical engineering principles, mechanics of materials, and machine design concepts
- Hands-on familiarity or training in 2D and 3D computer-aided design (CAD) software
- Proficiency in Creo Parametric and/or SolidWorks is highly preferred
- Basic understanding of GD&T standards, engineering tolerance limits, and mechanical clearances
- Strong capability to read, interpret, and modify complex mechanical fabrication drawings, specifications, and component datasheets
Competencies:
- Strong analytical thinking
- Geometric precision
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English to collaborate with globally distributed multi-disciplinary teams