Senior Mechanical Design Engineer-Automation Equipment

At TEAL, a Tata enterprise, we engineer the automation and physical-AI systems that power high-precision manufacturing across the electronics, semiconductor, and battery industries. We are looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join our Design / R&D team in Hosur — owning the mechanical design of special-purpose assembly automation and testing systems, from conceptual sketches and customer specifications through 3D models, manufacturing drawings, and machine acceptance.

This is a builder's role with product ownership at its heart. You will work concurrently with controls, software, and vision teams to deliver tightly integrated machines for customers who demand precision, repeatability, and uptime.

•    Design: End-to-end mechanical design of special-purpose assembly automation and test systems — from concept and feasibility through 3D CAD, manufacturing drawings, BOM, and machine acceptance

•    Translate: Translation of customer RFQs and specifications into machine layouts, design concepts, and engineering calculations (strength of materials, speed, pressure, force, power, thermal, load)

•    Select: Selection of standard elements (pneumatics, hydraulics, drives, bearings, actuators) and material / manufacturing-process / heat-treatment decisions for custom components

•    Detail: 3D CAD modelling, conversion to 2D manufacturing drawings with GD&T, and release for production

•    Document: Design documentation — BOMs, test charts, machine manuals, supplier quotation packs

•    Integrate: Concurrent engineering with controls, software, and vision teams so mechanical, electrical, and software design converge cleanly

•    Liaise: Vendor and purchase-team liaison through manufacturing and procurement; execution-team liaison through assembly, testing, and machine qualification

•    Close out: Design updates and improvements through to final machine acceptance, in compliance with global best practices

•    On-time, on-quality, on-cost mechanical design for customer programs

•    Designs that meet all functional, accuracy, and safety requirements first time

•    Value engineering- met targeted costs for BOM as per program budgets.

•    Continuous design improvements that compound into future programs

•    Strong support to the assembly and on site teams through machine acceptance, we want you to see your designs to their logical end.

•    B.E. or M.E. in Mechanical Engineering or similar quailfications.

•    2–4 years of experience in mechanical design for automation, special-purpose machines, or capital equipment or construction machinery or electromechanical systems in Automotive, semiconductors, battery systems or med tech.

•    Strong engineering-calculation ability across strength of materials, pressure, speeds, power, temperature, force, and load — as applied to machine and tool design

•    Solid command of engineering drawing standards and GD&T

•    Working knowledge of materials, manufacturing processes, heat treatment, and machine-shop techniques

•    Hands-on proficiency in a 3D CAD package (SolidWorks / Creo / NX / Inventor)

•    Good working knowledge of pneumatics and hydraulics

•    Demonstrated ability to conceptualize and create solutions for complex design problems — from concept sketches and customer discussions through to a manufacturable design

•    Logical thinker and analyst; clear communicator who collaborates well with cross-functional teams

•    A genuine learning attitude and willingness to put in the hours when a program demands it

•    Product ownership — a track record of taking a machine or sub-system end-to-end, from concept through manufacturing, integration, and on-site acceptance. You measure yourself on the machine working in the customer's plant, not on drawings released.

•    Readiness for future-tech development — curiosity and capability around emerging directions in physical AI and advanced manufacturing: machine vision and vision-AI integration, robotics and cobots, digital twins and simulation-driven design, additive manufacturing for tooling, IIoT-instrumented machines, predictive maintenance — and the judgment to evaluate where they actually fit on the plant floor.

•    Domain exposure — prior experience designing equipment for electronics, semiconductor, or battery manufacturing is a strong plus (e.g. SMT/PCBA, pick-and-place, laser marking, cell assembly, wafer handling, clean-room-grade systems). You will understand the precision, cleanliness, and throughput context our customers operate in.

•    Familiarity with FEA / CFD tools for design validation

•    Exposure to motion-system sizing (servo / stepper, linear stages) and machine-safety standards

•    Cost-engineering instincts — designing for manufacturability, assembly, and serviceability

You will design real machines for marquee customers in electronics, semiconductor, and battery manufacturing — with the freedom to make design calls, the rigor of a Tata enterprise, and a roadmap that is deliberately leaning into physical AI. The work compounds: every program raises the bar for the next.

Apply directly via this posting. Do not apply if you don't have relevant qualifications or skills.