Background Praan (Praan, Inc.) is an impact focused deep-tech startup democratizing clean air using breakthrough filterless technology. The company is backed by top tier VCs and CXOs globally and currently operates between the United States and India. Our team puts extreme attention to detail and loves building technology that's aspirational.

Praan's team and culture is positioned to empower people to solve large global problems at an accelerated pace. Why Everyone worries about the dooms-day in climate change which is expected to occur in the 2050s. However, there's one doom's day which is the reality for millions of people around the world today.

Air pollution takes more than 7 Million lives globally every single year. Over 5% of premature children death occur due to air pollution in developing countries. Everyone has relied on governments or experts to solve the problem, but most solutions up until today have either been too expensive or too ineffective.

Praan is an attempt at making the future cleaner, healthier, and safer for the generations to come.

Work on all current product introduction and production ramp-up.

Partner with management and manufacturing teams to ensure timely ordering, receipt, assembly, and dispatch of products

Partner with multi-national vendors on component pricing, procurement, hedging - across metal parts, electronics, supplementary parts, as well as processes.

Partner with Praan logistics partners to ensure timely delivery of parts

Conduct relevant CAD and DFMEA reviews for internal designs before they are sent out to vendors

Collaborate with all teams to develop prototype, failure analysis,



and improvements.

Identify, validate, and develop new supplier partners and enable the transfer of knowledge.

Work with thin metal parts across different processing techniques

Upgrade and industrialize smaller fabricators to meet Praan’s standards

Optimize manufacturing cost and time where relevant

Develop and implement methodologies and plans to ensure the use of sustainable materials and processes in the product manufacturing.

Enforce high quality and tolerance standards for each part designed, fabricated, and assembled

Track and report carbon emissions for all products being manufactured Skill Requirements 3+ years of work experience in Manufacturing Processes and Production

BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering or related Engineering

Expertise in CAD, Conversion of 3D Models into fabrication ready drawings

Working in NPI and troubleshooting is preferred

Good understanding of engineering development process

Outstanding verbal and written communication skills

Extremely familiar with electronics,sheet metals, fabrication markets and locations

Past work experience in Automotive/Defence/Process Engineering fields

Exceptional communication skills Good to Have Past experience working in a deep-tech hardware startups

Past experience working in the core R&D; and manufacturing teams

Passionate about working with new techniques, materials, chemicals to build cutting-edge technologies Praan is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, caste, gender, disability or any other criteria. We just care about working with great human beings!

📌 Supply Chain and Manufacturing Engineer (Mumbai)
🏢 Praan
📍 Mumbai