New Product Development Manager - Plastic Injection Molding/Hard Water
Location: Mahadevapura, Whitefield, Bangalore
Work Mode: On-site · 5 days
Experience: 8–13 years
Type: Full-time, 9:30 am - 6:30 pm

About the role:
We are looking for an experienced Product Development Manager to lead the end-to-end development of recent consumer water-care products, from concept through mass production. This is a hands-on engineering leadership role suited to someone who has worked deeply with plastic components, metal machined parts, surface finishing processes, and manufacturing automation, and who can translate consumer and market requirements into manufacturable, cost-effective, high-quality products.

Key Responsibilities
1. Product Development & Engineering
Lead new product development (NPD) for filters, faucets, softeners, cartridges, and related plumbing/water-care accessories, from concept, feasibility, and design through prototyping, validation, and production launch.
Own product design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA),



ensuring products can be produced reliably at scale and at target cost.
Work closely with industrial design, R&D;, and quality teams to convert product requirements/PRDs into detailed engineering drawings, BOMs, and process specifications.
Manage the product development lifecycle using structured stage-gate processes, tracking timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
2. Plastic Molds & Injection Molding
Design, develop, and validate plastic components and injection molding tools (single-cavity, multi-cavity, family molds) for housings, cartridges, fittings, and other plastic parts.
Coordinate mold trials, T0/T1/T2 sign-offs, and resolve issues related to shrinkage, warpage, flash, sink marks, and dimensional stability.
Evaluate and select appropriate engineering plastics/polymers (ABS, PP, POM, PC, etc.) based on mechanical, chemical, and food/water-contact-safety requirements.
3. Metal Machined Parts & Fabrication
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