About the role -

We are converting a 45-tonne capacity Linde reachstacker from diesel to full electric drive. The diesel engine, its torque-converter automatic transmission, and its engine-driven hydraulics are being replaced with a set of purpose-sized electric motors a traction motor, a hydraulic pump motor, and a small auxiliary motor following the same architecture already proven by OEM electric reachstackers in this weight class.

This role owns the mechanical heart of that conversion on the traction side: designing the recent reduction gearbox that replaces the torque converter and multi-speed powershift transmission, coupling it to the traction motor on one side and the machine's existing heavy-duty drive axle on the other, and validating it will deliver the same tractive effort, gradeability and travel speed the diesel machine currently achieves but at higher efficiency and with fewer moving parts. Battery, cell selection and charging infrastructure are handled by a separate work-stream and are not part of this role.

This is a live, active engineering project,



not a finished design waiting to be drafted some of the input data (exact transmission and axle ratios) still needs to be captured from the physical machine. The right candidate will be comfortable making sound engineering decisions with partial information and closing gaps methodically.

Role & responsibilities
- Capture and verify the existing transmission and drive-axle data (gear ratios, SAE housing interface, final-drive ratio) from the physical machine, cross-checked against the OEM catalogue's performance figures.
- Define the reduction gearbox architecture (single- vs. two-speed) and stage layout (helical/planetary as appropriate), sized against the traction motor's torque-speed curve rather than an internal-combustion engine's.
- Design gears, shafts, bearings, splines/couplings and the lubrication system, rating them to recognised gear standards (AGMA 2001 / ISO 6336 / DIN 3990) for both conti

📌 Design Engineer (Pune)
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