Havells Centre for Research & Innovation is seeking an experienced and visionary Head – Digital Engineering & Virtual Validation to lead the development of world-class Digital Engineering and CAE capabilities across our product portfolio. This strategic leadership role will drive simulation-led product development, virtual validation, engineering methods, and digital innovation to enable faster, smarter, and right-first-time product decisions.
The role will be instrumental in establishing Digital Engineering as a core pillar of Havells' product development ecosystem, reducing development cycles, enhancing product quality, minimizing engineering risks, and enabling virtual sign-off before tooling release.

Key Responsibilities
Digital Engineering & Capability Building
Define and execute the Digital Engineering and Virtual Validation roadmap for Havells.
Build and lead a high-performing multi-disciplinary CAE team.
Develop engineering methods, simulation governance frameworks, and reusable best practices.
Drive organizational CAE maturity and institutionalize simulation-led design processes.




Simulation & Virtual Validation
Lead capabilities across: CFD & Thermal Simulation
Structural & Durability Analysis
Impact & Drop Simulation
Electromagnetics & Motor Simulation
Multi-Physics & System-Level Simulation
Virtual Validation Frameworks
Enable predictive engineering and right-first-time product development.
Reduce physical prototyping and late-stage design iterations through simulation-led decisions.
Moldflow & Manufacturability Engineering
Establish Moldflow as a strategic enterprise capability.
Integrate manufacturability simulations into tooling-readiness reviews.
Improve tooling quality and reduce manufacturing risks before SOP.
NPD Integration & Engineering Excellence
Embed CAE and virtual validation into Recent Product Development (NPD) stage-gate processes.
Influence product architecture and critical engineering decisions early in the development cycle.
Drive adoptio

📌 Head- Digital Engineering- Havells CRI (Noida)
🏢 Havells India
📍 Noida