Hiring: NPD & Design Lead — Oil Seals
- Automotive Aftermarket / OEM Sealing
- 10–15 years (hands-on design)
- Strong experience in design from scratch or deep modifications
- Exposure to automotive aftermarket or OEM sealing products
- Proficiency in NX / CATIA / AutoCAD
- Comfortable working with tool rooms and compounders
Silver Muller Seals LLP (60+ years, 20,000+ SKUs) is strengthening its core design leadership.
We are looking for a design-first NPD lead who can own oil seal & gasket design end-to-end and convert drawings into secure, repeatable production.
⚠️ This is not a coordination, QA, or operations role. This role is for engineers who design, decide, and sign off.
Key Responsibilities
- Oil seal design from concept → drawing release
- Lip geometry, interference,
spring load (oil seals)
- Oil Seal thickness, compression & bead logic
- Material selection: NBR, FKM, ACM, EPDM, HNBR, Etc
- Reverse-engineering OEM samples into production-ready designs
- Tooling interface: parting lines, shrinkage, critical lip-area finishes
- Root cause analysis for leakage, seepage, wear & compression set
Why This Role
- Real technical authority, not paperwork
- Direct impact on how seals are designed and released
- Plant-based, execution-driven environment
- Clear growth path to Manager of Design
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*Apply only if you have deep, hands-on oil seal or gasket design experience.*