Job Title: Senior Design Manager — Sheet Metal (SolidWorks)

Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Experience: Minimum 15 years overall; 7+ years in leadership

Working Days- Monday-Saturday

Employment Type: Full-time

Role summary

Lead the mechanical design organization focused on sheet‑metal products, driving concept-to-production delivery using SolidWorks. Own technical quality, team capability, process maturity (CAD/PDM/PLM), and cross-functional alignment to meet schedule, cost, and reliability targets. Balance hands-on design involvement with strategic leadership to scale product portfolios and manufacturing readiness.

Key accountabilities-
- Team leadership and people management
- Recruit, develop, retain, and scale a high-performing design team (mechanical engineers, CAD leads, drafters).
- Establish transparent role descriptions, career ladders, KPIs, and individual development plans.
- Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, succession planning, and calibration with HR and senior leadership.
- Promote a culture of ownership, continuous learning, safety,



and cross-functional collaboration.
- Technical ownership and hands-on design
- Provide hands-on SolidWorks leadership for complex sheet‑metal parts and assemblies; create and review 3D models, flat patterns, BOMs, and manufacturing drawings.
- Set and enforce CAD modeling standards, naming conventions, feature suppression strategies, and template libraries.
- Approve final CAD deliverables for prototype release and production release; maintain as‑built documentation.

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Product development lifecycle & project leadership
- Drive design phases: conceptualization, feasibility, prototyping, verification, pilot production, and full-scale production.
- Define design milestones, gate criteria, quality checkpoints, and deliverables (DFMEA, test plans, validation matrices).
- Lead cross-functional Design Reviews (DRs) and Gate Reviews; present technical trade-offs and risk mitigation plans to stakeholders.
- Manufactu

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