Associate Engineer

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
In-Office
Senior level
Logistics • Transportation • Design • Automation • Manufacturing
The Role
Design and specify elevator system solutions, develop and validate Bills of Materials (BOMs), select and engineer components, ensure compliance with contracts and SLAs, drive standardization, cost and sustainability optimizations, and communicate progress to stakeholders.
Summary Generated by Built In

Team à Europe Listing team

Education with Specializationà B.E / B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering

Experienceà5 to 8 Years experience

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Analyze technical specifications and customer requirements to define optimal elevator system solutions and select appropriate equipment and components.
  • Lead the development, validation, and optimization of comprehensive Bills of Materials (BOM), ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with contractual and technical requirements.
  • Design detailed material lists and engineering solutions with strong consideration for safety, reliability, manufacturability, maintenance, and lifecycle performance.
  • Apply advanced BOM knowledge to support standardization, modularization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Incorporate environmentally sustainable design principles and materials whenever feasible, aligning with corporate and regulatory sustainability goals.
  • Demonstrate strong cost awareness by evaluating component and solution costs, identifying optimization opportunities without compromising quality or safety.
  • Perform independent engineering activities, including design adaptations and light modifications, in accordance with agreed contracts and specifications established by the Front Line (FL).
  • Identify, select, and engineer components to meet customer-specific requirements while ensuring system compatibility and performance.
  • Ensure full compliance with Service Level Agreements (SLA) between Service Line (SL) and Front Line (FL).
  • Proactively update order status, engineering progress, and risks to relevant stakeholders in a timely and transparent manner.
  • Clarifies with relevant stakeholders incase of unclear requirements during BOM creation
  • Act as a technical reference within the engineering team, sharing expertise, best practices, and lessons learned.
  • Participate actively in cross-functional meetings, workshops, and design reviews, contributing to technical decision-making and problem resolution.
  • Work independently with a high level of ownership, delivering assigned engineering tasks on time and to required quality standards.
  • Apply a strong customer-service mindset, ensuring solutions meet or exceed customer expectations while adhering to contractual commitments.

Required  Technical, Tools / Software Knowledge:

  • Knowledge in AUTOCAD
  • Knowledge in Microsoft Office tools

Soft Skill

  • Good Verbal & Email communication in English

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

Read more on https://careers.kone.com/en/

Skills Required

  • B.E / B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering
  • 5 to 8 years experience
  • Knowledge in AutoCAD
  • Knowledge in Microsoft Office tools
  • Good verbal and email communication in English

Kone Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Kone and has not been reviewed or approved by Kone.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is considered competitive across many roles and markets, with field positions sometimes benefiting from overtime and strong union scales. Feedback suggests base compensation is often a relative positive even when other factors vary.
  • Retirement Support Retirement programs, including 401(k) and in some regions pension or annuity structures, are consistently highlighted as strong. Feedback suggests these elements meaningfully enhance the overall package.
  • Healthcare Strength Core health coverage is viewed as comprehensive, commonly including medical, dental, and vision options. Feedback suggests a global well‑being framework and EAP resources further reinforce health-related support.

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The Company
HQ: Espoo
31,273 Employees
Year Founded: 1910

What We Do

At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. This means understanding urbanization and, together with our partners and customers, helping cities to become better and more sustainable places to live. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, we operate in more than 60 countries around the world, employ over 60,000 people and serve 550,000 customers. In 2022, KONE had annual sales of EUR 10.9 billion. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.

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