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Design Engineer, Electrical

Columbus McKinnon

Tamil Nadu, IN · Posted November 2, 2026

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About the job

Job Summary/Overview

Position: Electrical Design Engineer (Order Engineer)

Location: Chennai, India

Position Summary: The Electrical Design Engineer (Order Engineer) plays a key role supporting the order engineering team in Germany. The main task is to read the customer's order confirmation and to understand its contents and convert them into electrical circuit diagrams. Special tasks are also possible. The Electrical Design Engineer has close collaboration with a dedicated technical engineer. The main goal is to meet the design deadlines while maintaining a high quality of work.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Independent recognition of priorities and corresponding processing of customers order confirmations.

Design of wiring diagrams, device lists in Electrical CAD (Aucotec Engineering Base), that are aligned to the internal specifications, performance requirements and safety standards.

Ensuring needs-based communication in unclear situations

Report spent hours in SAP and Jira ticket system to ensure data quality

Create bills of material for products and enters product data into the manufacturing systems.

Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Abilities

Experience with E-CAD Software (Aucotec Engineering Base) and Siemens Teamcenter PLM (Product Lifecycle Management).

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where creativity, cooperation, and communication are key.

Ability to keep track and organize work from multiple jobs at once, keeping deadlines.

Ability to learn and adapt quickly to changing situations.

Able to work within a global team in a remote working environment.

Continuous improvement mindset. Result-driven. Quality-driven.

Proven successful work in a multicultural environment.

Maintains a collaborative attitude with peers and colleagues to effectively contribute to the group’s achievement of goals and to help foster a positive work environment.

Strong interpersonal and communication skill in English (Advanced)

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering

Experience in a similar role are welcome

Bilingual – English

Knowledge in E-CAD Aucotec Engineering Base

Knowledge in Teamcenter from Siemens

Knowledge in SAP