Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Hyderabad,
TS,
India
About Sickle Innovations
Sickle Innovations develops affordable mechanization solutions for farmers. We design, prototype, manufacture, and deploy agricultural equipment that solves real-world problems in the field. Our work involves continuous interaction with farmers, rapid product development, testing, and iteration.
If you enjoy working on real engineering challenges rather than only sitting behind a desk, this role is for you.
Role Overview
We're looking for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer who can take complete ownership of product development—from Concept to field deployment—and lead a small engineering team to build robust, Production-ready machines.
The ideal candidate should be comfortable spending significant time on farms, understanding user problems, and converting field observations into engineering improvements.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- 5–8 years of experience in mechanical design and product development.
- Experience leading and mentoring a 2–3 member engineering/design team.
- Proven experience in developing physical products—not just CAD modeling.
- Strong fundamentals in:Mechanical Design,Power Transmission Systems,Fabrication & Manufacturing,Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
- Ability to make sound engineering decisions with limited information and execute quickly.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, hands-on, resource-constrained environment
- Good mechanical aptitude and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and documentation skills.
- Willingness to travel extensively to farms for field testing and customer interactions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Preferred experience in Automation Equipment and Material Handling System.
- Exposure to machine development, transmission drive systems, sheet metal, plastics, and fabricated structures.
- Good understanding of manufacturing processes, vendor development, and supplier coordination.
- Experience with product validation, testing, and continuous design improvement.
- Ability to work independently with a strong sense of ownership.
What We're Looking For
- Experience in Agricultural Machinery or Food Processing Equipment.
- Exposure to machine development, transmission drive systems, sheet metal, plastics, and fabricated structures.
- Self-driven and willing to take ownership.
- Good understanding of manufacturing processes, vendor development, and supplier coordination.
- Experience with product validation, testing, and continuous design improvement.
Why This Role
- Own and build machines that directly impact farmers across India.
- Lead end-to-end product development with significant decision-making responsibility.
- Work on high-impact engineering challenges in a rapidly growing Agri-Tech company.
- Opportunity to build scalable products from the ground up.
Why Join Sickle Innovations?
- Opportunity to work on innovative agricultural machinery from concept to production.
- Exposure to product design, prototyping, manufacturing, and field deployment.
- Direct interaction with farmers and real-world engineering challenges.
- Fast learning environment with significant responsibility and ownership.
- Opportunity to contribute to technologies that improve farm productivity and livelihoods.
What We Offer
Each employee has a chance to see the impact of his work.
You can make a real contribution to the success of the company.
Several activities are often organized all over the year, such as weekly
sports sessions, team building events, monthly drink, and much more
Perks
A full-time position
Attractive salary package.
Work Schedule
6 days a week
Plot no 16, TSIIC Food Park, Banda Thimmapur, Medchal Hyderabad 502336