New Product Development Engineer

Watertec India · India

Role purpose: Design polymer bath fittings with the elegance of world-class Italian metal hardware — the aesthetic anchor feeding the NPD team a pipeline of manufacturable, premium concepts.

1. Key Responsibilities

• Study premium Italian/European metal fittings and reinterpret their design cues (proportion, silhouette, finish) in polymer.
• Create concept sketches, CAD models and renders for new fitting ranges, balanced against moulding/tooling constraints.
• Work with NPD, R&D and tooling teams from concept through prototype to production.
• Build and maintain a design language/style guide so the premium range stays visually consistent.
• Build prototypes/mock-ups to validate form and finish, and track global design and finishing trends.

2. Academic Background

• B.Des/M.Des in Product or Industrial Design (NID, IIT-IDC, Srishti, Pearl Academy, MIT-ID or equivalent), or a B.E./B.Tech with a strong design/CAD portfolio.
• CMF (colour, material, finish) coursework and prior exposure to sanitaryware, furniture or consumer-durable design are a plus.
• A strong design portfolio matters more than the specific degree.

3. Experience Required

• 3–8 years designing bath fittings, sanitaryware, consumer durables, furniture or lighting, where finish and premium feel drive the sale.
• Hands-on experience taking a design from concept sketch to tooled, manufactured product .
• Prior exposure to injection-moulded plastics or polymer product design is strongly preferred.
• Experience referencing or benchmarking premium international design and adapting it for Indian manufacturing and price points.
• Exceptional portfolios with 1–3 years' experience may be considered for a junior/associate designer level.

4. Skills & Technical Expertise

• CAD (SolidWorks, Rhino, Fusion 360 or Creo) and rendering (Key Shot/Blender/V-Ray); sketching and Adobe Creative Suite for presentation.
• Strong CMF sense and grasp of injection-moulding constraints and finishing techniques (chrome-effect plating, soft-touch coatings) that make polymer feel like metal.
• Understanding of bath-fitting ergonomics (grip, flow, durability, IP ratings) and ability to build quick physical mock-ups.
• Confident presenting and defending design choices to cross-functional teams.

5. Desired Attributes

• A genuine eye for elegance — can explain why a fitting feels premium, not just imitate it.
• Balances creative ambition with manufacturing/cost reality; a builder who prototypes rather than just talks.
• Self-driven, comfortable being the lead design voice in a manufacturing-first organisation building this capability.