PDR Manager

Position Details:

 

 

Function

 

Designation

Position Type

(Full-Time Employment / Part Time / Internship / Consultant)

 

Products & Research

Manager – Products & Research

 

Full Time

 

Job Description:

 

 

 

 

 

Sr.

No.

 

 

 

 

 

Role & Responsibilities

 

 

 

 

Skill Required (Functional / Soft Skill)

Skill Level Required

 

4 - Coach Level (Can Train Others)

3 - Expert Level (Can Handle Independently)

2 - Advanced level (Needs Minimal Supervision)

1 - Beginner Level (Needs Continuous Supervision)

1

Research and development:

●      Fundamentals of mathematics,

Expert

 

 

●      proof of concept

●      scale up to commercial deployment

includes literature/ patent reviews, product survey and interaction between internal departments

physics, and programming

●      Numerical, analytical, and experimental studies

●      Documentation and report preparation – Use of Microsoft Office tools including bibliography, cross-referencing, review-mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Field-related product and subsystems:

●      Literature, product, and payload survey

●      Preparation for training material, standard operation, and safety manuals

●      Interaction with OEMs and inspection service providers

 

 

●      Communication and articulation,

●      Documentation and report preparation – Use of Microsoft Office tools including bibliography, cross-referencing, review-mode

●      Version control of documentation

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Project management:

●      Oversee all the technical aspects of the project

●      Maintain technical alignment with key stakeholders

●      Management of timeline, budget, quality control, documentation

●      Interface with other departments

●      Technical support after product delivery and handover

●      Preparation of periodic development and testing reports

 

 

 

 

 

●      Project management tools

●      Self and resource management

●      Documentation and report preparation – Use of Microsoft Office tools including bibliography, cross-referencing, review-mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced

 

 

 

4

Implementation, active participation, and leading projects in the field:

●      Project planning – technical and logistics

●      Mobilization and

 

 

 

●      Scheduling & resource and operations management

 

 

 

Advanced

 

 

demobilization planning

●      Training material, standard operation, and safety procedures

●      Data acquisition planning

●      Results and report generation

●      Data logging, back-up creations, and redundancy planning

●      May involve travel both in India and overseas

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Implement control algorithms (PID/LQR/MPC as applicable) and integrate with vehicle dynamics • Implement signal-processing pipelines (filtering, detection, feature extraction) for sensors • Tune controllers using logs/sim results and document tuning methodology

 

 

Controls + signal processing implementation , Solid math (linear algebra, kinematics/frames) , Data analysis and tuning workflow

 

 

 

Advanced level

 

 

 

 

 

6

Research, feasibility assessment, and state-of-the-art (SoA) studies for adapting emerging NDT techniques (ultrasonics, electromagnetics, acoustics), survey modalities (bathymetry, sub-bottom profiling, imaging sonar, scour estimation), and vision-based systems (laser, photogrammetry, LiDAR) to robotic platforms

 

 

 

Research & analysis, domain knowledge in NDT and survey systems, critical thinking, technical writing

 

 

 

 

Advanced level

 

 

 

7

Project delivery management, continuous improvement of existing products and services (reliability, maintainability, lifecycle), corrective action implementation, IP generation (papers, patents), and contribution to standards and processes

 

 

Project management, continuous improvement, root-cause analysis, scientific publishing, IP management

 

 

 

Expert level

 

Qualification / Certification Required:

 

Legal Qualification / Certification Required

Preferred Qualification, Specialization.