Full-Time

Lead Aero Design Engineer

Updated on 9/10/2026

Quest Global

Quest Global

10,001+ employees

Engineering services, digital transformation, asset management

No salary listed

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

In Person

Bachelor's

Category
Aerospace Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Welding
Metallurgy
Microsoft Office
Word/Pages/Docs
Data Analysis
SolidWorks
FEM/FEA
Excel/Numbers/Sheets

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Requirements
  • Familiarity with the assembly and functions of complete gas turbine engines and individual subsystems.
  • Experience with regulatory compliance for aviation safety and certification standards.
  • Experience developing and validating three-dimensional computer-aided design models, two-dimensional engineering drawings, and design documentation.
  • Experience with analysis and simulation, including thermal analysis, structural analysis, and finite element analysis.
  • Understanding of drawings, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, finite element analysis, mission profiles, and low-cycle and high-cycle fatigue-life calculation methods.
  • Experience understanding, evaluating, and validating CFR requirements.
  • Experience with change-in-design document creation, evaluation, and approval.
  • Basic awareness of metallurgical composition of raw materials and associated manufacturing processes.
  • Ability to analyze engineering-drawing specification variations affecting part fit, form, and function, including tolerance stack-up, stress, metallurgical, nondestructive testing, and heat-transfer analyses.
  • Understanding of aero-engine components, specifically low-pressure turbine and high-pressure compressor module components.
  • Ability to understand and interpret part and manufacturing drawings and bills of materials.
  • Ability to understand and apply geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
  • Understanding of high-end manufacturing equipment and processes, including casting, metal cutting, turning, coating, milling, electrical discharge machining, welding, sheet-metal and composite forming and joining, and metal-tube bending.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • Experience with computer-aided design tools, including UG NX and SolidWorks.
  • At least 8 years of hands-on experience with design fundamentals, design assessment, and manufacturing engineering.
  • Exposure to quality management systems.
Responsibilities
  • Conceptualize, design, and develop gas-turbine-engine components from fit, form, and assembly perspectives.
  • Collaborate with production teams to ensure components are producible and support design for manufacturing and assembly.
  • Lead team efforts to complete design tollgate reviews, including CDR, PDR, DDR, and CTH reviews.
  • Participate in engine testing, data analysis, and troubleshooting to validate performance as part of testing and validation.
  • Collaborate with stress and thermal analysis, manufacturing engineering, material science, and systems engineering teams to assess design feasibility, durability, process compatibility, material selection, repair feasibility, and industrialization.
  • Identify customer pain points and convert them into offload opportunities.
  • Drive design-to-cost initiatives by analyzing component- and system-level cost structures for economic viability.
  • Guide design reviews and technical decision-making.
  • Mentor junior engineers and support design excellence and continuous learning.
  • Prepare and deliver technical presentations to internal and external stakeholders, including leadership teams.
  • Ensure documentation and compliance with engineering policies, export-control requirements, and intellectual-property standards.
  • Promote communication and knowledge-sharing across teams to support continuous improvement.
  • Understand and respect intellectual-property rights and patents covering components, features, production processes, and geographic domains.
Desired Qualifications
  • Working experience with original equipment manufacturers of aero-engine components.

QuEST Global provides engineering and lifecycle services for aerospace, automotive, energy, healthcare, and transportation, focusing on digital transformation and asset management. It helps clients design, develop, and maintain products and systems using edge computing, cloud, AI/ML, and industrial IoT, typically through long-term partnerships and project-based work. It differentiates itself with a global delivery model and broad industry reach, plus a stated commitment to sustained partnerships and workplace culture. Its goal is to improve operational efficiency and drive business growth by transforming engineering processes and assets with data-driven digital tools.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$581M

Headquarters

Greenville, South Carolina

Founded

1997

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What believers are saying

  • February 2026 Hillhouse minority investment validates Quest Global's $4.5 billion valuation.
  • August 2026 Babcock awarded Quest Global a five-year engineering framework, extending predictable revenue.
  • April 2026 BITSILICA acquisition and January 2026 Bergman hire deepen semiconductor growth momentum.

What critics are saying

  • May 2026 Quest Software sued Quest Global in California over trademark infringement.
  • Quest Global keeps buying capability; BITSILICA integration failure would stall the 2026 semiconductor strategy.
  • Services revenue remains customer-dependent; Babcock or bp delay decisions, crushing utilization in 2026.

What makes Quest Global unique

  • Quest Global bundles engineering, validation, and lifecycle services across aerospace, energy, and semiconductors.
  • June 2026 Neprion packages AI wearables validation into a single-partner launch-readiness offering.
  • October 2025 Babcock expansion shows Quest Global wins multi-year, high-trust critical-infrastructure work.

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Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Wellness Program

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401(k) Retirement Plan

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PR Newswire
Jun 15th, 2026
Quest Global launches Neprion to accelerate AI smart wearables in $50.9B AR/VR market

Quest Global has launched Neprion, a framework-led engineering service offering designed to accelerate product validation and launch readiness for AI-enabled smart wearables, including AR smart glasses. The service helps OEMs, retailers and fashion brands ensure reliability, interoperability and safety compliance. The platform addresses growing complexity in the AI, AR and XR wearables ecosystem by providing structured validation across hardware, embedded software, connectivity and AI-enabled experiences. With the global AR and VR market projected to generate $50.9 billion in revenues in 2026, Neprion is already supporting customers across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Quest Global, an independent engineering services company operating in over 20 countries with 23,000 employees, aims to help organisations compress time-to-market whilst maintaining quality controls and compliance readiness.

Express Computer
Apr 7th, 2026
Quest Global acquires BITSILICA

Quest Global has announced the acquisition of BITSILICA, an India-based semiconductor design services firm, in a move aimed at strengthening its semiconductor portfolio and accelerating its full-stack engineering strategy. The […]

Outsource Accelerator
Mar 20th, 2026
Hillhouse invests in Quest Global to accelerate engineering growth

Quest Global, a global outsourced engineering services provider, has secured a minority investment from Hillhouse Investment through a combination of primary capital infusion and share purchases from existing stakeholders. The transaction involves funds managed by Hillhouse Investment Management. The Singapore-based company, which employs over 21,500 people across 93 global delivery centres in 18 countries, will use the capital to advance strategic priorities and enhance its engineering capabilities for major original equipment manufacturers worldwide. Quest Global specialises in aerospace, automotive, energy and semiconductor sectors. CEO Ajit Prabhu said the investment validates the company's differentiated value proposition and growth strategy. Hillhouse's Sean Carney cited Quest Global's domain expertise and long-term customer relationships as key investment factors. Jefferies served as exclusive financial adviser.

Outlook Business
Feb 10th, 2026
Hillhouse acquires 5% stake in Quest Global at $4.5B valuation, edging out Temasek

Hillhouse is acquiring a 5% stake in Quest Global at a $4.5 billion valuation, outbidding Temasek in a pre-IPO round. The deal represents a significant jump from Quest Global's previous $1.8 billion valuation when Carlyle Group acquired a stake in 2023. Temasek had also been planning to purchase approximately 5% of the engineering services company. The transaction marks substantial growth for Quest Global, with its valuation increasing 150% in roughly two years.

Start-Up.ro
Jan 29th, 2026
AROBS acquires Quest Global Romania in all-stock deal with one-year lock-up

Romanian tech group AROBS is acquiring Quest Global Romania from Craiova in an all-stock transaction, marking the company's first acquisition paid entirely through share issuance. The newly issued shares will be subject to a one-year lock-up period. Quest Global Romania, headquartered in Craiova, employs approximately 110 specialists and provides software development, testing, embedded solutions and IT consulting services across sectors including semiconductors, healthcare and automotive. The company is part of Singapore-based Quest Global, which operates in 18 countries with over 22,000 employees. The acquisition strengthens AROBS's engineering capabilities and international presence. Quest Global Romania's management will continue under Ana-Maria Vasilescu's leadership. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of the year.