Development Lead - Cockpit Components

Key Responsibilities & Tasks

• Responsible for the design, development, and release of all Interior cockpit components such as Door trims
• Responsibilities will include standardization plan development, interface with product design office, vehicle development, other Interior engineering teams, and suppliers to design, develop and release.
• Responsible for technical documentation to include DFMEAs & DVP&Rs
• Work interactively within a cross-functional engineering, vehicle engineering team, purchase, and plant teams on the greater benefit of the vehicle.
• Maintain EBOMs and manage data releases in accordance with program milestones and target.
• Collaborate with Interior trim suppliers to ensure technical excellence and on time delivery of Interior Components and Systems for all milestones.
• Responsible for quality improvements, weight reduction, cost reduction, development and validation
• Manufacturing and assembly feasibility study and benchmarking study as and when required.
• Design Support for the analysis teams (Side Impact, Durability and NVH) to meet various Regulatory and test requirements.
• Have to root cause & resolve issues arising out of builds.

Preferred Education • B.E./B. Tech or M.E/ M. Tech in Mechanical, Automobile, Production and Industrial Engineering (Full Time)

Preferred Experience Essential: •8 to 10 years of Product Design & development experience in automotive Cockpit Components (Door Trim, Console, Instrument Panel etc.) • Must have worked on local development programs. • Working experience in Component & System level designing. • Proficiency in NX 3D/ CATIA modelling within a product development environment • Good Knowledge in Manufacturing & Assembly feasibility study. • Experience in constructing component and full vehicle DVP&R and DFMEA • Knowledge on plastic molding/Welding and sheet metal process. • Working knowledge on interior regulatory and certification requirements • Good communication skills, presentation skills, technical report writing skills, and timeline creation and management skills are required • Work experience with International Tier 1 and OEMS. Desirable: • Knowledge of Design for Manufacturing, including familiarity with GD&T and dimensional engineering • Knowledge of NVH, Durability and Safety requirements for Interior components

Software skill requirement • Expertise in UG (NX), CATIA V5/V6, PLM and Teamcenter Knowledge in MS-Office