R&D Sr. Manager - Tribologist Industrial Systems

Role & responsibilities

- Knows, respects and ensures compliance with the Company's Code of Conduct & HSEQ policies of TCAP

- Proposes and contributes to the continuous improvement of safety and quality management systems

- Contributes to R&D projects related to R&D Line Fuels and Lubricants and executes studies by applying his/her technical skills within the area of tribology and industrial mechanical systems (hydraulic pumps, compressors, turbines, gears, ) and its lubrication

- Ensures the completion of studies within R&D projects framework and compliance with high-quality results, deadlines, and costs

- Develops and implements new techniques, methods, test procedures to characterize the performance of industrial lubricants

- Defines the right application test rigs and the right tribological screener test bench to evaluate the industrial lubricants

- Proposes the right external partners based on his/her strong knowledge of the Indian and international ecosystem (OEMs, academic and private testings partners,)

- Manages external collaborations (academics, industrial)

- Coordinates all stakeholders involved in a study, including external resources (third party lab)

- Reports R&D results in the form of technical notes in OneDoc and through internal/external presentations

- Conducts literature survey / technological watch in his/her domain of expertise

- Brings new / innovative ideas / new methods / new investments for tests rigs and screener bench tests, taking HSE and operational constraints into account when implementing technical solutions

- Participates in technical conferences / seminars to develop his/her expertise and to identify emerging innovation topics in line with the R&D project's needs

- Explores and develops collaboration/networking with local ecosystems

- Transforms new ideas coming from technological watch / literature survey / ecosystem to concrete R&D studies in line with R&D project's needs

- Contributes to the technical and scientific support and develops the team's skills in his/her field of expertise

- Actively contributes to the exchange of ideas and knowledge transfer within a multidisciplinary environment

- Interacts in a collaborative manner with other team members (including formulators, data scientist, ...) to accomplish team goals on time with quality

- Can be responsible for R&D sub-project to manage individually

- Can be responsible for process management within TCAP

Preferred candidate profile

10+ year for Ph.D, 15+year for PG (M.Tech)