Development Lead - Closures

Closure : Pune [2 - UGNX] & Chennai [6 - CATIA]

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering development activities for closure systems and components across vehicle programs.
• Ensure closure component/system development aligns with quality, cost, weight, timing, and performance objectives.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams and global stakeholders for collaborative engineering activities.
• Ensure compliance with homologation, regulatory, and internal engineering standards.
• Support design release, engineering documentation, validation planning, and technical sign-offs.
• Execute robust and cost-effective engineering solutions ensuring successful program launches.
• Drive standardization, benchmarking, lessons learned, harmonization, and best practice implementation.
• Support supplier development activities, technical reviews, capability assessments, and issue resolution.
• Coordinate with design studio and vehicle integration teams for milestone achievement and packaging feasibility.
• Lead root-cause analysis and support corrective actions during development and build phases.
• Support product diversity definition and value optimization activities.
• Develop and maintain source packages, technical documentation, and engineering deliverables.
• Support development of technical roadmaps, training materials, and engineering policies.
• Ensure adherence to internal control systems, engineering processes, and PLM workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical / Automobile / Production Engineering or related discipline

Essential Skills

• Strong experience in automotive Closure Systems development.

• Hands-on experience in concept design and feasibility studies for:

• Side Doors

• Hoods

• Fenders

• Liftgates / Tailgates

• Door Hardware

• Sealing Systems

• Door Modules

• Manual Tops

• Experience conducting technical reviews with suppliers for:

• Glass systems

• Window regulators

• Door modules

• Tops

• Sealing systems

• Experience coordinating with Design Studio and Vehicle Integration teams.

• Strong exposure to engineering release processes in production environments.

• Proficiency in UG NX and/or CATIA.

• Experience working with Teamcenter / PLM systems.

Desired Skills

• Exposure to weight optimization and cost reduction initiatives.
• Experience in validation planning and technical documentation sign-off.
• Knowledge of automotive build support and launch activities.
• Understanding of automotive quality systems and engineering change management.

Experience 6 to 8 years