Project Lead
ChennaiOn-siteFull-time
AI Summary
Leads automotive full vehicle design and development programs from concept through SOP, coordinating cross-functional teams and managing quality, cost, and timeline targets.
About this role
Overview
Auto MEX: Project Lead
Responsibilities
Job Role Requirement:
Strong experience in Automotive full vehicle design and development, vehicle integration, and cross-functional program leadership from concept development through SOP, ensuring delivery of quality, cost, performance, and timing targets.
Desired Skills Required:
- Strong experience in automotive full vehicle design and development across Body, Interior, Exterior, Chassis, Powertrain, and Electrical/Electronic systems.
- Should have hands-on experience on CAD tools like CATIA, UG-NX and PLM system.
- Proven experience working on global OEM vehicle development programs across multiple phases of the product lifecycle, including Concept, Design, Development, Validation, Industrialization, and SOP.
- Good understanding of the complete vehicle development lifecycle from Concept, Feasibility, Design, Development, Validation, Industrialization, and SOP.
- Experience in vehicle integration, packaging, interface management, and engineering change management.
- Knowledge of product development processes, including APQP, DFMEA, DVP, PPAP, and problem-solving methodologies.
- Should have know-how on regulations like FMVSS and ECE
- Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage technical deliverables, quality, cost, and timelines.
- Exposure to vehicle testing, validation, and production launch activities.
- Strong stakeholder management, customer interaction, and supplier coordination skills.
- Excellent technical review, issue resolution, leadership, and communication abilities.
- Should have worked on RFQ’s and proposals.
Additional Desired Skills
- Strong capability in developing, enhancing, and presenting engineering competencies, technical capabilities, and organizational strengths to customers and leadership teams.
- Experience in identifying emerging automotive technologies, innovation opportunities, and new engineering service offerings aligned with industry trends.
- Ability to drive innovation initiatives, technology roadmaps, and continuous improvement programs across vehicle development domains.
- Proven experience in preparing and delivering technical capability presentations, solution proposals, and customer presentations for business growth and project acquisition.
- Strong understanding of automotive technology trends, electrification, connected vehicles, software-defined vehicles, and digital engineering practices.
- Ability to collaborate with technical teams to develop new capabilities, reusable assets, best practices, and innovative engineering solutions.
- Experience in supporting business development activities through technical consulting, solution definition, and capability demonstrations.
Desired Soft Skills:
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
- Effective stakeholder and customer management.
- Strong project planning, coordination, and execution skills.
- Problem-solving and decision-making capability.
- Ability to work in cross-functional and global teams.
- Risk identification and mitigation mindset.
- Conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
- Time management and prioritization abilities.
- Proactive, result-oriented, and accountable approach.
- Adaptability and ability to manage changing project requirements.
- Strong mentoring and team development skills.
Qualification: B.E Mech/Automobile/Production
Qualifications
Qualification: B.E Mech/Automobile/Production
Essential skills
Desired Skills Required:
- Strong experience in automotive full vehicle design and development across Body, Interior, Exterior, Chassis, Powertrain, and Electrical/Electronic systems.
- Should have hands-on experience on CAD tools like CATIA, UG-NX and PLM system.
- Proven experience working on global OEM vehicle development programs across multiple phases of the product lifecycle, including Concept, Design, Development, Validation, Industrialization, and SOP.
- Good understanding of the complete vehicle development lifecycle from Concept, Feasibility, Design, Development, Validation, Industrialization, and SOP.
- Experience in vehicle integration, packaging, interface management, and engineering change management.
- Knowledge of product development processes, including APQP, DFMEA, DVP, PPAP, and problem-solving methodologies.
- Should have know-how on regulations like FMVSS and ECE
- Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage technical deliverables, quality, cost, and timelines.
- Exposure to vehicle testing, validation, and production launch activities.
- Strong stakeholder management, customer interaction, and supplier coordination skills.
- Excellent technical review, issue resolution, leadership, and communication abilities.
- Should have worked on RFQ’s and proposals.
Experience
15 to 18 years
Skills
APQPCATIADFMEADVPECEEngineering Change ManagementFMVSSPLMPPAPProduction LaunchRFQUG-NXValidationVehicle IntegrationVehicle Testing
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