Module Leader - Chassis Components

Tata Technologies Ltd.; Warwick; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Technologies Ltd. in Warwick, UK, is seeking a Module Lead - Chassis Components to steer final development, validation, and launch of chassis components across programmes. You will provide direction, prioritise work, manage risks, and ensure timely delivery to production.

You will lead cross-functional teams, coordinate with client management, and drive issue resolution using structured problem solving within APQP/PPAP frameworks.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading an engineering team in automotive development/launch.
• Experience delivering chassis components in automotive programmes.
• Strong planning, prioritisation and team coordination skills.
• Structured problem solving with cross-functional collaboration.
• Excellent status reporting and stakeholder communication.
• Knowledge of product development, DV/PV, releases and change management.
• Familiarity with APQP/PPAP and related processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead chassis component team through final development and launch.
• Prioritise workload in line with program milestones and resources.
• Maintain integrated delivery status across the module.
• Lead major issue resolution with root-cause analysis.
• Provide status reports to client management and TTL.
• Escalate significant issues with defined recovery actions.
• Ensure DV, PV, sign-off activities align with timing.
• Coordinate support for pilot, pre-production and production builds.
• Drive delivery to time, cost, quality and spec.
• Manage engineering changes and cross-functional dependencies.
• Coach team members and ensure closure of actions.
• Support launch activities at customer facilities.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Project planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

APQP/PPAP knowledge

DV/PV knowledge

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CAD literacy

Microsoft Project

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

At Tata Technologies, we make product development dreams a reality by designing, engineering, and validating the products of tomorrow for the world’s leading manufacturers. Due to continued growth, we are recruiting for a Module Lead - Chassis Components role.

THE ROLE

The Team / Module Leader - Chassis Components (Launch) is responsible for leading the chassis component delivery team through the final development, validation, industrialisation and launch phases, ensuring efficient and controlled delivery into production. The role provides clear direction to the team, prioritises workload, coordinates major issue resolution, reports programme status to our client management and escalates risks or issues where required.

Area of Responsibility

• Lead, coordinate and support the chassis component engineering team through final development, component sign-off, maturation, vehicle launch and industrialisation.
• Prioritise and allocate team workload in line with program me milestones, build requirements, technical risk and available resources.
• Maintain an integrated view of component delivery status, actions, risks, dependencies and resource constraints across the module.
• Lead the resolution of major engineering, quality, sup plier and manufacturing issues, ensuring robust containment, root-cause analysis and permanent corrective action.
• Provide clear, concise and evidence-based status reports to our client and TTL management, including progress against plan, key risks, issue recovery and decisions required.
• Escalate significant technical, programme, resource or delivery issues promptly, with defined impact, ownership and recommended recovery actions.
• Ensure DV, PV, sign-off activities, engineering releases and change actions are completed to support programme timing.
• Coordinate support for pilot, pre-production and production builds, ensuring correct parts, engineering status and issue-response coverage.
• Drive delivery of chassis components to the required time, cost, quality and technical specification.
• Manage engineering changes, programme risks, cross-functional dependencies and supplier interfaces.
• Coach team members, establish clear ownership and follow up actions to closure.
• Support launch activities at the customer manufacturing facility and ensure effective transition into stable production.
• Ensure component maturation is aligned to programme plans and communicate overall module status to the Chassis Launch Leader and client management.

Knowledge / Experience

• Degree in a relevant Engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading an engineering team or module within automotive product development, validation, industrialisation or launch.
• Experience delivering suspension, steering, brakes, axles or other chassis components within automotive programmes.
• Proven workload prioritisation, delivery planning and team coordination capability.
• Proven major issue leadership using structured problem-solving and cross-functional working.
• Strong status reporting, presentation, stakeholder management and escalation skills, including communication with senior customer management.
• Knowledge of product development, DV, PV, engineering release, change management and vehicle launch processes.
• Experience with APQP, PPAP, FMEA and structured problem solving.
• PC literacy: Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Excel and Word.

Preferred:

• Experience within our client programmes.
• Understanding of our client release, change management, programme reporting and issue-management systems.
• CAD literacy and ability to interrogate CAD models.
• Experience supporting BEV and/or HEV vehicle launches.

If you are passionate about innovation and want to join a global engineering company, this is the place for you.

Tata Technologies: Engineering a better world.

We thank all applicants for their interest. Applications will be reviewed against the role criteria. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 10 working days, your application has not been successful; however, your details may be retained for future opportunities.