Chassis Lead

Tata Elxsi; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Elxsi is seeking an experienced Chassis Systems Engineer in Pune to lead validation and development activities for vehicle programs. You will coordinate validation of suspension, steering, braking, and ride handling systems, review customer requirements, and ensure complete test coverage and traceability.

Responsibilities include defining validation plans, supporting vehicle-level testing, analyzing data, and mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Expert in chassis systems engineering.
• Hands-on experience with suspension & steering systems.
• Knowledge of brake system validation, ride & handling evaluation.
• Experience with durability & reliability testing.
• Understanding of vehicle dynamics fundamentals.
• Familiar with GD&T interpretation.
• Experience in root cause analysis & corrective action.
• Proficient in requirements management & traceability.
• Proficient in data analysis & reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead chassis system validation and development activities for vehicle programs.
• Coordinate validation of suspension, steering, braking, wheel-end & ride handling systems.
• Define validation plans, schedules, resources & deliverables.
• Review customer requirements and ensure test coverage & traceability.
• Support vehicle-level testing including performance, durability, reliability & safety evaluations.
• Coordinate with design, CAE, testing, manufacturing & supplier teams.
• Analyze test data and provide design improvement recommendations.
• Lead defect tracking and corrective action implementation.
• Monitor KPIs, test progress, quality metrics & milestones.

Skills

Chassis systems engineering

Suspension systems

Steering systems

Vehicle dynamics

Durability & reliability testing

Root cause analysis

Requirements management

Data analysis & reporting

Automotive SPICE awareness

Tools

CANoe

CANalyzer

MATLAB/Simulink

INCA

MTS testing systems

VT Systems

dSPACE

NI

Jira Xray

DevOps

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Lead chassis system validation and development activities for vehicle programs.
• Coordinate validation of suspension, steering, braking, wheel-end and ride handling systems.
• Define validation plans, schedules, resource requirements and project deliverables.
• Review customer requirements and ensure complete test coverage and traceability.
• Support vehicle-level testing including performance, durability, reliability and safety evaluations.
• Coordinate with design, CAE, testing, manufacturing and supplier teams.
• Analyze test data and provide recommendations for design improvements.
• Lead defect tracking, root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
• Monitor project KPIs, test progress, quality metrics and milestone achievement.
• Support prototype builds, DV/PV activities and vehicle signoff events.
• Ensure compliance with OEM standards, regulatory requirements and engineering processes.
• Prepare validation reports, technical presentations and customer updates.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance.
• Drive process improvements and test automation initiatives where applicable.

Preferred candidate profile

• Expert in Chassis systems engineering
• Hands on experience with Suspension and steering systems
• Knowledge about Brake system validation , ride and handling evaluation
• Experience with Durability and reliability testing
• Knowledge about vehicle dynamics fundamentals
• GD&T interpretation
• Experience in Root cause analysis and problem solving skill
• Requirements management and traceability
• Data analysis and reporting
• Experience with CANoe and CANalyzer , MATLAB/Simulink , INCA
• MTS testing systems
• Understanding of VT Systems/dSPACE/NI
• Understanding of Jira Xray and DevOps
• Automotive SPICE awareness
• DFMEA and DVP&R
• Understanding of V-Model development process