Costing Lead - Capex

Tata Electronics Limited; Narasapura; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Electronics Private Limited is building India’s first AI-enabled semiconductor foundry. We seek an experienced cost/engineering leader to own capex planning, bid management, and financial evaluation for complex manufacturing investments.

You will develop bottom-up cost models, perform NPV/IRR analyses, and lead multi-disciplinary teams to optimize proposals and execution plans. The role requires strong analytics, stakeholder management, and the ability to drive structured solutions under

Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech in Industrial/Mechanical/Electrical/Electronics or related field.
• MBA or PG in Operations/Finance preferred.
• 10–15 years of costing, capex planning, bid management and manufacturing industrialization experience.

Responsibilities

• Own capex architecture and investment planning across bid opportunities with optimized solutions.
• Lead bid workstreams, integrate SME inputs, and present to management gates.
• Develop bottom-up should-cost models for equipment, tooling, and production assets.
• Perform scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and investment trade-off studies.
• Conduct make-vs-buy evaluations with NPV, IRR, and payback analyses.
• Review technical basis of estimate for proposal costing and bid management.
• Assess RFQs, specs, BOMs, standards, and identify gaps and risks.
• Create clarification lists and convert inputs into explicit actions.
• Define workstream solutions, estimates, risks, and dependencies.
• Develop estimates for quantities, cycle times, resources, and lead times.
• Evaluate supplier sourcing strategies and lead-time exposure.

Skills

Capex planning

Cost modeling

Bid management

Financial evaluation (NPV/IRR)

Scenario modeling

RFQ analysis

Stakeholder management

Executive presentations

Cross-functional leadership

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Industrial/Mechanical/Electrical/Electronics

MBA or PG in Operations/Finance

Tools

ERP systems

PLM platforms

BOM management

Job description

Tata Electronics Private Limited (TEPL) is a greenfield venture of the Tata Group with expertise in manufacturing precision components.

Tata Electronics (a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd.) is building India’s first AI-enabled state-of-the-art Semiconductor Foundry. This facility will produce chips for applications such as power management ICs, display drivers, microcontrollers (MCUs), and high-performance computing logic, addressing the growing demand across automotive, computing and data storage, wireless communications, and artificial intelligence markets.

Tata Electronics is a subsidiary of the Tata Group, which operates in more than 100 countries across six continents, with the mission to improve the quality of life of the communities it serves globally through long-term stakeholder value creation based on leadership with trust.

Responsibilities

• Own capex architecture and investment planning activities across customer bid opportunities, ensuring solutions are technically and commercially optimized.
• Lead the assigned bid workstream, integrate subject matter expert inputs, and present recommendations during management review and approval gates.
• Develop bottom-up should-cost models for equipment, tooling, automation, manufacturing infrastructure, and supporting capital investments.
• Perform scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, and investment trade-off studies to support strategic bid decisions.
• Conduct make-versus-buy evaluations, including technical, operational, and financial assessments supported by NPV, IRR, and payback analysis.
• Review and approve the technical basis of estimate prior to submission into proposal costing and bid management processes.
• Review RFQs, customer specifications, drawings, BOMs, standards, and technical data packages to identify gaps, risks, assumptions, and clarification requirements.
• Develop structured customer clarification lists and convert incomplete RFQ inputs into explicit assumptions, dependencies, exclusions, and closure actions.
• Define workstream solutions, basis of estimates, implementation approaches, assumptions, risks, mitigation plans, and technical dependencies.
• Develop estimates for quantities, cycle times, resource loading, equipment and tooling requirements, NRE, capex, lead times, and implementation milestones.
• Assess equipment sourcing strategies and evaluate lead-time exposure for both standard and custom-built manufacturing equipment.

Technical Expertise

• Capital expenditure planning, equipment investment strategy, and manufacturing infrastructure cost modeling.
• Development of bottom-up should-cost models for manufacturing equipment, automation systems, tooling, fixtures, and production assets.
• Financial evaluation techniques including NPV analysis, IRR calculations, payback analysis, return-on-investment assessment, and business case development.
• Scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, investment trade studies, and make-versus-buy decision frameworks.
• RFQ decomposition, requirements analysis, compliance matrix development, and requirements traceability management.
• Bid strategy development, proposal governance, solution storytelling, executive presentations, and customer clarification management.
• Integrated planning, RAID management, risk assessment, change management, and configuration control.
• Commercial evaluation of cost structures, schedules, contractual obligations, lead-time risks, and investment decisions.
• Equipment sizing, manufacturing capacity planning, resource loading analysis, cycle-time calculations, and implementation scheduling.
• Supplier evaluation, quotation analysis, sourcing strategy development, and technical-commercial recommendation preparation.
• Experience with ERP systems, PLM platforms, BOM management, document repositories, and controlled bid content environments.
• Strong analytical, financial modeling, structured problem-solving, and evidence-based decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and customer presentation skills.
• Proven capability to lead multidisciplinary teams across engineering, operations, quality, sourcing, finance, supply chain, and supplier organizations.
• Strong ownership mindset, attention to detail, and ability to consistently deliver high-quality outputs against fixed bid deadlines.

Qualifications & Experience

• B.E./B.Tech in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• MBA or Postgraduate qualification in Operations Management, Finance, or a related discipline preferred.
• 10-15 years of relevant experience in costing, capital expenditure planning, bid management, manufacturing industrialization, NPI, engineering, or related functions within EMS or complex manufacturing environments.