Deputy Manager - CPE

BorgWarner; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

BorgWarner is seeking an experienced professional to lead end-to-end support for ECU products, investigating production, plant, customer, and warranty issues. You will perform failure analysis, identify root causes, and drive containment, corrective, and preventive actions to improve quality and reliability.

Widely interacting with manufacturing, QA, and development teams, you will analyze electronic circuits, schematics, and validation results, supporting timely issue resolution and continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering or related discipline.
• 8 to 12 years of automotive electronics experience including ECU product engineering or failure analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end support for ECU products including failure analysis and CAPA activities.
• Serve as the technical interface between customers, plants, suppliers, and quality teams.
• Perform ECU- and component-level troubleshooting using schematics, PCB data, and validation results.
• Provide production support to resolve material, process, hardware, and software issues.

Skills

ECU hardware architecture

Automotive electronics

PCB assembly

CAN/CAN FD/LIN/UDS/J1939

Root cause analysis

8D, FMEA, 5-Why

EMC testing

APQP/PPAP awareness

Product lifecycle management

Quality & problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering

Mechatronics/Electronics related discipline

Tools

Vector CANoe

CANalyzer

Diagnostic tools

Job description

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead end-to-end support for ECU products by investigating production, plant, customer, and warranty issues, performing failure analysis, identifying root causes, and driving effective containment, corrective, and preventive actions. Serve as the primary technical interface between customers, manufacturing plants, suppliers, quality teams, and product development organizations for product quality concerns, field failures, warranty investigations, and escalation management. Perform ECU-level and component-level troubleshooting, including analysis of electronic circuits, PCB assemblies, schematics, manufacturing data, and validation results to support timely issue resolution and continuous product improvement. Provide day-to-day production support by resolving material, process, hardware, software, and manufacturing-related issues, while improving product quality, reliability, yield, and manufacturability. Lead structured problem-solving activities using methodologies such as 8D, FMEA, 5-Why, Fishbone Analysis, and CAPA to prevent recurrence and improve customer satisfaction. Prepare and communicate technical analysis reports, failure analysis reports, 8D reports, warranty investigation reports, and customer updates to internal and external stakeholders. Evaluate and implement engineering changes, including ECRs, eSCRs, and customer change requests, while assessing impacts on product design, manufacturing, quality, cost, supply chain, and customer requirements. Monitor field performance, warranty trends, and quality metrics to identify improvement opportunities, support benchmarking activities, and drive product enhancement and cost-reduction initiatives. Support validation, reliability, environmental, vibration, EMC, electrical, and qualification testing activities, including coordination of testing for returned products and investigation samples. Collaborate closely with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Supplier Quality, and Product Development teams to implement corrective actions, ensure compliance with product specifications, and strengthen lessons learned deployment across programs. Provide technical leadership by mentoring engineers and technicians, developing failure analysis capabilities, promoting knowledge sharing, and driving continuous improvement in engineering processes and best practices.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (Minimum Qualifications)

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related discipline. 8 to 12 years of experience in automotive electronics, ECU product engineering, current product engineering, manufacturing engineering, quality engineering, or failure analysis. Experience supporting automotive ECU products throughout production and warranty phases. Pro‑active approach to solve unanticipated process issues/problems during builds. Technical Skills ECU hardware architecture and automotive electronics. PCB assembly and component-level failure analysis. Electronic circuit troubleshooting and schematic interpretation. Automotive communication protocols (CAN, CAN FD, LIN, UDS, J1939). Vector CANoe, CANalyzer, and diagnostic tools. Root cause analysis and structured problem‑solving methodologies. Validation, reliability, EMC, environmental, and electrical testing. Engineering change management and product lifecycle management. Quality & Problem‑Solving Skills 8D Methodology FMEA (DFMEA/PFMEA) 5-Why Analysis Fishbone Analysis Statistical Problem Solving Lessons Learned Deployment APQP & PPAP Awareness Supplier Corrective Action Processes.

Technical Skills

• ECU hardware architecture and automotive electronics.
• PCB assembly and component-level failure analysis.
• Electronic circuit troubleshooting and schematic interpretation.
• Automotive communication protocols (CAN, CAN FD, LIN, UDS, J1939).
• Vector CANoe, CANalyzer, and diagnostic tools.
• Root cause analysis and structured problem‑solving methodologies.
• Validation, reliability, EMC, environmental, and electrical testing.
• Engineering change management and product lifecycle management.

Quality & Problem‑Solving Skills

• 8D Methodology
• FMEA (DFMEA/PFMEA)
• 5-Why Analysis
• Fishbone Analysis
• Statistical Problem Solving
• Lessons Learned Deployment
• APQP & PPAP Awareness
• Supplier Corrective Action Processes

BorgWarner is a global product leader in delivering innovative and sustainable mobility solutions. We are a company of innovators and independent thinkers that brings together talented employees, meaningful work and amazing technology in a unique environment. At BorgWarner we constantly work towards our vision of a clean and energy‑efficient world.

Our Culture BorgWarner promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive environment, honors integrity, strives for excellence, commits to responsibility for our communities and the environment, and builds on the power of collaboration. We believe the health and safety of our employees are a top priority.

Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities We manage talent as seriously as we manage our businesses and encourage you to learn about our proud history, strong culture, technologies, and vision for the future. We offer positions locally and globally with over 90 locations in 19 countries. If this position energizes you and you feel you can help us achieve our mission and vision, you are invited to submit an application for consideration. You may see the list of requirements and feel you do not meet all of them. However, remember that BorgWarner thinks differently. If your qualifications align with the majority of those outlined in this job description, we encourage you and share your experience and skills with us.