Design/Launch Quality Engineer

Expleo Group; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Expleo Group in Chennai seeks an experienced Launch Quality Engineer to drive vehicle program quality targets, support design reviews, and lead issue resolution across prototypes, pilots, and SOP.

You will collaborate with Design, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, Production and Program Management to ensure launch readiness, GD&T validations, KPI tracking, and effective corrective actions for critical issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Automobile or Production Engineering.
• 8–10 years of relevant vehicle launch experience.
• Experience with 5D/8D problem-solving, GD&T and launch readiness reviews.

Responsibilities

• Support vehicle launches for Body & Interior subsystems, achieving quality targets across milestones.
• Drive issue resolution and quality convergence using structured problem-solving (5D, 8D).
• Review drawings, GD&T, and dimensional reports to evaluate conformity and tolerance stacks.
• Collaborate with Design, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, Production and Program Management to ensure launch success.
• Lead investigations and coordinate containment, corrective and preventive actions for prototype to production builds.
• Support plants during trial/pilot/SOP, identifying assembly, fitment, dimensional and quality issues.
• Monitor fit-and-finish, dimensional compliance, gaps, and functional performance during launches.
• Validate conformity of critical parts and supplier deliverables via audits and inspections.
• Track launch quality metrics, open issues, supplier concerns, and escalation actions.
• Coordinate cross-functional reviews to mitigate risks to quality, timing or stability.
• Generate launch quality dashboards, KPI reports, risk assessments and management updates.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

GD&T

Vehicle launch

Engineering change

Dimensional convergence

Part validation

Supplier process audit

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical / Automobile / Production Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Responsibilities

• Support vehicle launches for Body & Interior sub-systems by achieving program quality targets DPVA, DPVF, and DPVW across all milestones.
• Drive issue resolution and quality convergence activities through structured problem-solving methodologies such as 5D, 8D.
• Review engineering drawings, GD&T requirements, and dimensional reports to evaluate product conformity and support tolerance stack-up assessments.
• Collaborate closely with Design, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, Production, and Program Management teams to ensure successful launch execution.
• Lead investigations and coordinate containment, corrective, and preventive actions for issues identified during prototype, pilot, pre-series, and production builds.
• Support manufacturing plants during trial builds, pilot builds, and Start of Production (SOP) by identifying assembly, fitment, dimensional, and quality concerns.
• Monitor vehicle fit-and-finish, dimensional compliance, gap & flush targets, and functional performance during launch phases.
• Validate conformity of critical parts and supplier deliverables through audits, inspections, build events, and quality reviews.
• Track launch-related quality metrics, open issues, supplier concerns, and escalation actions to ensure timely closure.
• Coordinate cross-functional reviews to assess launch readiness and mitigate risks impacting quality, timing, or production stability.
• Generate and present launch quality dashboards, KPI reports, risk assessments, and management status updates.
• Support engineering change management activities and assess the impact of design changes on product conformity, manufacturing processes, and supplier readiness
• Lead supplier issue escalation and recovery plans for critical launch-related quality concerns.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical / Automobile / Production Engineering or related discipline

Essential skills

• Root cause analysis
• Problem Solving methodologies
• GD&T ( Tolerance Stack up analysis)
• Vehicle Launch activities
• Technical knowledge on commodities - Instrument panel/Console, Door trims, Soft trims, Bumpers, etc.
• Engineering change management
• Part validation
• Supplier Process Audit.
• Dimensional Convergence

Experience

8 to 10 years