Design Release Engineer - BIW

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

Job summary

Expleo Group in Pune seeks an experienced BIW CAD engineer to drive design and validation for a complete vehicle program, from concept through launch. You will coordinate with engineering, suppliers and manufacturing to ensure quality, cost and delivery targets.

The ideal candidate has 6 to 8 years of CAD design experience using UG NX or CATIA, strong knowledge of body-in-white processes, PFMEA and PPAP, and a proven ability to lead design for manufacturability in a multi-site environment in

Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech./M.E./M.Tech in Mechanical/Automotive/Electrical engineering or equiv.

Responsibilities

• Participate in program development from pre-development to handover with focus on quality, cost and delivery.
• Coordinate with engineering and suppliers to ensure technical feasibility, design robustness and documentation compliance.
• Identify critical issues and actions to meet targets and support sourcing start-up.
• Ensure availability of documents for tooling release and product structure release for builds.
• Conduct supplier technical reviews to support purchasing decisions and manufacturing readiness.
• Support engineering diagnostics at the assembly plant from pilot to launch and post-launch phases.

Skills

Vendor Development

Supply Chain Management

Sheet metal & Plastics

Die Process & Die Tryouts

Panel Defect Identification

Body shop & Painting processes

PFMEA / DV / PV / PPAP

Education

B.E./B.Tech./M.E./M.Tech in Mechanical/Automotive/Electrical

Tools

UG NX

CATIA

Job description

Essential Skills

Task / Deliverables

BIW : Pune (3 - UGNX) Chennai ( 1- CATIA)

Responsibilities

• To participate in the Program development right from the Pre –Development to Handing over of relevant systems/components for the completeness of the product and for the launch, with focus on Quality, Cost and Delivery targets
• To ensure (supported by the specialist Functions) the technical feasibility, design robustness, component manufacturability and the compliance of technical documentation, through the coordination of engineering (if necessary) and product suppliers.
• To point out the critical issues or any infringements of Design/Test Standards and identify the actions needed to respect the assigned targets
• To ensure the completeness/availability of all documents necessary for sourcing start-up (Sourcing Package) and to keep them up to date and consistent with sourcing closing.
• Conduct Supplier Technical Reviews and evaluation to support Purchase decisions
• To ensure the completeness/availability of all documents necessary for tooling release.
• To carry out / to ensure, with the help of specialist Functions, the diagnostic activities on the relevant systems/components.
• Ensure availability of Parts and Systems for the various builds viz., Pre-build, OTOP build, Pre-Launch and Launch/SOP, at right quality and time, by working with cross functional teams
• Provide engineering support in problem solving activities at the assembly plant from pilot phase through launch / post launch
• To work with Project Responsible and Test Plan Manager of each test departments, to finalise the technical validation plan of the systems assigned, by reducing the test loops.
• Review with PR, the test results and carryout issue resolution according to the model time line.
• To provide engineering support in problem solving activities at the assembly plant from pilot phase through launch

Qualifications

Education: B.E. / B. Tech. / M. E / M. Tech – Mechanical / Automotive / Electrical engineering

Essential Skills

Task / Deliverables

• Supported by the Engineering Functions and the SSTL, depending on the specific area of application can be responsible:
• To manage Project deliverables within his/her area.
• To manage codesign Suppliers Project deliverables within his/her area, supported by the Engineering Functions and the SSTL, responsible for Quality convergence process (e.g., APQP grid).
• To ensure the correct and efficient information flow and reporting during the project development phase to SSTL.
• To participate to any hand-over phase, if present, and to the definition with Engineering functions for relevant components/systems, technical solutions and corresponding performance, timing and cost targets (using the appropriate systems).
• To ensure the completeness/availability of all engineering documents necessary for sourcing (Sourcing Packages) on time to support Project deliverables.
• To ensure the technical feasibility, the design robustness, the component manufacturability and the compliance of technical documentation, through the coordination of engineering (if necessary) and product suppliers.
• To point out the critical issues or any infringements of Design/Test Standards and identify the actions needed to respect the assigned targets.
• To manage the design FMEAs execution performing the risk assessment and to provide support during process FMEAs execution.

To make available the documentation necessary to implement technical modifications (e.g. ODMs/CCD/CNs/ECR), to request their economic evaluations, to support the SSTL during the approval phase and to guarantee the associated drawings release. To monitor, through the accountable departments, their application in production according to the time schedule and procedures provided.

• To ensure the completeness/availability of all documents necessary for tooling release (TKO) and software release and validation
• To ensure the release of the product structure for Mules (and PWB plywood buck if requested) ensuring the Part Delivery
• To carry out/to ensure the diagnostic activities on the relevant systems/components and to provide engineering support in problem solving activities at the assembly plant (PER/VLO etc.) from pilot phase through launch, when requested.
• Own technical validation plans for ED (Engineering Design), DV (Design Validation) and PV (Process Validation) testing, ensuring they are completed on time, resolving, and escalating non compliances and providing info to PMO support team.
• In case of a maintenance model assignment, all the above-mentioned activities will be aimed to manage life cycle upgrades (i.e. MCA, Facelift), cost reductions and quality improvement

Desired skills

• Vendor Development
• Supply Chain Management
• Sheet metal and Plastics/Hardware part development
• Die Process and Die Tryouts
• Panel Defect Identification / Correction
• Knowledge on manufacturing process at Body shop, paint shop & general assembly
• Knowledge on PFMEA / DV /PV Testing/PPAP

Desirable

• Knowledge in Die design / Mould design
• Knowledge in GD&T, exposure to Vehicle Testing, Homologation, Virtual Testing, Materials
• Sheet metal, Sealings Product design.
• Sheet metal press, Stamping, hemming, Sealing, Modules development.
• CFT convergence.
• Ability to lead the BIW domain for complete vehicle program from Concept to Launch
• OEM experience
• Homologation & Regulation compliance
• Problem solving experience.
• Teamoriented,self-starterwithdemonstratedproblemsolvingskills

Experience

6 to 8 years of relevant experience with CAD design experience – UG NX / CATIA.