Design Release Engineer - Lightings and Vision (Vehicles)

Quess IT Solutions; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Quess IT Solutions in Pune seeks a Lighting and Vision Electronics Lead to drive design and development of exterior lighting components and ensure homologation compliance. You will manage cross-functional teams, coordinate with regional partners and lead the design release process through DAP.

Ideal candidates have 5–8 years in Lighting and Vision, with hands-on experience in connectors, PCB/LED/Wiring, and PPAP/DFMEA.

Qualifications

• Education: B.E./B.Tech./M.E./M.Tech Mechanical/Automobile engineering.
• 5–8 years of core experience in Lighting and Vision components design and development.
• Strong hands-on experience in connector design, pinouts, PCB, LED, wiring harness selection criteria.
• Experience with DFMEA, DAP, PPAP and design reviews is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Exterior Lighting and vision components meet quality, performance, time and cost objectives.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams on development and regional practices.
• Lead Design release to Launch with Design Assurance Plan (DAP) enabled.
• Ensure homologation compliance for Vision components.
• Mentor the engineering team and manage supplier development activities.
• Support benchmarking with Global Tech Team and drive DFSS projects.

Skills

Lighting System

Vision System

IRVM components

Forward Lighting

PCB/LED wiring

Design reviews

Leadership

Education

B.E./B.Tech./M.E./M.Tech Mechanical/Automobile engineering

Job description

Lead the Design and Development of Lighting Electronics Components to meet all its given Vehicle Functional

performance, Quality, Warranty, Homologation and Cost requirement to meet the Program timeline.

Responsible for designs and/or systems assuring that design rules are followed, and design practices are

implemented, consistently across all components and systems within the organization. Additionally, support the

Development Team in assessing and developing the technical know-how of the organization and support Fellows to

develop/maintain technical policies

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure Exterior Lighting and vision component / system project, being consistent with quality, performance, time,
• and costs objectives and being supported by specialized areas.
• Ensure Cross functional team co-ordination on development and practices in a specific collaborative project with
• other regions.
• Ensure Vision and Lighting components from Design release to Launch with Design assurance plan (DAP)
• enabled.
• Homologation compliance for all the Vision components
• Create DFMEA, DAP, EDP, KBE for Vision components.
• Responsible for the Engineering, Design, Development, Timing and Product release of Exterior Lighting and vision
• components
• Other responsibilities will include managing supplier (internal/external) development activities, weight and cost
• reduction opportunities, development, and validation of assigned components.

Task / Deliverables

• In the specific area of application can be responsible for:
• To manage technical content for Lighting and Vision, defining priorities to ensure that all program deliverables are
• met.
• Guide the technical solution definition based on vehicle targets.
• To coordinate the development of solutions as identified in concept phase up to industrialization, consistently with
• standardization plans and complexity management
• To ensure the design guidelines and rules application, confirming the robustness / correctness of the developed solutions (if applicable)
• For buy components, to support the supplier selection and work with the supplier team to make sure development will support all project milestones
• Manage cad step release activities according to program milestones and to ensure the accuracy / completeness of technical documentation released (if applicable).
• To ensure the quality / adequacy of the technical documentation (DVPR, FMEA, DFM, change management, source packaging etc.) about subsystems and components design in development and serial life process
• To support quality issues resolution and keep up to date all Design Practices and Performance Standards through the Lessons Learned (with other regional DRs and global team)
• Support benchmarking activities working with Global Technical Team, including competitive analysis.
• To implement DFSS methods / projects to each specific discipline.
• To lead weight reduction strategies related to each specific discipline (if applicable).
• To lead Value Optimization strategies related to each specific discipline.
• To lead the execution of component standardization and re-use strategies.
• To mentor and coach engineering team including and make sure that his team has the right skills
• To manage the Individual evaluations of all the team members performing annual interviews and talent review

Qualifications/Skills and Experience:

• Education: B.E. / B. Tech. / M. E / M. Tech Mechanical / Automobile engineering.

Experience:

• 5 to 8 years of core experience in Lighting and Vision components Design and Development

Essential Skills

• Strong experience in Lighting and Vision System and components
• Vision components like IRVM, Glass, Cowl screen components
• Lighting Components like Forward Lighting, Rear lighting and Signal Lighting
• Strong hands-on experience in connector design / Pinouts / PCB / LED / Wiring harness selection criteria
• Strong hands-on experience in defining validation plan for EE components
• Effective interactions with Co-design supplier to ensure Vehicle Functional Objectives are achieved.
• Effective interaction with cross functional teams on issue resolutions.
• Good leadership with team building skills.
• Strong knowledge on Technical review, PPAP, Part testing, FMEA, Design kick-off and Design approval.

Competencies-

• Exterior lamps, Glass, Plastics product, IRVM Product design Tooling knowledge of Vision components Ability to develop Lighting and Vision components from TKO to Launch and address post launch issues. OEM experience is added advantage. Homologation compliance is added advantage. Vision product problem solving experience