Development Lead - Closures

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

Job summary

Expleo in Chennai seeks an experienced engineer to lead closure systems development across vehicle programs. You will coordinate with design studio, vehicle integration, and suppliers to deliver cost-effective, weight-conscious solutions while meeting quality and timing goals.

You will guide design release, validation planning, and engineering documentation, with hands-on design and feasibility studies for doors, hoods, fenders, liftgates, and sealing systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Automobile/Production Engineering or related discipline.
• Strong experience in automotive Closure Systems development.
• Hands-on design and feasibility studies for doors, hoods, fenders, liftgates, door hardware, sealing systems, door modules, and manual tops.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering development activities for closure systems and components across vehicle programs.
• Ensure closure component/system development aligns with quality, cost, weight, timing, and performance objectives.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams and global stakeholders for collaborative engineering activities.
• Ensure compliance with homologation, regulatory, and internal engineering standards.
• Support design release, engineering documentation, validation planning, and technical sign-offs.
• Execute robust and cost-effective engineering solutions ensuring successful program launches.
• Drive standardization, benchmarking, lessons learned, harmonization, and best practice implementation.
• Support supplier development activities, technical reviews, capability assessments, and issue resolution.
• Coordinate with design studio and vehicle integration teams for milestone achievement and packaging feasibility.
• Lead root-cause analysis and support corrective actions during development and build phases.
• Support product diversity definition and value optimization activities.
• Develop and maintain source packages, technical documentation, and engineering deliverables.
• Support development of technical roadmaps, training materials, and engineering policies.
• Ensure adherence to internal control systems, engineering processes, and PLM workflows.

Skills

Closure Systems

Feasibility Studies

UG NX

CATIA

Teamcenter PLM

Design Studio Coordination

Vehicle Integration

Root Cause Analysis

Documentation Sign-off

Supplier Reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Automobile/Production

Tools

UG NX

CATIA

Teamcenter

Job description

Overview

Closure : Pune [2 - UGNX] & Chennai [6 - CATIA]

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering development activities for closure systems and components across vehicle programs.
• Ensure closure component/system development aligns with quality, cost, weight, timing, and performance objectives.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams and global stakeholders for collaborative engineering activities.
• Ensure compliance with homologation, regulatory, and internal engineering standards.
• Support design release, engineering documentation, validation planning, and technical sign-offs.
• Execute robust and cost-effective engineering solutions ensuring successful program launches.
• Drive standardization, benchmarking, lessons learned, harmonization, and best practice implementation.
• Support supplier development activities, technical reviews, capability assessments, and issue resolution.
• Coordinate with design studio and vehicle integration teams for milestone achievement and packaging feasibility.
• Lead root-cause analysis and support corrective actions during development and build phases.
• Support product diversity definition and value optimization activities.
• Develop and maintain source packages, technical documentation, and engineering deliverables.
• Support development of technical roadmaps, training materials, and engineering policies.
• Ensure adherence to internal control systems, engineering processes, and PLM workflows.

Qualifications

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

Essential skills

• Strong experience in automotive Closure Systems development.
• Hands-on experience in concept design and feasibility studies for:
  • Side Doors
  • Hoods
  • Fenders
  • Liftgates / Tailgates
  • Door Hardware
  • Sealing Systems
  • Door Modules
  • Manual Tops
• Experience conducting technical reviews with suppliers for:
  • Glass systems
  • Window regulators
  • Door modules
  • Tops
  • Sealing systems
• Experience coordinating with Design Studio and Vehicle Integration teams.
• Strong exposure to engineering release processes in production environments.
• Proficiency in UG NX and/or CATIA.
• Experience working with Teamcenter / PLM systems.

Desired skills

• Exposure to weight optimization and cost reduction initiatives.
• Experience in validation planning and technical documentation sign-off.
• Knowledge of automotive build support and launch activities.
• Understanding of automotive quality systems and engineering change management.

Experience

6 to 8 years