Development Lead - Closures

Expleo Group; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,600,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Expleo Group is seeking an experienced engineer to lead closure systems development for vehicle programs in Pune and Chennai. You will drive concept design, feasibility studies, and technical reviews with suppliers, ensuring alignment with quality, cost, and performance goals.

The role requires hands-on experience with UG NX/CATIA, as well as Teamcenter/PLM workflows, and collaboration with Design Studio and Vehicle Integration teams to meet milestones and successful launches.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Automobile/Production Eng.
• Strong experience in automotive closure systems development.
• Experience in concept design and feasibility studies for doors, hoods, fenders, liftgates, door hardware, sealing systems, door modules, manual tops.
• Experience with technical reviews with suppliers (glass systems, window regulators, door modules, tops, sealing systems).
• Exposure to weight optimization and cost reduction initiatives.
• Knowledge of automotive build support, validation planning, and engineering change management.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering development activities for closure systems and components across vehicle programs.
• Ensure development aligns with quality, cost, weight, timing and performance objectives.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams and global stakeholders for collaborative engineering.
• Ensure compliance with homologation, regulatory, and internal engineering standards.
• Support design release, engineering documentation, validation planning, and sign-offs.
• Drive standardization, benchmarking, lessons learned, harmonization and best practice implementation.
• Coordinate with supplier development activities and technical reviews.
• Coordinate with Design Studio and Vehicle Integration teams for milestones and packaging feasibility.
• Lead root-cause analysis and support corrective actions during development and build phases.
• Develop and maintain source packages, technical documentation, and engineering deliverables.

Skills

Closure systems

Concept design

UG NX

CATIA

Teamcenter/PLM

Vehicle integration

Engineering release

Weight optimization

Cost reduction

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical / Automobile / Production Engineering

Tools

UG NX

CATIA

Teamcenter

PLM systems

Job description

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

Requirements: