Excel her - Materials Engineer

Volvo Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Volvo Group India offers the ExcelHer returnship program designed to help professionals restart their careers. The 9-month assignment provides development opportunities, mentorship from a business leader, and teamwork across functions, technologies, and cultures.

Location: Bangalore. Roles involve material characterization, collaboration with design and manufacturing teams, and ensuring supplier material qualifications meet Volvo standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline is required.
• Knowledge of automotive material standards (ASTM, ISO, SAE, EN, Volvo Standards, etc.) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive material characterization of metallic and non-metallic (polymer) materials.
• Evaluate materials through mechanical, chemical, microstructural and surface characterization techniques.
• Interpret test data and correlate material properties.
• Develop, review, and maintain material specifications, standards, and validations.
• Support material approval for new suppliers and engineering changes.
• Review supplier material certifications, test reports, and support qualification.
• Conduct failure analysis and root cause investigations with corrective actions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Design, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Validation teams.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Metallurgical engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Polymer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.

Knowledge of automotive material standards (ASTM, ISO, SAE, EN, Volvo Standards, etc.)

Job description

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

Trucks Technology & Industrial Division

hire team players who are ready to create real customer impact. Our decentralized teams work close to our customers, with speed and autonomy, to build what they truly need.

About ExcelHer Program

Are you looking for an opportunity to restart your career?Do you want to join an organization that values your experience, no matter when it was gained?

We are pleased to introduce ExcelHer, Volvo Group India’s career returnship program designed to support talented professionals who are ready to restart their careers. Open to individuals across genders who have taken a career break of one year or more, ExcelHer provides an opportunity to re-enter the workforce with confidence and continue their professional journey.

The program offers a 9-month assignment and provides participants with access to professional development opportunities, mentorship from a business leader, and the chance to work with diverse teams across functions, technologies, and cultures.

Location

Bangalore

Key Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive material characterization of metallic and non-metallic (polymer) materials.
• Evaluate materials through mechanical, chemical, microstructural and surface characterization techniques.
• Interpret test data and correlate material properties.
• Develop, review, and maintain material specifications, standards, and validations.
• Support material approval for new suppliers and engineering changes.
• Review supplier material certifications, test reports, Support supplier material qualification.
• Failure Analysis: Perform fractography and Lead material-related root cause investigations for production and field failures. Recommend corrective and preventive actions based on technical findings.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with Design, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Supplier Quality, Validation, and Product Development teams to resolve material-related challenges.

Technical Competencies

Mechanical Characterization: Hardness, Tensile, Compression, Fatigue and Impact testing.

Chemical Characterization: Spectroscopy techniques such Spark OES, ICP-OES, Carbon/Sulfur analysis, FTIR, TGA.

Microstructural Characterization: Optical Microscopy and SEM/EDS

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Metallurgical engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Polymer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Knowledge of automotive material standards (ASTM, ISO, SAE, EN, Volvo Standards, etc.)

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Who We Are And What We Believe In

We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.