Module lead - Electromechanical Products

Exponent Energy; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative EV energy company is seeking a candidate to manage risks in product development and ensure successful projects from concept to production. Ideal candidates have strong engineering fundamentals, analytical skills, and experience in building hardware products. Responsibilities include coordinating teams, managing budgets, and overseeing risk resolution. Join a passionate team simplifying energy for EVs.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering fundamentals are essential for risk management.
• Ability to drive objective, data-driven decisions.
• Experience in product development from concept to stabilization.
• Hands-on approach to work and problem-solving.
• Prior experience with hardware products in customer hands is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Identify risks across engineering and operational domains.
• Manage risk mitigation and resolution.
• Coordinate smooth operations within the squad.
• Lead projects from proof of concept to production.
• Oversee squad budgets related to R&D and testing.

Skills

Engineering fundamentals

Analytical mindset

Hands-on problem solving

People skills

Job description

You’ll be working with the product and engineering team.

This team runs on coffee with an infectious passion to build products that have never been built before. Our Flexible Energy Stack consists of the e^pack (battery pack) and e^pump (charging station) which together unlock 15‑minute rapid charging.

Our philosophy: Break. Believe. Build.

There’s no playbook for disruption. The only way to create a radical future is to continuously break, believe and build — You have to BREAK stuff, assumptions and the thumb rule. You have to BELIEVE in the process, in the team and through failures. You have to BUILD fast & passionately and build to simplify.

Job Description

All projects at Exponent are delivered by Cross Functional Teams - they are internally referred to as squads. Each squad is given a target in terms of project deliverables - including cost, quality and timeline. The squad is led by what we call - Module Lead. The module lead’s job is to manage risk and ensure successful launch of the product to relevant stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Work with relevant functional leads to identify risks across domains - engineering, process, operations, service etc.
• Prioritize and manage mitigation as well as resolution of each of these risks.
• Coordinate with all relevant stakeholders to ensure smooth operation of the team (Squad)
• Take projects from proof of concept to production - until handover to sustenance.
• Manage squad budgets ranging from R&D, Homologation, Testing etc.

The ideal candidate

• Strong engineering fundamentals. Without this - fundamental risk tradeoff calls cannot be managed.
• Strong analytical mindset to be able to drive objective, data driven decisions.
• Should have gone through a product development cycle from the concept stage to stabilization of the production stage.
• Would like to get hands on with work and problem solving.
• Should be a people person.
• Should have built hardware products that have gone into customer hands - Exposure to the EV ecosystem is an added bonus.

What matters

• High ownership of work.
• Quality of work
• Approach towards problem‑solving
• Dissatisfaction towards mediocre work
• Resilient attitude to bounce back after failing

About Us

Exponent simplifies energy for EVs.

Co‑founded by Arun Vinayak (Ather Energy's Founding Partner & Former Chief Product Officer) and Sanjay Byalal (Former hardware strategic sourcing and cell strategy lead, Ather and Former Supply Chain Lead, HUL), Exponent focuses on solving two sides of the energy problem by building the e^pump (charging station) and e^pack (battery pack) which together unlock 15‑min rapid charging.

The 200+ strong team of passionate builders have a ton of EV experience and are currently looking for more builders to join one of the best EV teams in India to build & scale Exponent.