Senior Lead Engineer Application Engineering

Tata Technologies Ltd.; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Technologies Ltd. seeks a Senior Lead Engineer with 10–15 years of experience in exhaust systems, powertrain components, and integration.

You will lead an agile team, coordinate with OEM customers, and drive cross-functional alignment to translate customer needs into precise engineering specifications. You will own customer alignment on product specifications, performance targets, DVP, and sign-offs, ensuring on-time production release.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor or Master in mechanical/automotive engineering or related discipline.
• Experience: 10–15 years in core application engineering or product development, focusing on exhaust systems and powertrain components, with at least 5 years leading a team.
• Technical mastery: deep expertise in exhaust architecture, thermal management, packaging, and powertrain integration; hands-on validation and calibration experience.
• Customer interface: proven track record of technical interfaces with OEMs.
• Systems & tools: strong understanding of automotive BOM structures, RFQ processes, GD&T, and validation protocols.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical interactions with OEM engineering teams to capture system-level requirements and translate them into engineering targets.
• Evaluate feasibility of exhaust systems and powertrain components across vehicle platforms using analyses and field inputs.
• Adapt core product architectures to specific platforms ensuring performance, compliance, and integration targets.
• Direct creation of technical proposals, architecture definitions, and BOMs for RFQs/RFIs with commercial and product teams.
• Drive alignment sessions with OEMs to pitch technology roadmaps and secure technical sign-off.
• Collaborate with CAD, validation, testing, manufacturing, and PM teams to ensure seamless execution from concept to SOP.
• Develop technology roadmaps and create IP for product innovations.
• Complete bench and system level validations per DVP and obtain OEM sign-off before series release.

Skills

Customer Interaction

Team Leadership

RFQ Processes

GD&T

BOM Structures

Calibration Techniques

Powertrain Integration

Education

B.E./B.Tech Mechanical/Automotive

Job description

Experience Range: 10 to 15 Years

Department: Application Engineering / Product Engineering

Educational Qualifications :

Minimum : BE / B Tech (Mechanical / Thermal / Material Science)

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Lead Engineer to shoulder complete responsibility of integration for Powertrain Components and Exhaust System Aggregates as per the customer specific requirements. You will act as a primary technical bridge between OEM customers and internal R&D.

You will lead an agile team of Engineers to enable delivery of world class product to match customer requirements. You will engage with customer technical teams, steer product requirement discussions and resolve integration challenges in real time. You will also drive cross-functional alignment to translate customer needs into precise engineering specifications.

Crucially, you will own the complete process for having alignment with customers for the product specifications, Performance Targets and Attributes, Boundary conditions, Technical RASIC, DVP agreement and closures, sign off with customer for product release. By meticulously managing these deliverables, you will bridge the gap between engineering concepts and formal production approval, ensuring all requirements are validated on schedule.

Key Responsibilities

• Customer Requirement Capture: Lead technical interactions with OEM engineering teams to gather system-level requirements. Translate complex customer specifications into clear engineering and product development requirements and targets.
• Application Feasibility Studies: Evaluate mechanical, thermal, packaging, and structural feasibility of exhaust systems and powertrain components within OEM vehicle platforms using engineering analyses and field inputs.
• Customization & Configuration: Adapt core product architectures and baseline designs to specific customer vehicle platforms, ensuring system performance, compliance, and integration targets are met.
• Technical Proposals & BOM Development: Direct the creation of technical proposals, architecture definitions, and detailed Bill of Materials (BOM) for RFQs/RFIs in alignment with commercial and product management teams.
• Technology Alignment with OEM: Drive technical alignment sessions with OEM customers to pitch advanced technology roadmaps, present system performance trade-offs, and secure technical sign-off.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate closely with CAD design, validation, testing, manufacturing, and program management teams to ensure seamless product execution from concept to SOP.
• Technology Roadmap & Innovation: Benchmark and map technology progression in future, prepare a proposal Technology Road Map for our products, Create IPRs for the product innovations.
• System Validation and Series release sign offs: Complete the bench level validations as required by the DVP (Internal) . Collaborate with OEM to complete the System level validations as per DVP agreed. Complete the part-level analysis of post validations. Generate closure reports and obtain sign off from OEM before going ahead for series release.

Qualifications & Key Requirements

• Education: Bachelors or master's degree in mechanical engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience: 10 to 15 years of core application engineering or product development experience, specifically focused on exhaust systems, emissions control aggregates and powertrain components. Should have led a team of engineers for at least 5 years
• Technical Mastery: Deep expertise in exhaust architecture, thermal management, structural packaging, and powertrain integration. Practical on hands experience required in terms of product validations, Calibration techniques for Exhaust systems.
• Customer Interface: Proven track record of managing technical interfaces with global/domestic automotive OEMs.
• Systems & Tools Expertise: Hands-on understanding of automotive BOM structures, RFQ processes, GD&T, and application feasibility validation protocols.