Job Description Manager Chassis Quality

Position: Manager – Chassis Quality

Department: Quality Control & Assurance

Job Purpose

Lead all quality assurance and quality control activities for chassis systems in electric bus manufacturing, ensuring product quality, safety, reliability, regulatory compliance, and customer satisfaction throughout the product lifecycle.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

- Lead end-to-end quality assurance for chassis systems, including frame, suspension, steering, axles, braking systems, wheels, tyres, and structural assemblies.
- Establish and maintain quality standards, inspection plans, control plans, SOPs, and quality documentation for chassis manufacturing.
- Ensure incoming quality inspection of chassis components from suppliers and monitor supplier quality performance.
- Drive APQP, PPAP, DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, and MSA implementation for current product development.
- Monitor in-process quality and final inspection to achieve zero-defect chassis assembly.
- Lead dimensional inspection, weld quality validation, torque audits, and critical characteristic verification.
- Conduct root cause analysis using 8D, 5 Why, Fishbone Diagram, and implement effective CAPA.
- Investigate customer complaints, field failures, and warranty issues related to chassis systems.
- Ensure compliance with IATF 16949, ISO 9001, AIS, CMVR, and customer-specific quality standards.
- Lead supplier quality audits, process audits, layered process audits (LPA), and product audits.
- Collaborate with R&D;, Manufacturing, Purchase, Supplier Quality,



and Service teams during new product development and engineering changes.
- Drive quality improvement initiatives to reduce PPM, rework, rejection, warranty claims, and Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ).
- Ensure compliance with welding quality standards, GD&T; requirements, dimensional accuracy, and structural integrity.
- Support vehicle validation, durability testing, road load testing, and homologation activities.
- Develop quality dashboards, MIS reports, and management review presentations.
- Lead continuous improvement projects using Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and Poka-Yoke methodologies.
- Mentor and develop quality engineers, inspectors, and supervisors to enhance team capability.
- Drive localization quality improvement and supplier development initiatives.
- Ensure adherence to EHS, safety, and statutory quality requirements across chassis manufacturing operations.

Qualification

- B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical, Automobile, Production, Manufacturing, or Mechatronics Engineering.
- Master's degree is preferred.

Experience

- 10–15 years of experience in automotive quality, including 5+ years in chassis quality within E-Bus, Commercial Vehicle, Truck, or Automotive OEM/Tier-1 manufacturing.

Core Competencies

- Chassis Quality Assurance
- Frame, Suspension & Brake Systems
- APQP | PPAP | DFMEA | PFMEA | SPC | MSA
- Welding Quality & GD&T;
- Supplier Quality Management
- Root Cause Analysis (8D, 5 Why, CAPA)
- IATF 16949 & ISO 9001
- Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma
- Quality Audits & Continuous Improvement
- Cross-functional Team Leadership

📌 Assistant Manager Chassis Quality (Hyderabad)
🏢 Olectra Greentech
📍 Hyderabad