Responsibilities & Key Deliverables

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the Mechanical and Vehicle Validation function across vehicle, system, subsystem, and component levels, ensuring alignment with business objectives and product development timelines.
- Define and drive validation strategies, test methodologies, duty cycles, reliability growth plans, and performance evaluation frameworks for current and existing vehicle platforms.
- Review and approve DVPs, DVP&R; reports, validation plans, test results, risk assessments, engineering releases, and validation sign-offs.
- Establish robust validation processes using FMEA, field failure learnings, accelerated durability techniques, and root cause analysis to enhance product reliability and quality.
- Drive Product Attribute Testing (PAT) and Product Attribute Leadership Strategy (PALS) initiatives to achieve targeted vehicle performance, durability, and customer satisfaction objectives.
- Collaborate with Engineering, CAE, Quality, Manufacturing, and Product Development teams to ensure validation requirements are embedded early in the product development cycle.
- Lead failure investigations, validate corrective and preventive actions, and ensure effective closure of field and validation issues.
- Oversee vehicle performance, durability, reliability, benchmarking, functional verification, and regulatory compliance testing activities.
- Develop annual validation roadmaps, testing infrastructure plans,



and capability-building initiatives to support future technologies and vehicle programs.
- Optimize utilization of testing facilities, engineering resources, budgets, and manpower while driving cost-effective validation solutions.
- Provide regular validation status reviews, risk assessments, performance insights, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
- Build, mentor, and develop high-performing validation teams while fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
- Promote the adoption of advanced analytics, AI-enabled validation tools, and modern testing methodologies to improve validation efficiency and product robustness.

Experience

20+ years

Industry Preferred

Qualifications

B.E or M.E. Mechanical/Automobile Engineering

General Requirements

- Strategic thinker with strong business acumen, agility, result orientation, and excellent communication skills.
- Strong knowledge of vehicle systems and architecture, with hands-on experience in the validation and testing of vehicles, systems, and components.
- Proficient in the use of testing equipment and transducers, including data loggers, measurement techniques, strain gauging, life estimation, and accelerated life testing methodologies.
- Strong program management, stakeholder management, and leadership capabilities.
- Expertise in data analytics, reliability growth management, and governance practices.

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📌 Head - Head Mechanical and Vehicle Validation (Bengaluru)
🏢 Mahindra u0026 Mahindra
📍 Bengaluru