Position: Head – Development (Pressing & Stamping)
Industry: Pressing, Stamping & Sheet Metal Components
Department: Product & Process Development / Engineering
Reports To: Plant Head / Business Head / Director
Experience: 6–10+ years in sheet-metal pressing, stamping, press tools, die design, and NPD.
Salary: ₹8.00 – ₹10.00 LPA
Location:Chakan, Pune

Role Summary

Drive the end-to-end Product & Process Development function for recent and existing pressing/stamping components. You will lead projects from customer enquiry, RFQ, and DFM feasibility through tool design, trials, APQP/PPAP validation, to flawless mass production transfer.

Key Responsibilities
NPD & Feasibility: Lead RFQ-to-SOP development, drawing/GD&T; reviews, DFM studies, timelines, and customer technical resolution.
Tool & Die Development: Oversee progressive, tandem, transfer, and compound die designs, strip layouts, tool room coordination, and tryout approvals.
Process & Simulation: Define press tonnage, SPM, blank sizes,



and process flows; use engineering simulation to eliminate rejection, springback, and cracks.
APQP & PPAP Management: Drive complete documentation (Process Flow, PFMEA, Control Plan, Work Instructions, MSA, Capability Studies, and customer PPAP approvals).
Cost Engineering & VAVE: Optimize material utilization, blank layouts, cycle times, and tool life to hit targeted product costs.
Production & Problem Solving: Provide shop-floor technical support, resolve recurring dimension/forming issues using 8D, 5-Why, and Fishbone root-cause analysis.
Team Leadership: Manage and mentor design, development, and tool room engineers to build a high-performing technical culture.

Required Qualifications & Skills
Education: B.E. / B.Tech / Diploma in Mechanical, Production, Automobile, or Tool & Die Engineering.
OEM Exposure: Hands-on experience in managing Tata Motors as a primary customer (APQP/PPAP protocols, quality norms, and technical interactions) is highly pref

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