Description

The role focuses on delivering robust, lightweight, manufacturable, and regulation-compliant solutions for global markets while ensuring vehicle safety, durability, and platform standardization.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Design and develop:

- Frame attachments like fender, fender brackets, accessory brackets
- Fifth wheel coupling
- Catwalk platform
- HV safety components positioning and mounting
- Rear Underrun Protection Device (RUPD)
- Side Underrun Protection Device (SUPD)
- Front and Rear Tow Hooks
- Mounting brackets and reinforcement structures
- Recovery interfaces and associated frame attachments

- Develop modular solutions compatible with multiple Mercedes-Benz and BharatBenz vehicle platforms.
- Define packaging concepts considering:

- Frame architecture & Rear overhang
- Axle configurations & Suspension movement
- Body builder requirements

- Ensure compliance with global regulations and standards, including:

- UNECE R58 (Rear Underrun Protection)
- UNECE R73 (Side Underrun Protection)
- Regional homologation and customer-specific requirements

- Perform structural assessments for:

- Static strength & Energetic loading
- Recovery and towing loads
- Fatigue durability
- Corrosion performance
- Vehicle integration

- Optimize designs for:

- Weight reduction & Cost efficiency
- Manufacturability
- Commonality across vehicle platforms

- Develop 3D CAD models, engineering drawings, and BOMs.
- Collaborate with global engineering teams, manufacturing, purchasing, suppliers, homologation, and testing departments.




- Support prototype builds, validation testing, homologation activities, and production launch.
- Investigate field failures, perform root cause analysis, and implement robust corrective actions.
- Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and global standardization of structural safety components.

Technical Competencies:

- Heavy-Duty Commercial Vehicle Chassis Design
- Structural Design of Safety Components
- RUPD & SUPD Regulations (UNECE R58 & R73)
- Tow Hook & Recovery Load Design
- Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
- Fatigue & Durability Engineering
- Welded and Bolted Joint Design
- High-Strength Steel Applications
- GD&T; and Engineering Drawings
- DFMEA, DVP&R;, APQP
- Manufacturing Processes (Stamping, Bending, Welding, Machining)
- Cost Optimization and Value Engineering

Key Deliverables:

- Production-ready RUPD, SUPD, and Tow Hook designs
- CAD models and engineering drawings
- Design release documentation
- Structural analysis and validation reports
- Homologation support documentation
- Weight and cost optimization proposals
- Engineering change management and issue resolution

Success Measures:

- Compliance with global safety regulations
- Achievement of durability and strength targets
- On-time design releases
- Weight and cost reduction achievements
- Manufacturing quality and launch readiness
- Reduction in field failures and warranty issues

Increased platform commonality and modularity across global products

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Masters in Mechanical Engineering or Automobile

📌 Frame Attachments (Tamil Nadu)
🏢 Daimler Truck
📍 Tamil Nadu