Role: Production Manager
Location: Hosur, Tamil Nadu
Reporting to: Production Head - Vehicle
Team Name: Manufacturing Operations
About the Team and the Role
The Manufacturing Operations team at Ather is responsible for orchestrating high-efficiency electric vehicle manufacturing, driving production readiness from pilot phases to mass volume, and delivering top-tier SQCDM benchmarks across factory operations.
This role is for a Production Manager who will lead end-to-end vehicle assembly line operations, manage capital and operational expenditures, optimize shop floor resources, and drive cross-functional engineering change management to meet organizational OKRs.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the single point of contact for production programs, managing operational timelines, CAPEX, and OPEX plans to ensure seamless line readiness and execution.
- Lead Recent Product Development (NPD/APQP) integration from proof-of-concept through SOP, providing cross-functional technical inputs to CFT swimlanes.




- Deliver key operational metrics under SQCDM while coordinating with Shift-In-Charges (SICs) to deploy 3M (Man, Machine, Material) resources and maintain contingency planning.
- Oversee pre-SOP and post-SOP trial builds, executing structured root-cause analysis and implementing robust countermeasures for shop-floor concerns.
- Drive capacity utilization, line balancing, and productivity projects to consistently improve manufacturing efficiency and cost metrics.
- Direct engineering change management workflows (including MQ1, SOR, DAP, FTR, CR, and IA) in close collaboration with CFT stakeholders.
- Champion shop-floor safety and quality compliance by representing the production unit in internal and external IMS audits and closing all findings.
- Facilitate the design and integration of assembly tooling, fixtures, and lean manufacturing practices to enhance production ergonomics and throughput.

Experience and Qualifications
- Bachelor of Engineering (B.E./B.Tech) in Mechanical,

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