Role: Part Development Manager ME - Special Processes
Location: Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar - Aurangabad
Reporting to: Lead - Coating Technology ME - Special Processes
Team Name: Manufacturing Engineering
About the Team and the Role:
As a Part Development Manager ME for Paint Shop & PTCED, you will be the technical pivot point between Ather’s design labs, greenfield plant execution teams, and equipment suppliers. You aren't just overseeing installation; you are the architect of the surface treatment and coating processes. You will own the end-to-end greenfield setup—from layout reviews, equipment installation, utility readiness, commissioning, and trials to ramp-up and final handover.
From driving equipment erection and balancing to ensuring the 4Ms (Man, Machine, Material, Method) are flawlessly executed across paint booths, PTCED tanks, and Paint kitchens, you will be responsible for the physical integrity and aesthetic perfection of Ather’s vehicles. This role demands a technical grasp of greenfield project execution, paint automation, chemistry optimization,



and quality standardizations (PPAP, APQP, PFMEA). You will be the technical SPOC for internal teams and vendors, ensuring that the "Ather Standard" is upheld from the first dry run to full-scale mass production.
Responsibilities:
- Greenfield Execution & Design Review: Validate plant layouts, GA drawings, P&IDs;, and piping designs to lead site erection, equipment alignment, grouting, cabling, dry/wet trials, booth balancing, and oven profiling.
- Robotic Paint & PTCED Systems Integration: Drive the installation, commissioning, and conveyor integration of robotic paint booths, atomizers, paint kitchens, pretreatment/CED tanks, UF/anolyte systems, rectifiers, and chemical dosing systems.
- Coating Development & Performance Testing: Lead paint and powder color development, coating system selection, and rigorous quality testing including DFT, adhesion, salt spray, humidity, stone chip, impact, bend, and oven prof

📌 Manufacturing Engineer- Coating Technology (Nagar)
🏢 the Team and the Role
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