- The Lead Engineer is responsible for leadership of the sub system engineers and is responsible for deliverables for all aspects of defined component(s) / system(s)

Area of Responsibility-

- This position is responsible for establishing, planning, and running the Automotive exterior Lighting like Headlamps, Tail lamps, fog lamps, side running lights, Direction indicator lamp, DRL CHMSL lamps system meetings to ensure appropriate cross functional representation and input from all relevant areas.

- You will have responsibility for Key technical interface with customers design engineers and design studio.

- Coordinates and conducts regular design reviews within cross functional teams.

- Ensures compliance of Exterior trims and Bumper Systems with regulatory requirements (AIS, FMVSS, UN, and ECE etc), customer specifications and best practices and work instructions.

- Define GDT, DVA, DVP, DFMEAs, PPIR, customer Assembly and component drawings etc

- Creation of Statement-Of-Work for sourcing the parts.

- Sound knowledge of Lighting design Latest Market trends tooling concepts, Plastic Materials used in Automotive.

- Ensure effective data management, Quality Documents, Cost Reviews, timing Reviews with supplier.

- Support Build Activity and warranty Claim management.

- Prototype Part Its Material Management for validation assembly, Functional Review.

- Ensure sub-system meets attribute requirements, Durability, Thermal, Weight, Cost etc

- Support Purchasing team in Sourcing and RFQ activities.

- Support vehicles launch and pre-production builds (both virtual and physical)

- Establishing the teamwork plan Ensure program timing objectives are met.

- Ensure Part releases in system with concern approvals are on time.

- Publishing minutes from each meeting.





- Communicating team progress to management.

- Ensuring the effective application of APQP to manage system / component delivery.

- Ensuring all relevant documentation as per ISO quality standards.

- Ensuring that required issues escalated to Module Leader in right time.

- Identifying all risks of the program and make appropriate capitalization documents (Lessons l earned, Technical Reports) to feed/improve Design and Development standards and guidelines.

- Communication follow up with international cross functional teams to deliver targets.

Knowledge / Experience

- Essential- Minimum of 8-12 years of automotive product engineering experience required specifically in automotive lighting system and component design with a robust preference for experience with the latest lighting technologies like LED, light pipes, and adaptive forward lighting (AFS) systems.

- Good Design and development knowledge of exterior lighting such as Headlamps, Tail lamps, fog lamps, side running lights, Direction indicator lamp, DRL CHMSL lamps.

- Positive Knowledge of Global Exterior lighting regulations, Photometric thermal requirements of lamps.

- Proven project management capability demonstrated by recent delivery on time budget.

- Engineering knowledge of defined component(s) / system(s) design, function, performance, production manufacturing requirements, Excellent communications skills, demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels, Significant experience in use of engineering tools FMEA, Six Sigma, problem resolution etc

- EM TF build support Experience will be an added advantage.

- Successful history of delivery within the automotive sector.

- PC Literacy: Microsoft Project, Power Point, Excel, Word etc

- Degree in relevant Engineering discipline or equivalent experience.

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