Apollo Tyres Ltd is an international tyre manufacturer and the leading tyre brand in India. The company has multiple manufacturing units in India and a unit each in The Netherlands and Hungary. The company markets its products under its two global brands – Apollo and Vredestein, and its products are available in over 100 countries through a vast network of branded, exclusive and multi-product outlets.

Job Title: AM - Test specialist (Outdoor Testing – CV, OHT & Regulatory)
Location: Chennai R&D;
Reports to (Position): Manager
Department/Function:

Number of Direct Reports (Solid Line): 0

Number of Direct Reports (Dotted Line): 0

Number of Outsourced Reports: 0

Purpose of the Job: Responsible to

- Test Tyres in an outdoor workplace and provide reliable, repeatable, reproducible & representative test results to internal customers on time, traceable to internal/national/international standards.
- Subjective evaluation of tyre performance through vehicle assessments under various operating conditions.
- Objective evaluation through instrumented testing, data analysis, and performance benchmarking
Market mapping to assess the tyre performance under real world usage pattern.

Major Responsibilities:

- Tyre Testing: Plan and execute testing, regulatory track tests as per plans, customer requirements (P, Q, D) & applicable standards.
- Vehicle Instrumentation & Data Acquisition: Instrument test vehicles, configure measurement systems and acquire reliable test data as per SOPs.
- Test Analysis & Reporting: Analyse test results, identify performance trends and anomalies, and prepare technical reports with appropriate Insights.
- Equipment & Quality Compliance: Ensure equipment maintenance and calibration,



data traceability, and adherence to testing procedures and quality systems.
- Test Operations: Coordinate test vehicles, equipment and resources to achieve planned timelines and budgets.
- Safety & Continuous Improvement: Ensure safe testing practices and drive improvements in testing efficiency, accuracy, repeatability and productivity.
Digitalization & Automation: Develop and improve digital tools for test data processing, analysis, visualization and reporting

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Authorities: -

- Prepare the test results & Amendments in test reports, review with manager and publish
- Allocation of resources
- Stop test/machine in case of any quality or safety deviation.

Skills:

A). Problem solving & Leadership attitude
B). Analytical/ Interpersonal /communication Skill
C). Creativity
D). Team Building

Technical/Functional Knowledge:

1). Knowledge of Tyre testing & Global tyre testing standards.
2). Knowledge of Laboratory Management & Internal Audit as per ISO/IEC 17025:2017 & IATF 16949 certifications
3). Knowledge of tyre test equipment.
4). Quality systems & Regulations.

Relevant Experience:

3+ years in automotive/ tyre technology /manufacturing /quality or testing with hand-on experience with automated systems for precision measurements
Shall have experience in.

- Tyre technology or Manufacturing or Testing

- Result oriented planning, scheduling & organizing

- Digital platforms-SAP, LIMS, Teams, MS, PowerBI, HTML

- Analytical tools /software -MATLAB, Python, IMC, LMS etc

- Safety & Quality systems - 5S, 8D investigation, HIRA, TQM, FMEA, ISO17025, IATF16949
Valid HCV/LMV driving license

Education Qualification(s): Graduate in Mechanical /Automobile / Production Engineering.

📌 AM - Test specialist (Outdoor Testing – CV, OHT & Regulatory) (Chennai)
🏢 Apollo Tyres
📍 Chennai