Excelher Vehicle Front Engineer

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match. 

About Excelher program:  

Are you looking for an opportunity to restart your career? 

Do you want to work with an organization that would value your experience no matter when you gained it? 

How about working with the best minds in the transportation industry where we need more women power? 

We are pleased to launch the Excelher program – the career returnship program at Volvo Group in India. The program is for women who have been on a career break for a year or more. This is our step towards empowering women to relaunch their professional journey after their absence from the workplace due to personal commitments. Exciting work assignments have been identified which you can refer to in the list below. 

The assignments are for a tenure of 9 months. The participant of this program would have access to professional development programs, mentoring assistance by a business leader, apart from the experience of working with people from different functions/technology/culture. 

Go ahead and apply if you find the opportunities in line with your experience and career interest.

Group description

Exterior Vehicle Front Group is a design team within Cab Exterior Design Section. We are responsible to design & develop components like Bumpers and Hoods and other plastic parts coming on the Cabin & Chassis. We work with both new vehicle projects and maintenance of parts in productions that we continuously are adapting for markets and demands.  

Scope of Work

Responsible for the design & development of Plastic & Sheet metal components related to Truck Exteriors such as Bumpers, Hoods, Air guides, Electrical Installations, and related components. It’s a key role in coordinating the operational work needed to ensure cross functionally anchored concepts and technical solutions meeting defined product QDCFS targets. The role covers several aspects of the product development process, and the deliverables are to a large extent driven by Gates, Releases and Design loops.
 
Core Responsibilities

• Responsible for the development of products / parts and release of the solutions into the system with complete product ownership and tackling quality issues effectively
• Performs design, testing/validation and/or development projects within area of assignment to fulfil the project & Product Quality, Delivery, Cost, Feature targets & report the same in project forums.
• Generate Value Engineering and Value Analysis (VA/VE) and Continuous Improvement (CI) ideas to reduce product costs and drive/support implementation as needed.
• Analyse component parts and assemblies to determine the best course of action required to resolve actual or potential problems and implement cost effective solutions. 
• Support packaging engineers in packaging and installation tasks (e.g. technical reports, packaging investigations, DMU utilization) 
• Define Level 4 (component/system) time plan including the most important cross functional milestones using APQP as the supporting process.
• Responsible to independently drive Cross functional activities to close out development open points and achieve set project deliverables.
• Must have Global mind-set to collaborate and work with engineers mostly at Cab, Chassis, Styling, Vehicle Architecture, Verification & Validation team both Locally as well as Other sites within Volvo. 
• Take ownership in development of engineering process & method documents (TR, guidelines, rules etc.) 
• Contribute towards knowledge management within the area of assignment. 

Technical Competencies

• Experience of designing & developing plastic and Sheet metal components for automotive applications.
• Experience of product development within exterior environments such as Bumpers, Hoods, Electrical installation brackets of commercial vehicles or any Exterior systems of Cars.
• Working knowledge of Catia V5 and Enovia/PDM.
• PTC CREO Experience is added advantage
• Possess sound knowledge in Problem solving techniques by effectively using Quality tools such as 8D/ FTA.
• Knowledge about Commercial Vehicle regulations and Certification activities.
• Experience of working with suppliers to lead the development activities with a good level of product development cycle understanding.
• Hands on experience in tooling (Die, Press/Injection Mold/Die-cast) is preferred.

General Competencies

• Analytical Skills 
• Change Facilitation 
• Conceptual Thinking 
• Creativity/Innovation 
• Initiative

Leadership

• Ownership/Accountability
• Problem-Solving/Decision-Making 
• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to Detail 
• Flexibility

Qualification

• BE/B.Tech in Mechanical/Automobile Engineering with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Working Knowledge in Volvo Product and Data Management systems such as Kola and Enovia is Mandatory.
• Sound Knowledge about Commercial Vehicle & European market will be preferred.
• People/team handling experience will be an added advantage.

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Who we are and what we believe in 
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. ​We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. ​We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment. 

Group Trucks Technology are seeking talents to help design sustainable transportation solutions for the future. As part of our team, you’ll help us by engineering exciting next-gen technologies and contribute to projects that determine new, sustainable solutions. Bring your love of developing systems, working collaboratively, and your advanced skills to a place where you can make an impact. Join our design shift that leaves society in good shape for the next generation.