Specialist Engineer - Surface Materials

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. 

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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.

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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.

Specialist Engineer - Surface Materials - Cab Living

Group description

Interior Living Group is a design team within Cabin Engineering Department of Vehicle Engineering, GTT Bangalore. We are responsible to design & develop components like headliner, wall trims, bunk heads, storages, sunvisors, floor carpets, surface materials etc in cabin interiors for various global brands of Volvo. Due to a unique mix of competencies, several group members have global responsibilities in their respective areas and participate in company-wide module teams in order to align technical specifications, enhance quality and build value for all the truck brands. We are looking for a Specialist Engineer with proven competence in surface material (CMF- Colour Material Fabric) development and has a broader skill-set of design and development of automotive plastics to join our team. 

This position is responsible for engineering textiles/fabrics, leather, foils & plastic surface materials, applied finishes and their applications. This position supports the design and application of material solutions on the interior and exterior of heavy truck products.

Responsibilities

• As local owner of the engineering solution in surface materials and finishes, you will be the Technical Leader for the subject within the development team and will serve alongside global counterparts with the same or similar responsibilities to develop and maintain the company’s competence and knowledge of surface materials and application
• Responsible for the successful introduction, maintenance and application of surface materials and finishes in our truck applications from concept to end-of-product- life
• Define and document requirements and specifications for fabrics and other materials and their applications (e.g. color fastness, grain and texture, durability, etc.)
• Ensure materials meet all applicable regulatory and internal demands
• Introduce and maintain engineering documentation which defines surface materials and their requirements (Technical documents, engineering release documents, coordinating the creation and documentation of Master Samples, etc.)
• Coordinate with cross functional stakeholders and counterparts in Cab Engineering, Product Design and Purchasing
• Understand and accommodate stakeholder’s needs while ensuring that technical requirements are balanced and satisfied; you will lead the effort to negotiate and find material and finish solutions that work with the proposed component solutions
• Coordinate with component engineers to translate their delivery needs into related tasks for your surface material deliveries; synchronize project timelines for key activities, plan necessary quality activities, establish and work toward cost targets
• Ensure materials meet defined requirements and specifications; define test plans and request test activities; support the Supplier Quality Engineer and Product Design with the final part qualification for colour, material, grain, etc.
• Support current production products if manufacturing or quality issues develop related to surface material performance and/or manufacturing process
• Initiate and participate in research and advanced development projects related to surface material and finishes
• Maintain a presence related industry forums and keep yourself up-to-date with trends and innovations in the industry

Requirements

• Bachelors in Mechanical Engineer or Materials Engineering or Similar; Masters degree preferred with a focus on Textile Engineering, Material Science or other related focus
• 12-15 years of experience with focus on material responsibilities in product development of vehicles
• Understands complex injection molded interior component and soft trim system design - can design and manage deliveries toward project targets for features, cost and timing

Key Skills Required

• Understanding of applicability of surface materials and processing on interior automotive components
• Creativity and attributes such as commercial awareness
• You have an open and positive attitude
• The job requires that you create a good network within and also outside the company on a local and global base, therefore your ability to understand and accept cultural differences as well as seeing the benefits with working in an organization where diversity is seen as an asset

Competencies

• Customer Focus
• Decision Quality
• Collaborative
• Values Differences
• Action Oriented

Industry

• Automotive
• Transportation/Trucking/Railroad