Technical Lead

At Tata Technologies we make product development dreams a reality by designing, engineering and validating the products of tomorrow for the world's leading manufacturers. Due to our continued growth, we are now recruiting for Technical Leads – Interior Trims & Material, to strengthen our team in Gothenburg.

The role

The Technical Lead 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 Floor Systems and Luggage compartment systems meetings to ensure appropriate cross functional representation and input from all relevant areas.

Responsibilities

Key technical interface with customers' design engineers and design studio. Coordinates and conducts regular design reviews within cross functional teams.

Ensures compliance of Floor Systems and Luggage compartment systems with regulatory requirements (AIS, FMVSS, UN, and ECE etc.), customer specifications and best practices and work instructions.

Knowledge of GD&T and its implications, creation of DVP&Rs DFMEAs, Supplier Statement-Of-Requirements, customer and component drawings etc.

Hands-on approach to validating concepts and troubleshooting related to Floor Systems and Luggage compartment systems.

Supplier Management

Support Build Activity and warranty Claim management

Ensure sub-system meets Cost and weight Targets

Support Purchasing team in Sourcing and RFQ activities.

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

Establishing the team work plan

Publishing minutes from each meeting

Ensuring that the engineering sub-system delivers its objectives and targets (technical and business)

Ensuring that programme timing objectives are met

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 issues that cannot be resolved are escalated to Module Leader

Ensuring effective Supplier Management

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

Knowledge / Experience

Education: Bachelor's or Master in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.

Minimum of 9-12 years of automotive product engineering experience required specifically in automotive Floor Systems and Luggage compartment systems & component design.

Good Design and development knowledge of complete Floor Systems and Luggage compartment systems which includes carpets, absorbents, insulations, load floor and some plastic parts.

Good understanding of master section development, Style feasibility, commonality for different variants, DVP, DFMEA, etc. required.

Good Knowledge of Floor and Luggage system regulations and requirements.

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,

PC Literacy: Microsoft Project, Power Point, Excel, Word, CatiaV5, Team Centre etc.

Significant experience in use of engineering tools FMEA, Six Sigma, problem resolution etc.

Successful history of delivery within the automotive sector.

Good Knowledge of and/or training in:

Global interior trim regulations

Plastic injection moulding processes (both tooling and design)

Interior parts specific manufacturing requirement

Design and development knowledge of Floor and Luggage compartment trim such as carpets, absorbents, insulations, load floor etc

Working knowledge of project delivery processes.

Working experience with global OEM cross functional teams will be an added advantage.

Manufacturing knowledge: Understanding of manufacturing processes, particularly for plastics and composite materials.

Team collaboration: The ability to collaborate with cross-functional and global teams to resolve technical issues.

Should be good Team player with positive attitude & good approach.

If you are passionate about bringing innovation to the projects, you work on then we would love to hear from you.

Tata Technologies: Engineering a better world.

Tata Technologies would like to thank all applicants for their interest; each application will be reviewed against the set criteria for the role. We would like to advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 10 working days following the closing date it will mean that unfortunately your application has not been successful. We will however retain your details for any suitable future opportunities.