Expleo
Development Lead - Closures
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (city only)
Pune, Maharashtra, India (city only)
On-site · Full-time
First seen by offpeak October 22, 2026
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Overview
Closure : Pune [2 - UGNX] & Chennai [6 - CATIA]
Responsibilities
- Lead engineering development activities for closure systems and components across vehicle programs.
- Ensure closure component/system development aligns with quality, cost, weight, timing, and performance objectives.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams and global stakeholders for collaborative engineering activities.
- Ensure compliance with homologation, regulatory, and internal engineering standards.
- Support design release, engineering documentation, validation planning, and technical sign-offs.
- Execute robust and cost-effective engineering solutions ensuring successful program launches.
- Drive standardization, benchmarking, lessons learned, harmonization, and best practice implementation.
- Support supplier development activities, technical reviews, capability assessments, and issue resolution.
- Coordinate with design studio and vehicle integration teams for milestone achievement and packaging feasibility.
- Lead root-cause analysis and support corrective actions during development and build phases.
- Support product diversity definition and value optimization activities.
- Develop and maintain source packages, technical documentation, and engineering deliverables.
- Support development of technical roadmaps, training materials, and engineering policies.
- Ensure adherence to internal control systems, engineering processes, and PLM workflows.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical / Automobile / Production Engineering or related discipline
Essential skills
- Strong experience in automotive Closure Systems development.
- Hands-on experience in concept design and feasibility studies for:
- Side Doors
- Hoods
- Fenders
- Liftgates / Tailgates
- Door Hardware
- Sealing Systems
- Door Modules
- Manual Tops
- Experience conducting technical reviews with suppliers for:
- Glass systems
- Window regulators
- Door modules
- Tops
- Sealing systems
- Experience coordinating with Design Studio and Vehicle Integration teams.
- Strong exposure to engineering release processes in production environments.
- Proficiency in UG NX and/or CATIA.
- Experience working with Teamcenter / PLM systems.
Desired skills
- Exposure to weight optimization and cost reduction initiatives.
- Experience in validation planning and technical documentation sign-off.
- Knowledge of automotive build support and launch activities.
- Understanding of automotive quality systems and engineering change management.
Experience
6 to 8 years