About the role
- Minimum 3 years of Tire Design and Development experience with Tire manufacturer or at passenger car manufacturer ( OEM ) .
- 3 to 8 years of overall experience with automotive OEM or equivalent in Wheels & Tires and W&T Assemblies Design / Development or any other Chassis specific area like Wheel cover & wheel center caps.
- Understand Wheel & Tire testing, development & Homologation requirements. ETRTO/ T&RA/ SAE design guidelines.
- Tire building process knowledge, construction, wheel development process and design background to manage vehicle projects with multiple complexities.
- In depth experience of product development process, supplier evaluation, tech review, DFMEA, DVP&R, control plan, PFMEA, PPAP.
- Root cause analysis (Proactive & reactive methods) for parts under development and field return/warranty. Knowledge of DFSS methodology for design and reactive root cause analysis methods. (Shainin, DOE).
- Basic Experience in UG/NXCatia V5 modeling , PLM, Team center.
- Good understanding of functional science of Chassis subs systems for fatigue, NVH, handling and stiffness. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Vehicle assembly process knowledge and system and component tooling and process experience.
- Process knowledge of casting, sheet metal and forging
- Simulation of manufacturing processes (sheet metal forming, casting-mold fill simulation)
- Knowledge of various chassis subsystems and Vehicle dynamics.