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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
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Leads vehicle upper-body packaging and architecture convergence across styling, engineering, manufacturing, safety, and regulatory teams. Develops vehicle layouts, packaging proposals, CAD mockups, interfaces, fixing concepts, fit-and-finish drawings, tolerance analyses, and design validation. Resolves packaging conflicts, ensures design-rule and regulatory compliance, manages milestone maturity, facilitates workshops, and supports production handover. Requires expertise in passenger and utility vehicle architecture, CATIA V5, DMU tools, packaging standards, GD&T, and cross-functional technical leadership.
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Job Description

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  • 1.   MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

    Describe the major accountabilities that this job is expected to deliver

    To work with Local /Global zone Teams for the technical convergence to meet Product, Process & Performance Targets in upper body Vehicle zones

  • Lateral (Body side, Windshield and Roof)
  • Geometry (Fit and Finish at Vehicle level, Part measurement points, Part gauge design and validation)
  • Develop packaging layouts for new vehicles or vehicle derivatives.
  • Ensure occupant space, comfort, visibility, and egress based on standards.
  • Resolve packaging conflicts between components. (same zone as well as interzone)
  • Support design feasibility, from concept through production.
  • Interface with styling, manufacturing, serviceability, and regulatory teams.
  • Product Development Preparation

  • Prepare initial concept for vehicle layout.
  • Prepare product development that outlines the basic idea, structure, and specifications of a component or product
  • Conduct short loop studies to make decision matrix to get Project direction.
  • Adhere to product development schedule.
  • Prepare milestone synthesis and obtain Metier opinion before presenting to Project
  • Design Validation & Interface Definition

  • Converge interfaces between parts, subassemblies, and assemblies per design rules.
  • Prepare part/assembly fixing concept with all degrees of freedom (3-2-1 principle).
  • Establish cutlines between parts in alignment with styling and engineering teams.
  • Integrate design intent with stakeholder agreement.
  • CAD Data Management

  • Prepare CAD data for all mockups as per project schedule.
  • Prepare Master section & allocated volume
  • Conduct CAD data maturity checks at each project milestone.
  • Track and secure only functional holes in sheet metal parts.
  • Validate parts, sub-assemblies, and assemblies against design rules.
  • Design Rule Compliance

  • Justify and level all design rule deviations with experts.
  • Define and take responsibility for common area parts packaging early in the project.
  • Ensure future packaging protection is secured.
    Review existing designs to prevent recurrence of known issues.
  • Innovation & Performance Alignment

  • Follow Innovation( NDL )process for packaging related innovations.
  • Initiate design reviews and converge with all stakeholders.
  • Respect and align with all performance requirements (e.g., perceived quality, safety, NVH, ergonomics).
  • Safety & Issue Resolution

  • Prepare Safety Risk Control Demonstration File (valid for 35 years from Agreement to Market).
  • Provide solutions for all physical phase design-related issues
  • Tolerance & Fit-Finish

  • Perform tolerance and stack-up analysis with suppliers and stakeholders.
  • Prepare fit & finish drawings and converge with all stakeholders.
  • Validate checking fixtures and ensure convergence with suppliers.
  • 2. LEVEL OF AUTHORITY

                  What is the level of empowerment this role has i.e. what are the critical job related decisions for which this role needs to get approval from the reporting manager?

  • Converge all Archi, style & Geometry subjects based on Technical feasibility with support of Engineering teams
  • Facilitate and lead  workshop meetings in standard way (Proper agenda with MOM).
  • Highlight all critical Archi / style issues at right time and resolve the issues to avoid blocking in milestones
  • Seek guidance from Archi, Style & Geometry LTLs to understand standards in style & GEOM convergence and deliverables
  • Prepare & share Archi, Style & Geometry indicators as per milestone standards
  • Know the key users, understand their needs and converge with all stakeholders.
  • Seek continuous improvement of product quality.
  • Engages leaders across organization, Alert if conditions for optimal value creation are not met
  • Build Teamzone relationships with the team in order to help the team being autonomous, focused and efficient in creating value, Help to remove the team's obstacles.
  • Foster alignment and allow the team to be  efficient in the achievement of objectives through a clear, consistent and prioritized backlog.
  • Anticipate risk so that the product backlog always contains enough elements ready to be processed by teams
  • Good knowledge of the Passenger & Utility vehicle
  • Technical expertise in defining the packaging proposals for big assemblies, Sheetmetal & Plastic parts
  • Leadership
  • Decision-making ability
  • Communication and negotiation skills
  • CATIA V5 (sketch, part, surface, assembly & Drawing)
  • Knowledge of H -Point, Roominess, SAE J1100/J4002 std etc
  • Possess strong knowledge of packaging guidelines and demonstrate the ability to develop effective solutions to address issues without introducing additional components, while ensuring full compliance with relevant regulatory standards such as ECE, GTR, AIS-100, etc
  • understanding of Geometric Dimensioning & tolerance for clearances, interfaces & component fitting
  • Ability to interpret and work within a vehicle architecture layout. (wheel base, overhange, ground clearance, etc)
  • Work with teams from styling, engineering, manufacturing, electrical, HVAC, seating, crash/safety, etc.
  • Use of DMU tools like Teamcenter, ENOVIA, or RVT  to ensure component fit and clash-free packaging for every milestone release
  • Analyse competitor vehicles for packaging trends and best practices
  • Document packaging studies, facilitate Workshops, present to design reviews, prepare and share milestone synthesis and support industrial phase team during handover
  • Solution to be secured for major issues within 2 weeks from the milestone.

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