Lead Engineer - Vehicle Front

Vehicle Front Group is a design team within Cab Design Section. We are responsible to design & develop components like Bumper, Crash systems, Insteps, lighting/Signalling components & plastic parts coming on the chassis. We work with both new vehicle projects and maintenance of parts in productions that we continuously are adapting for markets and demands.

Scope of Work

Responsible for the design & development and complete delivery of the Lower Front system module. The work requires domain expertise in metal, plastic & composite components related to Truck lower front module such as Hood and Bumper systems and other structural and protection components. It is a key role in coordinating the operational work needed to ensure cross functionally anchored concepts and technical solutions meet defined product QDCF targets. The role covers several aspects of the product development process and the deliverables are largely driven by Gates, Releases and Design loops.

Core Responsibilities

• Responsible for the end to end development of products / parts and release of the solutions into the system with complete product ownership and tackling quality issues effectively
• Sound knowledge of the frontal architecture and lower front systems for a commercial vehicle and able to undertake technical feasibility investigations to provide a complete development solution for vehicle platforms
• Performs design, testing/validation and/or development projects within area of assignment to fulfil the project & Product Quality, Delivery, Cost, Feature targets & report the same in project forums.
• Generate Value Engineering and Value Analysis (VA/VE) and Continuous Improvement (CI) ideas to reduce product costs and drive/support implementation as needed.
• Analyse component parts and assemblies to determine the best course of action required to resolve actual or potential problems and implement cost effective solutions.
• Support packaging engineers in packaging and installation tasks (e.g. technical reports, packaging investigations, DMU utilization)
• Define Level 4 (component/system) time plan including the most important cross functional milestones using APQP as the supporting process.
• Responsible to independently drive Cross functional activities to close out development open points and achieve set project deliverables.
• Must have Global mind-set to collaborate and work with engineers mostly at Cab, Chassis, Styling, Vehicle Architecture, Verification & Validation team both Locally as well as Other sites within Volvo.
• Take ownership in development of engineering process & method documents (TR, guidelines, rules etc.)
• Contribute towards knowledge management within the area of assignment.
• Ability to drive innovation within the team and take up intellectual property initiatives in the team and independently
• Capable to running thorough investigations to identify root cause analysis for failures and deliver a robust solution as a counter-measure to address customer issues