Expleo Group

Project Lead

Expleo Group  •  Chennai, IN (Onsite)  •  2 days ago
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Job Description

Auto MEX: Project Lead

Responsibilities

Job Role Requirement:

Strong experience in Automotive full vehicle design and development, vehicle integration, and cross-functional program leadership from concept development through SOP, ensuring delivery of quality, cost, performance, and timing targets.

Desired Skills Required:

  • Strong experience in automotive full vehicle design and development across Body, Interior, Exterior, Chassis, Powertrain, and Electrical/Electronic systems.
  • Should have hands-on experience on CAD tools like CATIA, UG-NX and PLM system.
  • Proven experience working on global OEM vehicle development programs across multiple phases of the product lifecycle, including Concept, Design, Development, Validation, Industrialization, and SOP.
  • Good understanding of the complete vehicle development lifecycle from Concept, Feasibility, Design, Development, Validation, Industrialization, and SOP.
  • Experience in vehicle integration, packaging, interface management, and engineering change management.
  • Knowledge of product development processes, including APQP, DFMEA, DVP, PPAP, and problem-solving methodologies.
  • Should have know-how on regulations like FMVSS and ECE
  • Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage technical deliverables, quality, cost, and timelines.
  • Exposure to vehicle testing, validation, and production launch activities.
  • Strong stakeholder management, customer interaction, and supplier coordination skills.
  • Excellent technical review, issue resolution, leadership, and communication abilities.
  • Should have worked on RFQ’s and proposals.

Additional Desired Skills

  • Strong capability in developing, enhancing, and presenting engineering competencies, technical capabilities, and organizational strengths to customers and leadership teams.
  • Experience in identifying emerging automotive technologies, innovation opportunities, and new engineering service offerings aligned with industry trends.
  • Ability to drive innovation initiatives, technology roadmaps, and continuous improvement programs across vehicle development domains.
  • Proven experience in preparing and delivering technical capability presentations, solution proposals, and customer presentations for business growth and project acquisition.
  • Strong understanding of automotive technology trends, electrification, connected vehicles, software-defined vehicles, and digital engineering practices.
  • Ability to collaborate with technical teams to develop new capabilities, reusable assets, best practices, and innovative engineering solutions.
  • Experience in supporting business development activities through technical consulting, solution definition, and capability demonstrations.

Desired Soft Skills:

  • Strong leadership and team management skills.
  • Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
  • Effective stakeholder and customer management.
  • Strong project planning, coordination, and execution skills.
  • Problem-solving and decision-making capability.
  • Ability to work in cross-functional and global teams.
  • Risk identification and mitigation mindset.
  • Conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
  • Time management and prioritization abilities.
  • Proactive, result-oriented, and accountable approach.
  • Adaptability and ability to manage changing project requirements.
  • Strong mentoring and team development skills.

Qualification: B.E Mech/Automobile/Production

Qualifications

Qualification: B.E Mech/Automobile/Production

Essential skills

Desired Skills Required:

  • Strong experience in automotive full vehicle design and development across Body, Interior, Exterior, Chassis, Powertrain, and Electrical/Electronic systems.
  • Should have hands-on experience on CAD tools like CATIA, UG-NX and PLM system.
  • Proven experience working on global OEM vehicle development programs across multiple phases of the product lifecycle, including Concept, Design, Development, Validation, Industrialization, and SOP.
  • Good understanding of the complete vehicle development lifecycle from Concept, Feasibility, Design, Development, Validation, Industrialization, and SOP.
  • Experience in vehicle integration, packaging, interface management, and engineering change management.
  • Knowledge of product development processes, including APQP, DFMEA, DVP, PPAP, and problem-solving methodologies.
  • Should have know-how on regulations like FMVSS and ECE
  • Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage technical deliverables, quality, cost, and timelines.
  • Exposure to vehicle testing, validation, and production launch activities.
  • Strong stakeholder management, customer interaction, and supplier coordination skills.
  • Excellent technical review, issue resolution, leadership, and communication abilities.
  • Should have worked on RFQ’s and proposals.

Experience

15 to 18 years

Expleo Group

About Expleo Group

Expleo is a global engineering, technology and consulting service provider that partners with leading organisations to guide them through their business transformation, helping them achieve operational excellence and future-proof their businesses.

Expleo benefits from more than 50 years of experience developing complex products, optimising manufacturing processes, and ensuring the quality of information systems.

Leveraging its deep sector knowledge and wide-ranging expertise in fields including AI engineering, digitalisation, hyper-automation, cybersecurity and data science, the group’s mission is to fast-track innovation through each step of the value chain.

As a responsible and diverse organisation, Expleo is committed to doing business with integrity and working towards a more sustainable and secure society.

Expleo boasts an extensive global footprint, powered by 18,000 highly-skilled experts delivering value in 29 countries and generating more than €1.4 billion in revenue.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Saint Quentin en Yvelines, FR
Year Founded
Unknown
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