The System Development Lead is a key role within the Systems Engineering team at BorgWarner India Propulsion Engineering Centre (IPEC). This position plays a critical part in end-to-end development of advanced automotive electrification products, acting as a bridge between project management, global engineering teams, and customers. This is an exciting opportunity to lead complex system development initiatives across the full V-development lifecycle
while influencing cutting-edge technologies such as inverters, e-Drives, onboard chargers, and electronic controllers. You will work in a global, collaborative environment and directly contribute to shaping the propulsion solutions of tomorrow.
Job Title: System Development Lead – PowerDrive Systems
Experience: 10 to 12 years of work experience in automotive electronics, power electronics/drives or system engineer.
Educational Qualifications: Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical/ Mechanical Discipline
Location: Bengaluru IPEC India
Key Responsibility:
Lead system development of automove electrificaon products such as inverters, e-Drive systems, onboard chargers, and electronic controllers.
Drive system development acvies across all phases of the V-development lifecycle, from stakeholder requirements to producon handover.
Plan and manage system development by tailoring established processes to project-specific needs and priories.
Define and execute system release plans, including scope, deliverables, and work product mapping to stakeholder requirements.
Lead and coordinate cross-funconal and mul-site global teams, ensuring adherence to project schedules and resource forecasts.
Share accountability for issue resoluon related to system releases and customer-reported concerns using structured problem-solving techniques.
Coach and mentor HW, SW, and Systems engineering teams, enabling them with the right plaorms, technical insights, and cross-team connecons.
Support customer-facing technical discussions, issue resoluon, and engineering status reporng.
What we are looking for:
Minimum 10 years of experience in automove system design and development.
Strong understanding of Systems Engineering principles and V-Model development methodology.
Experience working in ASPICE-based (or similar) process-driven environments.
Hands-on experience with system development aligned to industry standards such as ISO 26262, ISO 21434, and ASPICE.
Familiarity with project planning and task management tools such as MS Project, Jira, IBM Raonal RTC, or Polarion.
Proven technical leadership experience in new product development and product launches.
Exposure to Agile, CMM, SPICE, ISO/TS 16949 methodologies.
Ability to comprehend microcontroller-based hardware and associated schemacs.
Strong collaboraon, communicaon, and stakeholder management skills.
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