Responsibilities & Key Deliverables Development Engineer (DE) - Department of Component Development and Materials Management (CDMM) Job Description Position: Development Engineer (DE) The Development Engineer is the backbone of our time-critical operations, embodying speed, efficiency, and unwavering focus on quality. This role demands a blend of rapid execution and meticulous attention to detail, ensuring every part developed meets the highest standards within the set timelines. Department: Component Development and Materials Management (CDMM) Objective: To meticulously drive the on-time delivery, optimal capacity utilization, and impeccable quality in part development, ensuring a seamless bridge between design intent and practical application. Time-Driven Part Development: Spearhead parts' development in strict alignment with the APQP methodology, emphasizing timely execution without compromising quality. Budgetary Mastery: Strategize and implement the investment budget, focusing on optimal time and resource allocation for swift returns. Punctual FTG Tracking: Ensure timely development and tracking of FTGs, setting clear benchmarks and timelines to guarantee prompt deliveries. Swift Quote Analysis: Accelerate synthesis preparation for quotes, enabling rapid decisions and quicker turnarounds. Prototype Expediency: Manage proto parts quotes' settlement and development, ensuring rapid response times and faster development cycles. Efficient Financial Operations: Expedite Capital & Revenue PR & PO releases and supplier capital payment releases, emphasizing speed and precision in financial transactions. ROCM Swift Updates: Ensure real-time ROCM settlement and updates, eliminating lags and fostering prompt actions. Rapid Supplier Collaboration: Lead supplier interactions with a keen focus on immediate responses, setting clear SOP timelines, and ensuring on-the-dot handovers. Capacity Excellence: Prioritize swift establishment of supplier capacities, ensuring they are up and running in record time without quality compromises. Tooling Precision: Oversee tooling agreements with speed and accuracy, ensuring swift closures and timely implementations. Process Acceleration: Collaborate with suppliers to finalize processes at breakneck speed, while ensuring the integration of PFMEA and alignment with FTG concept design, planning, and calibration. Swift Supplier Auditing: Expedite supplier audits for swift finalization of new sources and immediate identification of existing source gaps. Rapid Pricing Decisions: Collaborate seamlessly with the pricing team to quickly finalize new parts' costs and promptly suggest VA/VE proposals. Change Management: Dive into various Cross-Functional Teams (CFT), ensuring immediate adaptability and swift change management processes. Supplier Enhancement: Prioritize rapid elevation of supplier competencies through immediate technical assistance, training, and guidance. Real-time MIS Management: Ensure instantaneous MIS preparations, enabling real-time insights and decisions. Swift Synergy Building: Foster speedy collaborations within and outside the department, ensuring real-time collaborations and feedback loops. Unwavering Quality Adherence: Ensure the stringent and swift adherence to the Quality Management System (QMS) specific to the CDMM department, with quality always at the forefront. Experience 3-6 Years Industry Preferred Automotive OEM Automotive Tier 1 Qualifications BE - Mechanical / Automobile / Production General Requirements Competencies Expected Product & Process Knowledge in Casting (Al&GCI), Machining, Engine Proprietary parts ( Fuel system, Turbo, Oil pump ,Exhaust after treatment, drive system, filteration system, Cooling system ), Precise Machining, Special Processes, Sheet metal, Rubber, Plastics, Battery frame, Cooling plate, adhesives & foam, welding APQP & PPAP Part and tooling Cost analysis and synthesis Drawing study and Manufacturing Feasibility Capacity analysis Project Management Tooling Estimation and Budget Management Knowledge in Packaging & Logisitics Knowledge in VAVE activites