New Product Reliability

To drive new product development efforts by working with design/ production and supplier stakeholders to enable high reliability and high-quality performance of the product.

Our philosophy: Break. Believe. Build

Break stuff. Break assumptions. Break the thumb rule.

Believe in the team. Believe in the process. Believe through failures.

Build fast. Build passionately. Build to simplify.

Job Description

• Align the new product development process with APQP objectives and identify appropriate controls and monitoring points.
• Development of Quality and Reliability data pipelines in the new product development.
• Initiate and drive Reliability controlling and monitoring efforts for all new product development activities.
• Detail quality and reliability goals and create continuous monitoring processes.
• Drive Requirement analysis, DFMEA, and Design validation activities for electronics and mechanical components.
• Bring in clarity and alignment on reliability objectives and approach among all the product development stakeholders.
• Define risk and risk mitigation plans by using first principles in calculations, testing, and prototyping.
• Maintain documented output from new product development activities to support downstream activities like supplier development, production, and customer integration.
• Develop and practice a failure analysis, recording, and investigation approach required for product development.
• Connect Reliability, Test Capability, and Field performance characteristics to enable the team to measure the product capabilities on quality and reliability.
• Initiate data collection, analysis, and management processes to enable quality/ reliability supporting decision-making ability.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's/Master's in engineering disciplines- Mechanical/ Electrical/ Electronics/ Metallurgy/ Mechatronics/ Automobile/ Reliability.
• 6+ years of experience in complex electromechanical system integration and evaluation.
• Exposure/ experience of understanding tests, failures, and test methods.
• Data analysis and data management 
• Reliability analysis and evaluation capability.

Knowledge and Skills

• Resilience and speed to work in a dynamic startup environment.
• Handle complexity and break it down to simpler and/or sophisticated test cases.
• Understand architecture diagrams. Ability to transform diagrams to documents and slide decks.
• Understanding basic electrical/electronic circuits and line diagrams.
• Knowledge of environmental effects on products.
• Knowledge of batteries and chargers.
• Vehicle and Battery homologation. 
• Reliability concepts, DFMEA, and First Principles of mechanical and electrical systems.
• Hands-on Python experience. Knowledge C and MATLAB.
• Familiarity with automotive/ aerospace/ engineering documentation/ quality management processes.

What matters:

Quality of work

Approach towards problem-solving

Dissatisfaction towards mediocre work

Resilient attitude to bounce back after failing

About Us

Exponent simplifies energy for EVs.

Co-founded by Arun Vinayak (Ather Energy's Founding Partner & Former Chief Product Officer) and Sanjay Byalal (Former hardware strategic sourcing and cell strategy lead, Ather and Former Supply Chain Lead, HUL), Exponent focuses on solving two sides of the energy problem by building the e^pump (charging station) and e^pack (battery pack) which together unlock 15-min rapid charging.

The 200+ strong team of passionate builders have a ton of EV experience and are currently looking for more builders to join one of the best EV teams in India to build & scale Exponent.