Sr Manager Process Engineering

Position: General Manager / Deputy General Manager / Senior Manager NPD, Process Engineering & Tool Room (Extended to Technical Business Development)

Location: Shirwal off Pune

Function: Engineering & Projects (NPD, Process Development, Tooling, Business Development)

Reporting To: CTO / Managing Director

Role Purpose

To lead New Product Development (NPD), Process Design, Tool Room, and Technical Business Development for precision-forged and machined driveline components specifically CV joints, bevel gears, flanges, shafts, and related assemblies ensuring world-class process capability, productivity, and quality.

• The role extends to international business development, encompassing complete lifecycle ownership from RFQ to PPAP and Product & Process handover for serial production ,enabling seamless product industrialization aligned with company growth journey and compliance to IATF 16949 / VDA 6.3 systems.

Key Responsibilities

1. New Product Development & Program Management

• Drive end-to-end NPD for forged and machined automotive components (CV joints, flanges, shafts, housings, starter clutches, etc.).
• Lead APQP, DFMEA/PFMEA, Control Plans, PPAP, documentation.
• Develop process flow diagrams, layout plans, and critical path timelines to ensure on-time project delivery.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams (Design, Quality, Production, Procurement, Tool Room) to meet customer milestones.
• Process Design & Manufacturing Engineering
• • Develop hot, warm, and cold forging as well as machining processes.
• • Conduct forging simulations (QFORM/FFCAM) and implement DFM/DFV principles.
• • Define tooling standards, process capability indices (Cp/Cpk), and productivity norms.
• • Lead process optimization, cost reduction, and cycle time improvement initiatives.

Tool Room & Fixture Development

• Oversee the design and development of dies, tools, gauges, jigs and fixtures.
• Implement standardization and modularization of dies for cost and lead-time reduction.
• Manage tool-room operations including CNC, VMC, and CAM programming (UG-NX, SolidWorks).

Customer & Supplier Interface / Technical Business Development

• Liaise with domestic and international OEMs/Tier-1 customers during RFQ, DFM review, and PPAP submission.

• Partner with customers R&D and sourcing teams to co-develop new programs and secure business.
• Coordinate with suppliers for raw material, heat treatment, and special process development.

• Provide technical support during audits, trials, and customer visits to strengthen long-term engagement.

• Provide support to eliminate chronic quality & productivity concerns.

Project Costing & Capex Planning

• Prepare project feasibility, process costing, and part-level economics for forged + machined components.

• Lead machine finalization, layout optimization, and capacity enhancement studies for new programs.

• Participate in budgeting and technology upgradation for automation, robotics, and smart manufacturing (IOT & Industry

Team Development & Systems Implementation

• Mentor engineers in NPD, tooling, and process engineering disciplines.

• Ensure to upgrade required skills in NPD team to deliver stringent customer requirements.

• Institutionalize project management systems, daily reviews, and MIS reporting.

• Support Lean / TPM initiatives to enhance equipment uptime, OEE, and manpower efficiency.

Candidate Profile

Education - Diploma / B.E. / B.Tech Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Experience years in NPD, Process Design, and Tooling within forging/machining industries

Functional Expertise - Hot/Warm/Cold Forging, Machining, Tool Room, Simulation, and NPD Project Management

Software Skills - Unigraphics NX, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, QFORM/FFCAM, CAM, MS Office, MS Project

Certifications - Lean Six Sigma / Project Management / IATF Core Tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA)

Performance Metrics (KPIs)

• RFQ-to-SOP cycle-time reduction (%)

• First-time-right PPAP / APQP adherence (%)

• Project cost reduction (%) through process optimization
• OEE & process yield improvement (%)
• Tooling life enhancement (%)
• Customer audit & approval success rate (%)

Sowmya

Samvith Technologies