Skill Team Lead – Vehicle Design

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Date: 11 Aug 2025

Location: Jaipur, RJ, IN, 302028

Company: Hero Motocorp

Function

Research & Development - Jaipur

Pay Band

M3 to M5

Role

Skill Team Lead – Vehicle Design

A purpose driven role for you

The Skill team lead (Design) is responsible for leading the design team for Frames/Wheel/Brakes/Suspension systems. The role requires identification of CTQ parameters, and validation of design to ensure they are met. This role requires an understanding of the various loading conditions during vehicle running & handling and converts those loading into a validation spec. The Skill team lead should be expert in understanding and maintaining HMCL stage gate requirements along with regulatory and safety compliance.

A Day in the life

1) Ensuring delivery of VED platform/project deliverables within set CTQ Parameters

2) Providing VED technical leadership for the platform/project within the whole HMCL organization to ensure successful delivery of project.

3) Managing the VED Platform/Project team under the guidance of the Chief Engineer/STL, to achieve maximum NPD efficiency.

4) Technical guiding of VED work for platform/project from vehicle platform perspective to ensure overall benefit for platform/project.

5) System layout & design review of all parts and layout finalization.

6) Work towards ensuring the smooth Implementation of LEAP/LEAD/MP activities

Academic Qualification & Experience

BE/ BTech/ME/M.Tech in Mechanical/Automotive Engineering from renowned Institute

Technical Skills/Knowledge

• Sound RnD Automotive experience

• Must have experience of giving technical lead and working on projects largely independently
• Good understanding of DFMEA and GD&T.
• DFM/DFA is a must for component area.
• Project management/Management courses.
• Good understanding of DFMEA, DFM / DFA / DFS and GD&T
• Sound knowledge of advanced frames, braking and suspension systems
• Innovation- ideation of new part and system concepts
• Good understanding of FEA analysis
• Understanding test and validation plan. And being able to identify risks and planning contingencies/back-ups.
• Understanding of Layout/vehicle dynamics of motorcycles.

Behavioural Skills

Analytical , Interpersonal Savvy , Mentoring, Decision making , innovation & creativity , Dealing with Ambiguity

What will it be like to work for Hero

As the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters for the last 22 years, Hero is where you will get to work with the brightest innovators, passionate about being the best in what they do. You will become a part of India's proudest legacy, a brand that is celebrated by 110 million Indians and is now taking over the world with its manufacturing superpower. If you are someone who dreams big and goes after their dreams with absolute conviction, Hero is your place to be. At Hero, we are building a cutting-edge future of mobility, pushing frontiers of innovation and aiming for the very best. Choose to be with the best, choose to be your best.

About Hero

Headquartered in New Delhi (India), Hero MotoCorp is the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters for 22 consecutive years. We are at the forefront of developing modern, technologically superior and eco-friendly mobility solutions for its millions of customers around the world.

Hero MotoCorp has rapidly transformed into a true multinational organization with a presence in 47 countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.

We have achieved the coveted milestone of 110 million cumulative production and sales since inception. Aligned with its Vision "Be the Future of Mobility", Hero MotoCorp plans to achieve its next 100 million sales by

We have a globally benchmarked manufacturing and Research & Development (R&D) ecosystem that is spread across global geographies. Its R&D facilities are located in India and Germany - the Centre of Innovation and Technology (CIT) at Jaipur, India, and the Tech Centre Germany (TCG), near Munich. Hero MotoCorp's eight 'green' manufacturing facilities are spread across India (6), Colombia (1) and Bangladesh (1).

Hero MotoCorp is the pre-eminent leader in the Indian two-wheeler market. It is the only motorcycle manufacturing company listed in Dow Jones Sustainability Index.

In 2022, Hero MotoCorp launched a separate brand for emerging mobility solutions, including Electric Vehicles (EV) - VIDA, Powered by Hero. VIDA has commenced sales of VIDA V1 – its first EV – in India and plans to launch the product in global markets.

We are one of the largest global corporate promoters of multiple sporting disciplines. Hero is globally associated with golf, football, field hockey, cricket and motorsports. Hero MotoSports Team Rally is one of India's flag-bearers in global rally racing. The iconic golfer Tiger Woods is Hero MotoCorp's Global Corporate Partner.

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