Project Journey Resident Engineer

Description

As the Resident Engineer – Automatic Transmission Launch & Localization , you will represent Product Development onsite at a new manufacturing facility producing automatic transmissions.

You will provide technical leadership throughout equipment commissioning, pre-production builds, production validation, launch, ramp-up, and ongoing production. You will also lead regional Product Development activities associated with localization of components and assemblies.

The position combines two closely related areas of accountability:

- Resident engineering leadership for the transmission manufacturing operation.
- Regional Product Development leadership for component localization and implementation.

You will work closely with regional and global transmission engineering teams to ensure localized products, manufacturing changes, supplier proposals, validation activities, and production approvals meet applicable engineering, functional, durability, quality, and manufacturing requirements.

The role reports to the Product Development General Manager for Underbody Systems in Chennai , with a matrix reporting relationship to the Global Rear-Wheel-Drive Transmission Manager .

Minimum qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
- 10+ years of relevant engineering experience in one or more areas such as Product Development, Design and Release, systems engineering, powertrain engineering, transmission engineering, manufacturing engineering, vehicle plant engineering, launch, or product quality.
- Demonstrated experience resolving complex technical problems in manufacturing, product launch, or product-development environments.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, product requirements, validation results, test data, and manufacturing data.
- Experience with engineering change control, product concern management, production approvals, or supplier deviation processes.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical risks and recommendations to engineering specialists and senior leaders.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple high-priority technical issues while maintaining disciplined ownership and action tracking.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with manufacturing employees, engineering specialists, suppliers, cross-functional teams, and leadership.
- Ability to work onsite at the transmission manufacturing facility and support launch or production activities outside normal business hours when necessary.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with regional and global teams across time zones.

Preferred qualifications

- Experience with or comparable longitudinal automatic transmissions , including transmission systems, mechanical components, controls, calibration, manufacturing, or validation.
- Experience launching a new powertrain manufacturing operation, automatic transmission line, or major localized automotive product.
- Experience with APQP, PPAP/PSW, DFMEA, DVP&R, root-cause analysis, production validation, and engineering change management .
- Experience working directly with automotive component suppliers during product localization or manufacturing launch.
- Experience using structured problem-solving methodologies such as 8D, 5-Why analysis, Ishikawa/fishbone analysis, or equivalent methods .