Lead Specialist - Industrial Engineering

Role Overview

Safety and Industrialization

• Champion a zero-incident safety culture across PED processes.
• Lead process risk assessments, including PFMEA and MSRA, and drive corrective actions.
• Ensure ergonomics and workplace safety compliance through safe process design, mistake-proofing, containment controls, and risk mitigation.
• Lead industrialization from RFQ through SOP and ramp-up.
• Design robust manufacturing processes and maintain process flow diagrams, PFMEA, work instructions, and validation plans.
• Ensure on-time launch with right-first-time manufacturing capability.

Process Excellence and Technology

• Achieve and sustain Cp/Cpk capability targets for critical characteristics using SPC, Control Plans, and reaction plans.
• Drive variation reduction, process standardization, Poka-Yoke, and automation for zero-defect manufacturing.
• Lead Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, APS, productivity, efficiency, waste-elimination, and time-and-motion initiatives.
• Use 8D, 5 Why, and QC tools to improve OEE, yield, quality, and cost.
• Define process and equipment specifications and lead machine development, pre-acceptance, commissioning, and validation.
• Drive automation and digitalization aligned with Industry 4.0 standards.

Collaboration and Leadership

• Partner with R&D on DFM/DFA and design reviews; partner with Quality on APQP and PPAP activities.
• Coordinate with Operations, Maintenance, and EHS teams to align product design, manufacturing processes, and plant capabilities.
• Develop manufacturing-line best practices and ensure IATF 16949 and Autoliv global-standard compliance.
• Share lessons learned and best practices across the global PED network.
• Build and develop a high-performing Process Engineering team and strengthen capabilities in safe process design, NPI, problem solving, and Lean Manufacturing.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Technical expertise in process design and industrialization, PFMEA, Control Plans, SPC, DOE, process validation, and capability studies.
• Expertise in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, automation, Industry 4.0 implementation, process digitalization, and manufacturing excellence tools.
• Strong business acumen, customer-first mindset, urgency, ownership, accountability, and data-driven decision-making.
• Excellent problem-solving, execution, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to lead by example in safety and quality and work across cross-functional global environments.

Qualifications and Experience

• BE/B.Tech in Mechanical, Electronics, or Electrical Engineering.
• 10-14 years of experience in process, industrial, or manufacturing engineering in automotive or manufacturing.
• Proven experience in new product industrialization, Lean Manufacturing, process capability improvement, and automation projects.
• Certifications in AutoCAD, PLM, and Six Sigma are an added advantage.