CMF Engineer

Role & responsibilities

• Understanding Vehicle color material definitions from Global Design Office.
• Mastering - Evaluate and qualify regional supplier color submissions for commodities like Fabric, Vinyl, Leather, Plastic, Paints, Plastic, Decorative finishes and Textures.
• Pre-texture / Post texture reviews for injection molded parts (exposure with Tooling activities and production process is desirable)
• Texture Mark up on physical parts
• Color and Gloss reviews on Interior and Exterior Parts.
• Conducting Vehicle Interior Harmony reviews as per standards
• Exterior harmony reviews for Body color and hang on parts.
• Create and Maintain Appearance Definition documents.
• Ensure the progress and KPIs for AAR approvals.
• Report the AAR development status.
• Support vehicle programs for material development for body, interior, chassis and powertrain parts
• Define and select materials for applications/parts and create a validation plan
• Follow-up with supplier and support suppliers to complete material approval process and industrialization within project timeline
• Maintain material libraries and databases
• Support coordination & validation of local material (Plastic, Elastomer, Soft / Textile materials, Chrome, Paints etc.,) to global standard for product development.
• Participate to the development of local integration by auditing and validating materials suppliers
• Extend support in plant for any material development or failure analysis, visit to plant as and when required for co-ordination and support
• Know-how on Benchmarking in India

Preferred candidate profile

Essential:

• 8 to10 years of experience in relevant industry & department
• Good knowledge especially in plastics, rubbers, textiles, plating and painting
• Automotive color material & Finish exposure.
• Eyesight to pass Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Color Vision Test
• Knowledge of material grades & basics about their compositions
• Good contacts with Tier I and raw material suppliers
• Excellent MS Power Point (presentation) skills
• Good communication skills, inter-cultural communications with global teams
• Organized, autonomous to set priorities & being pro-active
• Result driven, quick to act
• Good interpersonal skills, able to adapt, & work in CFT
• Willingness to learn foreign languages