Senior Design Lead
India
Job Description
Senior Design Lead
Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Job Summary

The Design Responsible Engineer for 12V Alternator and Belt Starter Generator (BSG) acts as the technical owner of the assigned component family.
The role involves close collaboration with internal specialists, designers and external suppliers, as well as cross‑functional interaction with Purchasing, Manufacturing Plants, Bench Testing, Quality, and other relevant departments.

The position aims to ensure that products meet performance, quality, innovation, and reliability targets throughout the entire development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Ownership & Product Strategy

  • Create, maintain, and continuously update technical specifications and design rules for the product family.
  • Ensure continuous innovation and alignment with market and competitor benchmarks.
  • Define robust technical solutions to achieve assigned performance and quality targets.

Development & Supplier Coordination

  • Prepare and manage technical documentation for sourcing activities.
  • Support component development in close cooperation with suppliers and Stellantis cross‑functional teams.
  • Ensure compliance with technical deliverables and project milestones.

Validation & Release Management

  • Define and approve validation test plans.
  • Coordinate HW/SW releases, ensuring alignment with validation activities.
  • Track validation progress, including issue management and bug‑fix follow‑up.
  • Define and implement countermeasures in case of technical issues or delays.
  • Approve test results and manage related deviations.

Virtual & Physical Validation

  • Understand and support Virtual Validation Analysis as an integral part of the design process.
  • Contribute to the development of new validation methods and performance targets.
  • Support Physical Validation activities, collaborating on the definition of new testing approaches and criteria.

Quality & Continuous Improvement

  • Support Root Cause Analysis activities.

Define technical solutions aimed at quality improvement of vehicles in production, ensuring compliance with quality targets

Skill Requirements

Education

  • Master’s Degree in Electrical, Electronic or Mechanical Engineering.

Base requirements

  • More than 3 years of relevant experience in the automotive or related engineering field
    Technical Skills
  • Deep understanding of the assigned component family, including mechanical and electronic/regulator aspects.
  • Solid automotive technical background, including:
    • Environmental requirements
    • Mechanical requirements
    • Vehicle electrical/electronic architecture
    • EMC fundamentals
    • Good engineering practices
    • Design FMEA
    • Technical drawing review and verification
    • Strong teamwork, and good oral and written communication skills; ability to work independently
    • Justified experience in automotive
    • Be able to communicate with global leadership and foreign supplier (English at professional level)
    • Experienced in automotive area (preferred)

Other Requirements

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office tools.
  • Fluent English with the ability to prepare technical documentation and effectively participate in meetings and discussions with international suppliers and global organizations.

 

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Why HCLTech?

At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion.