Senior Application Engineer
Pune, MH, IN, 410501
Req ID 70092 | Pune, India, ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Limited
TITLE: Senior Application Engineer
FUNCTION/BUSINESS UNIT/ENTERPRISE: Product Engineering
REPORTING TO: Product Engineering Team Leader
SCOPE AND IMPACT OF POSITION ON THE ORGANIZATION:
Drive all necessary actions to assure that ZF devices and systems are selected and configured according to customer requirements and applied appropriately in customer vehicles.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Requirements elicitation and specification mapping
- Collect technical customer requirements, specifications and associated documents.
- Compare customer requirements and specifications with ZF specifications, identify mapping specifications and deviations.
- Provide proposal for ZF product matching customer requirements, resolve deviations in consultation with product group engineer and customer, accomplish acceptance of deviations.
- Create change request for non-acceptable deviations including breakdown of customer requirements.
- Product layout and configuration
- Select / design / calculate product layout for customer application.
- Consolidate / prepare product documentation (Drawings, schematics, plumbing/wiring diagrams, DMU’s, specifications, bill of material etc.)
- Configure product according to customer needs (e.g., parameter setting)
- Application validation and release
- Check component installation and system environment in the vehicle.
- Startup system in the vehicle, run through initialization procedure.
- Check system functions in the vehicle.
- Adapt parameter setting where required.
- Homologate or support customer to homologate according to national and international regulations as appropriate.
- Carry out tests on special customer demand (e.g., system performance demonstration)
- Provide test report.
- Train and instruct customer on product features, end-of-line process and requirements etc.
- Get technical approval of application from the customer.
- Provide technical release of application.
EXPERIENCE:
Minimum 8 to 12 years of experience in Product Engineering in the automotive industry, preferably in vehicle function development or vehicle testing
PROFILE:
- Degree in EEE / ECE / Mechatronic / Automobile Engineering
- Good knowledge about vehicles, sub-systems and operating environment
- Good experience in vehicle homologation / testing
- Good knowledge in diagnostics (K line & UDS on CAN), CAN protocol, instrumentation and data acquisition systems
- Capable of test driving (CV driver’s license, qualified test driver)
- Fluent in English
- Ability to work with Digital Mockups - Interface checking and fouling checking.
OUTPUT:
- Specified standard application and homologation procedures.
- Customer application release (e.g., for new customer or new product at existing customer)
- Homologation test report
- Customer training on product features, application, end-of-line handling etc.
- Response to technical questions of customers
- Support of other ZF functions (e.g., Key Account Teams) for technical explanations and demonstrations to customers
- Feedback of technical customer requirements into product development organization
METRICS:
- Application checklist completed.
- Customer sign-off received.
- Homologation test passed.
- Customer able to equip his vehicles with ZF product in his production line.
ZF Specific Competencies:
- Leadership
- Motivating others
- Managing vision and purpose
- Managerial courage
- Dealing with ambiguity
- Building effective teams
- Remote leadership
- Strong performer
- Problem solving
- Perseverance
- Customer focus
- Drive for results
- Self-development
- Creative learning
- ZF Functional Competencies:
- Technical Learning
- Decision Quality
INTERNAL INTERACTIONS:
- Global community of Application Engineers
- Product Engineering (System & Function Development, Design & Test, Vehicle Test)
- Project Management
- Marketing
- Key Account
- Aftermarket
EXTERNAL INTERACTIONS:
- Customers (vehicle manufacturers)
- Technical services
LOCATION: Chennai / Pune / Jamshedpur / Indore/ Lucknow
TRAVEL REQUIREMENT: 50%
Be part of our ZF team as Senior Application Engineer and apply now!
Contact
Aashish Sukka
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