About River
River is a design company building multi-utility products. Our flagship product River Indie, #SUVofScooters, is designed to help you get things done. Engineered to be a dependable ally on your road to success. We're a 1000+ team headquartered in Bengaluru – backed by marquee international investors, with mobility-focused funds linked to Yamaha Motors, Al-Futtaim Automotive Group, Toyota VC, Trucks Venture Capital, Mitsui & Co. Ltd, Marubeni Ventures Inc., Lower carbon Capital, and Maniv Mobility.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for the build to print parts, mainly Die Casting of Aluminum alloys and Investment casting parts.
- Responsible for evaluating the product design in relation to Casting requirements(features, casting datum, etc) to ensure sound quality for production.
- Responsible for the review and approval of Casting product and process requirements at supplier end (Die design, Casting simulation, Gating system, etc.).
- Evaluating supplier manufacturing capabilities and feeding the inputs back into the design.
- Development of manufacturing process at supplier end and set-up of the production line as per the requirement.
- Participate in supplier qualification in terms of manufacturing process capabilities.
- Responsible for the Casting process audits at supplier end.
- Responsible for review of DFM, DFA, and DFT aspects.
- Responsible to create Process mapping, PFMEA, AOI, AOT.
- Responsible for refining parts from the first tooling to PPAP sign off.
- Responsible for Planning and Coordination for PPAP Audit. Develop and implement a plan to resolve all open issues prior to handing over to Quality.
Ideal Candidate
- Overall 8 to 10 years of experience in product development of aluminum alloy die casting in GDC, LPDC, HPDC, Investment casting (preferred).
- Exposure on Casting dies/Tools, fixtures, gauges, Inspection methods & processes.
- Exposure on designing the concepts for Machining fixtures, gauges for the casting products.
- Exposure on post processes as Heat treatment, Mechanical cleaning, Non destructive testing(DPI, RT, LT), Special processes (Plating, Powder coating, Painting, Anodizing, Electrocoat)
- Strong Knowledge of product development processes and methodologies.
- Strong Knowledge on GD&T, CQI-27, NADCA standards.
- Strong Knowledge on Quality core tools like APQP, PPAP, SPC, MSA, etc.
- Proficiency in using CAD software and other relevant engineering tools.
- Shall have strong analytical skills to identify quality issues and develop an action plan accordingly.
- Forward-planning and strategy.
- Good verbal and written communication skills in English.
