Senior Engineer - Chassis Design, Sheet Metal Fabrication

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., Lowercarbon Capital, and Maniv Mobility.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing the chassis and sub systems.
• Understand vehicle/sub system functional objectives, inter dependencies and study the packaging, serviceability, plant assembly process/ decking and cost implications.
• Define appropriate system-level engineering targets to meet function, quality and attribute requirements.
• Prepare Failure Mode Avoidance activities including DFMEA ensuring all relevant documentation
• Conduct the resolution of design, attribute or packaging incompatibilities through the appropriate cross-functional meetings.
• Generate and implement VA/VE ideas to reduce the product material cost.
• Drive root cause investigations for structural, packaging, and manufacturing defects and derive corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) using 8D, 5-Why, etc.Ideal Candidate
  
  

Ideal Candidate

• Overall 3 to 5 years of experience in structural design and has been a part of the development of the chassis or other structural parts for a two wheeler.
• Relevant knowledge of PLM platforms. Experience with Dassault 3DExperience a plus.
• Good understanding of Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA) and Design for Serviceability(DFS).
• Well versed with the manufacturing aspects of the sheet metal fabrication, forming and welding.
• Basic understanding of TQM principles, Quality in Design Philosophy.
• Basic understanding of FEA analysis.
• Good knowledge on GD&T and well versed with modelling and drafting of drawings on solid works . This is a must.
• Understanding of vehicle systems and its dependency on vehicle parts and assembly parameters is a plus.
• College Design Competition Experience a plus (FSAE, BAJA, AERO SAE, SHELL ECO MARATHON, etc.)