Manager - VA (Underbody Architecture)
Mahindra Group · Posted Oct 26
Automotive, farm equipment, information technology, financial services, and hospitality services
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About the role
Mahindra Group is developing underbody vehicle architectures for passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, and EV platforms. The role involves vehicle packaging, structural design, BIW integration, and chassis, suspension, powertrain, battery, exhaust, steering, and braking system integration. The Manager will define layouts, optimize weight/performance/cost, and ensure crashworthiness, NVH, durability, and fatigue targets.
What you will do
- Lead the development of underbody vehicle architecture for passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, or EV platforms.
- Define and optimize vehicle underbody layouts considering structural, packaging, safety, and manufacturing requirements.
- Develop platform architectures supporting multiple vehicle derivatives.
- Ensure optimum integration of chassis, suspension, powertrain, battery systems (EV), exhaust, steering, and braking systems.
- Drive vehicle package optimization for weight, performance, and cost.
- Define underbody load paths and structural concepts.
- Collaborate with Body-in-White (BIW) teams for floor structures, cross members, side members, and reinforcements.
- Ensure crashworthiness and structural stiffness targets are achieved.
- Support NVH, durability, and fatigue performance improvements.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Underbody Architecture / Vehicle Packaging / Platform Development
- BIW Integration / Vehicle Layout / Structural Design /Skateboard Exposure
- Chassis Packaging / Suspension Integration / Battery Pack Integration (EV)
- DFMEA / GD&T / Tolerance Stack-up Analysis/ APQP
- Hands-on experience in complete vehicle architecture.
- Experience with global OEM vehicle development programs.
- CAD Tools CATIA V5 / V6 Siemens NX
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or Production Engineering.
Preferred qualifications
- Passenger Cars
- Electric Vehicles
- Commercial Vehicles
- Global Vehicle Platforms
- Exposure to automotive OEMs or engineering service organizations is highly desirable.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Mahindra Group
The Mahindra Group is a multinational conglomerate federation of companies with a presence across more than 20 industries globally. The group holds leadership positions in utility vehicles, farm equipment, information technology, and financial services. Driven by its core purpose to enable people to Rise, Mahindra operates across over 100 countries.
- Industry
- Conglomerate
- Company size
- 327000+ employees
- Founded
- 1945-10-02
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman
Group CEO & Managing Director
Group Chief Financial Officer
Group Chief Technology Officer
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