Mahindra & Mahindra—Head - Head Mechanical and Vehicle Validation

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Description: Responsibilities & Key Deliverables Key Responsibilities - Lead the Mechanical and Vehicle Validation function across vehicle, system, subsystem, and component levels, ensuring alignment with business objectives and product development timelines. - Define and drive validation strategies, test methodologies, duty cycles, reliability growth plans, and performance evaluation frameworks for new and existing vehicle platforms. - Review and approve DVPs, DVP&R reports, validation plans, test results, risk assessments, engineering releases, and validation sign-offs. - Establish robust validation processes using FMEA, field failure learnings, accelerated durability techniques, and root cause analysis to enhance product reliability and quality. - Drive Product Attribute Testing (PAT) and Product Attribute Leadership Strategy (PALS) initiatives to achieve targeted vehicle performance, durability, and customer satisfaction objectives. - Collaborate with Engineering, CAE, Quality, Manufacturing, and Product Development teams to ensure validation requirements are embedded early in the product development cycle. - Lead failure investigations, validate corrective and preventive actions, and ensure effective closure of field and validation issues. - Oversee vehicle performance, durability, reliability, benchmarking, functional verification, and regulatory compliance testing activities. - Develop annual validation roadmaps, testing infrastructure plans, and capability-building initiatives to support future technologies and vehicle programs. - Optimize utilization of testing facilities, engineering resources, budgets, and manpower while driving cost-effective validation solutions. - Provide regular validation status reviews, risk assessments, performance insights, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership. - Build, mentor, and develop high-performing validation teams while fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, safety, quality, and continuous improvement. - Promote the adoption of advanced analytics, AI-enabled validation tools, and modern testing methodologies to improve validation efficiency and product robustness. Experience 20+ years Industry Preferred Qualifications B.E or M.E. Mechanical/Automobile Engineering General Requirements - Strategic thinker with strong business acumen, agility, result orientation, and excellent communication skills. - Strong knowledge of vehicle systems and architecture, with hands-on experience in the validation and testing of vehicles, systems, and components. - Proficient in the use of testing equipment and transducers, including data loggers, measurement techniques, strain gauging, life estimation, and accelerated life testing methodologies. - Strong program management, stakeholder management, and leadership capabilities. - Expertise in data analytics, reliability growth management, and governance practices. Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion