Technical Leader - Product Development
Forvia · Pune
Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader
We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.
Your mission, roles and responsibilities
Faurecia Clarion Electronics (FCE) is seeking an experienced Product Development Lead to drive the end-to-end technical delivery of automotive electronic products and platforms from RFQ through development, industrialization, launch, and series production support. The role serves as the primary technical interface with customers and leads cross-functional teams to achieve quality, cost, timing, and performance objectives.
Roles & Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Program Delivery
- Lead product development activities across RFQ, design, validation, industrialization, launch, and serial-life support.
- Own technical plans, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and engineering readiness.
- Coordinate System, Software, Hardware, Mechanical, Validation, Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Industrialization, and Manufacturing teams.
Customer & Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary technical contact for customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
- Lead technical reviews, requirement clarifications, issue resolution, and technical negotiations.
- Drive alignment on priorities, risks, assumptions, and technical decisions.
Requirements, Integration & Validation Governance
- Ensure requirements are analyzed, allocated, traced, implemented, and validated.
- Drive consistency across architecture, design, verification, validation, safety, and cybersecurity.
- Monitor integration maturity, testing progress, defects, and technical debt.
Quality, Risk & Change Management
- Identify and mitigate technical risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Lead impact assessments for engineering changes, customer requests, and component updates.
- Ensure compliance with quality processes, configuration management, and root-cause analysis methodologies.
Industrialization & Production Support
- Support DFM, production readiness, pilot builds, launch activities, and manufacturing issue resolution.
- Coordinate responses to field issues, supplier changes, software releases, and component obsolescence.
Budget, Resource & Performance Management
- Monitor engineering budgets, resource utilization, forecasts, and technical KPIs.
- Support capacity planning, recovery actions, and executive status reporting.
- Maintain dashboards covering schedule, scope, risks, defects, resources, and costs.
Your profile and competencies to succeed
Qualifications
- BE/B.Tech in Electronics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
Experience Required
- 12-14 years of automotive product development experience with strong technical leadership exposure.
- Experience leading complex automotive electronics programs through RFQ, development, validation, industrialization, launch, and customer delivery.
- Experience in Cockpit Electronics, Infotainment, CDC, Displays, Clusters, Connectivity, and Camera-based systems.
- Experience managing global engineering teams, suppliers, customer commitments, and large development programs.
Key Technical Skills
- Automotive embedded systems lifecycle, systems engineering, requirements management, integration, validation, and release management.
- ASPICE processes and working knowledge of Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, Diagnostics, DFMEA, Change Management, and Quality Planning.
- Agile/Scrum and traditional development methodologies.
- Tools: Jira, Confluence, Requirements Management, PLM, Configuration Management, and Defect Tracking Systems.
- Ability to translate complex technical issues into clear decisions, recovery plans, and customer communications.
Mindset / Attitude
- Strong leadership, ownership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
- Customer-focused with strong execution and accountability.
- Analytical problem solver with a focus on quality, cost, risk, and delivery.
What we can do for you
- At Forvia, you will find an engaging and dynamic environment where you can contribute to the development of sustainable mobility leading technologies.
- We are the seventh-largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in more than 40 countries which makes a lot of opportunity for career development.
- We welcome energetic and agile people who can thrive in a fast-changing environment. People who share our strong values. Team players with a collaborative mindset and a passion to deliver high standards for our clients. Lifelong learners. High performers. Globally minded people who aspire to work in a transforming industry, where excellence, speed, and quality count.
- We cultivate a learning environment, dedicating tools and resources to ensure we remain at the forefront of mobility. Our people enjoy an average of more than 22 hours of online and in-person training within FORVIA University (five campuses around the world)
- We offer a multicultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration. We believe that diversity is a strength. To create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity create real value for the company, we have adopted gender diversity targets and inclusion action plans.
- Achieving CO2 Net Zero as a pioneer of the automotive industry is a priority: In June 2022, Forvia became the first global automotive group to be certified with the new SBTI Net-Zero Standard (the most ambitious standard of SBTi), aligned with the ambition of the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Three principles guide our action: use less, use better and use longer, with a focus on recyclability and circular economy.
Why join us
FORVIA, a global automotive technology supplier, comprises the complementary technology and industrial strengths of Faurecia and HELLA.
With over 137 500 people, including more than 12,000 R&D engineers across 40+ countries, FORVIA provides a unique and comprehensive approach to the automotive challenges of today and tomorrow. Composed of 6 business groups and a strong IP portfolio of over 12,400 patents, FORVIA is focused on becoming the preferred innovation and integration partner for OEMs worldwide.
In 2025, the Group achieved a consolidated revenue of 26.2 billion euros prior to IFRS 5. FORVIA SE is listed on the Euronext Paris market under the FRVIA mnemonic code and is a component of the SBF 120 index.
FORVIA aims to be a change maker committed to foreseeing and making the mobility transformation happen. www.forvia.com