QUALITY ENGINEER - EV Motor

Business Unit: EPS Mobility

Role: Quality Manager/Engineer - Motor

The Quality Manager/Engineer is responsible for establishing, implementing, and maintaining world?class quality systems for EV traction motors -covering stator, rotor, and motor assembly processes. The role ensures IATF 16949 compliance, drives APQP/PPAP, leads problem solving and customer quality, manages SQE, and ensures all products meet safety, reliability, and performance standards. You will champion a culture of zero?defect, customer obsession, and continuous improvement, while guiding cross?functional teams to deliver high first?pass yields, low PPM, robust validation, and stable production.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Systems, Compliance & Audits

• Ensure full compliance with IATF 16949, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and customer?specific requirements.
• Lead internal and external audits (IATF, customer, regulatory) and close findings with sustainable actions.
• Maintain quality manuals, SOPs, Control Plans, PFMEA, inspection standards, traceability, and document control.

NPI / APQP / PPAP Ownership

• Lead APQP from concept → DV → PV → PPAP → SOP.
• Approve design validation (DV) and production validation (PV) plans including durability, thermal, dielectric, vibration/NVH, and EOL performance.
• Oversee PPAP submission: PSW, DFMEA/PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, SPC, Run@Rate, and capability (Cp/Cpk).
• Validate process readiness before SOP (tools, gages, measurement systems, automation, inspection plans).

In?Process Quality & Plant Performance

• Own FPY, PPM, scrap, rework, and OEE?quality metrics for stator, rotor, and final assembly lines.
• Ensure robust Control Plan deployment, gage calibration, SPC on CTQs (hairpin welds, insulation integrity, press fits, magnet placement).
• Monitor and improve EOL test signatures: electrical performance, torque ripple, partial discharge, hipot, run?in vibration/noise.
• Lead Layered Process Audits (LPA), gemba walks, and containment for non?conformance issues.

Supplier Quality Management (SQE)

• Manage supplier quality for magnets, laminations, copper, machined parts, castings, adhesives/resins, sensors, and electronics.
• Conduct supplier audits (VDA 6.3 preferred), approve PPAPs, ensure incoming quality checks, and track supplier PPM/OTD.
• Drive supplier corrective actions (8D), dual?sourcing risk plans, and cost?of?poor?quality reduction.

Customer Quality & Issue Resolution

• Act as the primary interface for OEM/Tier?1 customers for all quality matters.
• Lead customer complaint resolution with 8D, root cause analysis, and permanent corrective actions.
• Manage warranty data, reliability growth, field returns (tear?down analysis), and customer scorecards.
• Own customer audits, QBRs, and new program readiness reviews.

Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement

• Lead structured problem-solving (8D, A3, 5?Why, Fishbone) for line issues and customer complaints.
• Support Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen projects focused on yield, scrap, equipment uptime, and process capability.
• Enable digital quality dashboards, data analytics (FPY, PPM, Cp/Cpk, warranty), and predictive insights.

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead a team of Quality Engineers, Technicians, Inspectors, and SQE.
• Define skill matrices, training needs, certification levels, and audit competencies.
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical, Electronics or Computer Science Engineering.
• 2-10 years of experience in electric motor design/manufacturing, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership position within a Tier-1 supplier/OEM.
• Hands-on experience with motor manufacturing processes: lamination stamping/stacking, hairpin/conventional winding, insulation systems, laser welding etc.
• Familiarity with IATF 16949/ISO 9001 systems and production part approval
• Strong data analysis experience (Minitab, Power BI, SPC tools)
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and decision making under ambiguity

L&T Company Overview / About Us:

L&T is a USD 30 billion Indian multinational engaged in EPC Projects, Hi-Tech Manufacturing, and Services, operating across multiple geographies. A strong, customer-focussed approach and the constant quest for top-class quality have enabled L&T to attain and sustain leadership in its major lines of business for eight decades.

Given L&T’s capability in strategic electronics and leveraging its foray into semiconductor design and well-established capabilities in L&T Technology Services, the business is expanding its offerings to cover industrial electronic modules, products and systems in critical sectors of Power Electronics, Automotive Electronics, Industrial Robotics & Automation, Communication Platforms and Electronic Systems Design & Manufacturing (ESDM). The focus products under Automotive Electronics are ADAS, Electrification & Connectivity related products.