APQP Engineer - EV

Function

Quality

Pay Band

E4 to M2

Role

APQP Engineer - EV

A purpose driven role for you

The APQP Manager is responsible for leading, executing, and overseeing the Advanced Product Quality Planning process from the initial concept phase through to successful launch and mass production. This role ensures that all new products, or major modifications to existing products, meet strict customer quality standards, regulatory requirements, and internal manufacturing benchmarks. The APQP Manager collaborates closely with Cross-Functional Teams (CFT)—including Design Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Sales—to mitigate risks, eliminate defects, and ensure a flawless product launch.

A Day in the life

Seeking an innovative APQP Engineer EV to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of advanced electric two-wheeler programs from concept through mass production. This role drives cross-functional risk mitigation by facilitating DFMEA reviews, ensuring DVP&R execution, and deploying field failure lessons (PTDB) into new designs for strict warranty prevention. Internal collaboration is critical, partnering with CIT to align on premium EV cosmetic specifications, with Product Planning to translate Voice of Customer (VOC) into measurable "Perceived Quality" covering fit-finish, NVH, and EV-specific features, and with Procurement to track supplier APQP and PPAP milestones. Externally, the position drives supplier quality readiness by coordinating capability enhancement and risk containment actions with Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, alongside organizing continuous development with professional training institutions. Ultimately, this role identifies technical risks early, manages rigorous stage-gate reviews, and collaborates directly with Manufacturing to review PFMEAs and pilot build readiness, ensuring early production containment and flawless new product launches.

Academic Qualification & Experience

BE/B.Tech (Mechanical or equivalent)
6-7 years in an automotive company in New product development role

Technical Skills/Knowledge

EV Architecture: Understanding of the electrical vehicle architecture & integration. Connected Vehicle Features: Experience working with Telematics, OTA updates and software troubleshooting. EV Powertrain & Components Knowledge: VCU, MCU, PDU, BMS, motor drive, battery cells. Establish protocols for identifying and troubleshooting. Evaluating "Quality of Event" scorecards with CFT to gauge overall launch readiness. Core tools: FMEA, PPAP and SPC

Behavioural Skills

Strong interpersonal skills Conflict resolution Effective communication skills Assertiveness Critical thinking & intellectual capabilities to analyse problems

What will it be like to work for Hero

As the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters for the last 25 years, Hero is where you will get to work with the brightest innovators, passionate about being the best in what they do. You will become a part of India’s proudest legacy, a brand that is celebrated by 130 million Indians and is now taking over the world with its manufacturing superpower.

If you are someone who dreams big and goes after their dreams with absolute conviction, Hero is your place to be. At Hero, we are building a cutting-edge future of mobility, pushing frontiers of innovation and aiming for the very best. Choose to be with the best, choose to be your best.

About Hero

Hero MotoCorp, headquartered in New Delhi, India, is the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters for 25 consecutive years with ~$5 billion revenue. The Company's global footprint spans 52 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe, Central and Latin America with a customer base of over 130 million. The Company operates eight manufacturing facilities - six in India and one each in Colombia and Bangladesh- along with two Research and Development centres: Centre for Innovation and Technology (CIT) in India and Tech Centre Germany (TCG).
Hero MotoCorp is driving the transition to electric mobility through VIDA, powered by Hero.

Strategic alliances with Harley-Davidson and Zero Motorcycles support the design and development of premium and electric motorcycles, respectively. Further demonstrating its commitment to the EV future, the Company has made strategic investments in two- and three-wheeler EV manufacturers, Ather Energy and Euler Motors. Hero MotoCorp is the only Indian two-wheeler manufacturer listed on the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Index (D/SI).

Hero MotoCorp's Executive Chairman, Dr. Pawan Munjal, was named to the 2025 TIME100 Climate List of the 100 most influential leaders driving business climate action.

Beyond mobility, Hero MotoCorp is a major global promoter of sports, including golf, football, field hockey, and cricket. Hero MotoSports Team Rally is India's flag bearer in global rally racing.