Apollo Tyres Ltd is an international tyre manufacturer and the leading tyre brand in India. The company has multiple manufacturing units in India and a unit each in The Netherlands and Hungary. The company markets its products under its two global brands – Apollo and Vredestein, and its products are available in over 100 countries through a vast network of branded, exclusive and multi-product outlets.

Job Title: AM - Test specialist (Outdoor Testing – CV, OHT & Regulatory)
Location: Chennai R&D
Reports to (Position): Manager
Department/Function:

Number of Direct Reports (Solid Line): 0

Number of Direct Reports (Dotted Line): 0

Number of Outsourced Reports: 0

Purpose of the Job: Responsible to

• Test Tyres in an outdoor environment and provide reliable, repeatable, reproducible & representative test results to internal customers on time, traceable to internal/national/international standards.
• Subjective evaluation of tyre performance through vehicle assessments under various operating conditions.
• Objective evaluation through instrumented testing, data analysis, and performance benchmarking
  Market mapping to assess the tyre performance under real world usage pattern.  

Major Responsibilities: 

• Tyre Testing: Plan and execute testing, regulatory track tests as per plans, customer requirements (P, Q, D) & applicable standards.
• Vehicle Instrumentation & Data Acquisition: Instrument test vehicles, configure measurement systems and acquire reliable test data as per SOPs.
• Test Analysis & Reporting: Analyse test results, identify performance trends and anomalies, and prepare technical reports with appropriate Insights.
• Equipment & Quality Compliance: Ensure equipment maintenance and calibration, data traceability, and adherence to testing procedures and quality systems.
• Test Operations: Coordinate test vehicles, equipment and resources to achieve planned timelines and budgets.
• Safety & Continuous Improvement: Ensure safe testing practices and drive improvements in testing efficiency, accuracy, repeatability and productivity.
• Digitalization & Automation: Develop and improve digital tools for test data processing, analysis, visualization and reporting
  

Authorities: -

•  Prepare the test results & Amendments in test reports, review with manager and publish
• Allocation of resources
• Stop test/machine in case of any quality or safety deviation.

Skills: 

A). Problem solving & Leadership attitude
B). Analytical/ Interpersonal /communication Skill
C). Creativity
D). Team Building

Technical/Functional Knowledge:

1). Knowledge of Tyre testing & Global tyre testing standards.
2). Knowledge of Laboratory Management & Internal Audit as per ISO/IEC 17025:2017 & IATF 16949 certifications
3). Knowledge of tyre test equipment.
4). Quality systems & Regulations.

Relevant Experience: 

3+ years in automotive/ tyre technology /manufacturing /quality or testing with hand-on experience with automated systems for precision measurements
Shall have experience in.

1. Tyre technology or Manufacturing or Testing
2. Result oriented planning, scheduling & organizing
3. Digital platforms-SAP, LIMS, Teams, MS, PowerBI, HTML
4. Analytical tools /software -MATLAB, Python, IMC, LMS etc
5. Safety & Quality systems - 5S, 8D investigation, HIRA, TQM, FMEA, ISO17025, IATF16949
   Valid HCV/LMV driving license

Education Qualification(s): Graduate in Mechanical /Automobile / Production Engineering.