Vehicle Functional Manager (VFM)
RLE India Private Limited•Chennai
•full time Job Description – Vehicle Functional Manager (VFM) Automotive | Chennai | 2 Openings | 5 Years’ Experience Role Summary Role Vehicle Functional Manager (VFM) Experience 5 years of relevant automotive engineering experience, preferably with an OEM or Tier-1 supplier Qualification B.E./B.Tech in Electrical, Electronics, Mechatronics, or Automobile Engineering Location / Openings Chennai / 2 Reporting To Vehicle Function, System and Software Lead Team Size 4 Role Purpose: Own vehicle-level functional maturity by coordinating feature requirements, software readiness, integration, validation, issue resolution, and release status across engineering teams. Key Responsibilities: Manage vehicle functions from target definition and requirements cascade through integration, validation, and maturity sign-off. Assess software and feature readiness, track dependencies, risks, defects, corrective actions, and release milestones. Develop and coordinate physical and virtual validation plans, maintaining traceability between requirements, tests, and results. Analyze vehicle or bench-test results, lead cross-functional root-cause reviews, and drive issues to closure. Coordinate engineering, software, validation, homologation, quality, and supplier stakeholders; report status through concise dashboards and reviews. Required Profile: 5 years of hands-on automotive experience involving vehicle functions, E/E architecture, system integration, or validation. Working knowledge of mechanical/electrical interfaces, functional architecture, vehicle networks, diagnostics, product-development processes, and change management. Experience preparing validation procedures, analyzing CAN or test data, documenting defects, and presenting recommendations. Ability to set measurable performance targets and balance safety, quality, cost, timing, weight, efficiency, NVH, ergonomics, and regulatory needs. Strong analytical, stakeholder-management, presentation, organization, and Excel-based reporting skills. Good to Have: ISO 26262 awareness, software-development lifecycle knowledge, homologation exposure, test-bench or vehicle instrumentation experience, and familiarity with project or issue-tracking tools. Project Brief: Join an automotive program for a French OEM preparing future product launches. The role offers end-to-end ownership of vehicle-function maturity and cross-functional delivery.
