Research And Development Assistant

Key Responsibility Area

• Support bid management and costing team in compliance sheet, BOM preparation in tenders.
• Prepare technical feasibility study document for tender preparation and bid enquiry.
• Responsible for weight calculation from tender to identify solution specs required to meet customer demand.
• Responsible for providing textile requirement for protections against ballistic, stab, impact as asked by customer.
• Responsible for solution development at all stages from material selection to product testing.
• Follow up with the testing team for test report.
• Study test report and prepare action plan if any gap identified.
• Provide contingency plans for risks identified in compliance sheet.
• Prepare risk matrix for BD projects and provide contingency plan for the same.
• Work towards cost improvement of products by continuous improvement in material selection.
• Responsible for timely completion of all tender and BD projects.
• Updating the ballistic data and mechanical date file on monthly basis.
• Preparing control plan for manufacturing of developed solution.
• Preparing CAPA for customer complaints and KPI nonadherence.
• Provide CAPA for production complaints.

Required Skills

• Knowledge of ballistic materials, energy absorption fabrics.
• Knowledge of Ballistic testing standards NIJ, UL752, ASTM.
• Experience in armor end woven fabric stitching.
• Good knowledge of physical and mechanical properties of different yarns used in fabric for Armors.
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Data Analysis.
• Cost estimation and project feasibility study
• Significant experience working in cross-functional teams to develop new products and technology in highly regulated environments

Qualification

• M.Tech/ B. Tech in Material Science / Textile Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering, Polymer engineering or Equivalent.
• Prior experience in Ballistic equipment designing such as Safety Armor, Helmets, Shields etc.
• 5 to 8 years of overall experience, 2 to 3 years in similar role