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: Manager Field Engineering
Location: Chennai R&D
Reports to (Position): Group Manager -FE-CV & OHT
Department/Function: Field Engineering – CV & OHT , Field officesNumber of Direct Reports (Solid Line): 0
Number of Direct Reports (Dotted Line): 0
Number of Outsourced Reports: 0
Purpose of the Job: Responsible to
- To establish an impartial, data-driven tyre validation ecosystem that transforms field-testing insights, product performance analysis, and market intelligence into institutional knowledge, enabling faster, smarter, and future-ready product and technology development.
- The role will act as the Eye and Ear of R&D, translating real-world operating conditions into controlled validation methodologies, competitive intelligence, and actionable engineering insights through advanced analytics, Tyre duty cycle, digitalization, and robust system development.
Major Responsibilities:
- Impartial Tyre Validation: Establish objective, data-driven tyre validation methodologies that translate real-world operating conditions into actionable product development insights.
- Benchmark Performance Analysis: Evaluate internal and competitor tyre performance to identify performance gaps, improvement opportunities, and technology benchmarks.
- Market Mapping & Competitive Intelligence: Capture market trends, customer usage, competitor performance, and emerging technology insights to support R&D and product strategy.
- Digitalization & Efficiency Improvement: Data analytics, and digital tools to improve field-testing effectiveness, productivity, and decision-making.
- System Development & Knowledge Management: Develop a structured data lake, digital test-reporting platform, analytical models, AI-ready datasets, work instructions, and SOPs to institutionalize engineering knowledge.
- System Thinking & Capability Development: Build system-thinking, analytical, and structured problem-solving capabilities within the Field Engineering team to strengthen tyre–vehicle correlation and root-cause analysis.
- Future-Ready Product Development: Convert field-testing insights and market intelligence into validated engineering recommendations that accelerate the development of robust, competitive, and future-ready tyre technologies.
Skills:
Strong expertise in tyre engineering, tyre performance evaluation, vehicle applications, and field-testing methodologies.
Advanced analytical capability in statistical methods, data interpretation, benchmarking, and structured root-cause analysis.
Proficiency in digital data management, visualization platforms, and test-report automation.
Working knowledge of AI/ML applications, data lake architecture, and analytical model development.
Strong system-thinking, strategic problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Relevant Experience:
Minimum 10 years of experience in Tyre industry
Education Qualification(s):
Min B. Tech, - Mechanical / Automobile /Rubber /Polymer/ Technology
