Special Process Manager

About Godrej Aerospace

With a vision to strengthen Indias indigenous space program, Godrej & Boyce began the Aerospace business in 1985. Godrej Aerospace started with developing high precision spacecraft components made of exotic alloys for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Since then, the business has been a part of every other Indian space mission. Today, Godrej Aerospace is an integral part of Indian rockets and spacecrafts, including those of the Mangalyaan and Chandrayaan missions.

Godrej Aerospace is also a manufacturer of precision and hi-tech aerospace components, assemblies, and systems, executing global aerospace projects as well as partnering with global majors like Honeywell, GE, Rolls-Royce, and Boeing for the manufacture of precision components. The business has executed numerous aerospace projects involving precision machining, precision fabrication, welding and brazing, heat treatment, surface treatment, assembly testing and supply of complex and airworthy systems and has garnered expertise in the successful development of liquid propulsion engines, defence systems, satellite components and assemblies, and dish antennas with feed systems

Key Result Areas:

1. Material & Special Process Engineering
2. NADCAP, AS9100 & AS13100 Compliance
3. Process Validation, Qualification & Continuous Improvement
4. Production & Manpower Management
5. Cross-Functional & Supplier Collaboration
6. Adherence to Safety, Standards and Compliance

Job Description:

Material & Special Process Engineering

• Evaluate and select materials (metals, alloys, composites) based on design intent and customer requirements, ensuring compliance with AMS/ASTM standards.
• Conduct material characterization, metallurgical evaluation, mechanical testing, and failure analysis.
• Develop and validate special processes including Heat Treatment, Surface Treatments (anodizing, passivation, plating), Welding/Brazing, Coating & Painting.
• Apply method engineering principles to define optimal process sequences, parameters, and controls for special processes.
• Maintain complete material traceability and adherence to aerospace material control practices.

NADCAP, AS9100 & AS13100 Compliance

• Possess solid understanding of NADCAP requirements for Heat Treatment and Surface Treatment processes.
• Prepare, review, and update Process Specifications (PS), PQRs, WIs, and technical documents in line with AS9100, AS13100/RM13010, customer-specific requirements (HAL, ISRO, Airbus, Boeing).
• Support and lead audits related to NADCAP, customer process audits, internal QMS audits, and special process assessments.
• Ensure continuous compliance and readiness across all process lines.

Process Validation, Qualification & Continuous Improvement

• Execute Material & Process Qualification activities including FAI, PPAP, and NADCAP-aligned validations.
• Lead trials for new materials, tooling, machining conditions, and heat-treatment cycles to ensure manufacturable and repeatable processes.
• Use SPC, PFMEA, MSA, Lean tools, and DOE for process improvement, cost reduction, and scrap reduction initiatives.
• Drive capability studies and ensure robust process outcomes through structured problem-solving (8D, RCA, Fishbone, 5 Why).

Production & Manpower Management

• Manage day-to-day production activities for special process areas, ensuring adherence to safety, quality, and delivery KPIs.
• Plan and deploy manpower efficiently, handle shift operations, resolve shop-floor issues, and ensure skill utilization.
• Train and guide operators, inspectors, and engineers on process parameters, quality expectations, and best practices.
• Collaborate closely with Production, Quality, Design, and Supply Chain functions for smooth shop-floor execution.

Cross-Functional & Supplier Collaboration

• Provide technical expertise for supplier qualification, process approval, audits, and onboarding of special process vendors.
• Collaborate with internal teams to resolve material or process-related non-conformances and implement corrective actions.
• Support customer interactions, review technical queries, and present process capabilities during audits or visits.
• Ensure alignment between engineering requirements, shop-floor execution, and customer deliverables.

Adherence to Safety, Standards and Compliance

• Promote and maintain a culture of safety, good housekeeping, and adherence to operational standards.
• Ensure adherence to systems and documentation as per AS9100, EMS, OHSAS & ISMS, and customer-specific requirements.

• Valuing the information received & effort spent in creating every piece of information. Ensuring the right information is accessed by right individuals. Ensuring Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of information.

• Responsible for controlling the usage of energy sources for Environmental Protection and Energy Security for sustainable growth.

Qualifications Required:

BTech/MTech in Metallurgy or Chemical engg.

Behavioural Competencies Required:

1. Team building skills
2. Leadership skills
3. Interpersonal Skills
4. Planning & organizing
5. Process orientation

Functional/Technical Competencies Required:

1. Material and Process Engineering competencies to design heat treatment, surface treatment and brazing documents
2. Knowledge of Heat-treating, surface treatment processes related standards
3. Basic Knowledge of technical understanding to preparing PFMEA, APQP documents
4. Knowledge of operator and process efficiency monitoring
5. Working Knowledge of Heat Treatment processes & surface treatment department in aerospace domain