Description
Role: Build Quality Engineer (Battery, Product & Integration)
Department: New Product Development     Location: Bengaluru, India     Experience: 5+ Years
Your Team:
You'll be working with New Product Development — a group that runs on coffee and an infectious passion for building products that have never been built before. Our Flexible Energy Stack consists of the e^pack (battery pack) and e^pump (charging station), which unlock 15-minute rapid charging.
Our philosophy:
Break. Believe. Build.
Break stuff, break assumptions, break the thumb rule.
Believe in the team, the process, and through failures.
Build fast, build passionately, build to simplify.
Own it like you mean it.
What you’ll own:
We are seeking a Build Quality Engineer to own factory-floor quality during battery, product, and vehicle-integration prototype builds — catching deviations early, driving root cause on build issues, and certifying builds ready for testing.
The ideal candidate is hands-on, detail-obsessed, and comfortable being the last line of defense before a build moves to test.
What you’ll do:
Prototype Build Quality
Own quality oversight during battery and vehicle-integration prototype assembly builds
Identify and document issues as they occur during assembly
Capture part and build deviations and log them for tracking
RCA & Feedback
Drive root cause analysis on issues identified during prototype builds
Provide assembly feedback to the design and process quality engineers
Build Certification
Certify assemblies and vehicles as ready before they proceed to testing
Support closure of build-related non-conformances before test handoff
Cross-functional Collaboration
Interface with the design and process quality teams on recurring build issues
Escalate patterns and systemic issues to the Function Lead
What you’ll bring:
Education qualification
B.E. / B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering or related field
1-3 years of experience in prototype or manufacturing builds
Working knowledge of deviation tracking and basic RCA tools
Comfortable working hands-on, daily, on the factory floor
Preferred Experience (Good to Have):
Experience in EV or automotive prototype build environments
Exposure to both battery and vehicle assembly (vehicle preferred)
What matters to us:
Quality of work
Structured problem-solving
Dissatisfaction with mediocre work
Ability to multi-task and handle a dynamic working environment
Resilient attitude to bounce back after failing
About Us:
Exponent is building the energy stack powering commercial EVs in India. Our proprietary battery and charging technology enables safe, reliable 15-minute rapid charging while delivering a 3,000-cycle battery life warranty using standard lithium-ion cells. Today, our platform powers high-utilisation commercial vehicles - from three-wheelers to intercity buses, making electric mobility rapid, more reliable and more affordable than petroleum.
Founded by Arun Vinayak (Founding Partner & Former Chief Product Officer, Ather Energy), Exponent is a 250+ member team of passionate builders solving some of the toughest engineering challenges in energy.
If solving hard engineering problems across mechanics, thermal systems, power electronics, manufacturing, and the charging network, while staying obsessed with customer experience excites you, we'd love to build with you.