Company overview
- Sector
- Automotive & Transportation Equipment
- Sub-sector
- Automotive
- Mandate (derived)
- Technology & Engineering
- Parent headquarters
- Aurora, Ontario, Canada
- Parent revenue (USD)
- $42,700,000,000
- Parent headcount
- 16,186
- India headcount
- Not disclosed
GCC locations
- Bengaluru
- Pune
- Hyderabad
Department mix
Global department counts, used as a proxy for the India mandate. These are not India team counts.
Technology stack
- .NET
- 24-7 Media
- 3DEXPERIENCE Platform
- ABAP
- ABB Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
- ABB Robotics
- AC500 PLC
- ADAPT
- ADP
- AI
- AMP
- ANGEL LMS
- ANSYS
- API Gateway
- ARIS Simulation
Public leadership
Nandu Rangnekar
Managing Director
Public leadership listed in the dataset; the role is not necessarily the India GCC head.
Research overview
Magna International Inc. is a Canada-headquartered (Aurora, Ontario) global automotive technology and mobility supplier, one of the world's largest auto parts manufacturers, with ~$42.7B in revenue and a global headcount of roughly 16,186 across manufacturing, engineering and product/sales operations worldwide.
- India launch
- 2009
- Maturity
- Innovation & R&D Hub (+ Shared Services functions)
The Bengaluru Innovation Campus is explicitly positioned as Magna's Asia R&D hub covering SoC/base software, ADAS, EV systems, AI/ML and vehicle-systems engineering. However, current open roles skew toward enterprise/shared-services functions (HR Systems, Finance Continuous Improvement, IT Solutions, Master Data Management, Procurement/Program Buyer, PMO/OCM), indicating a Global Business Services layer has also been built out alongside the engineering mandate, pushing the center toward a multi-function profile.
Location rationale
Bengaluru was selected for the flagship Innovation Campus to tap deep software, AI/ML, semiconductor and systems-engineering talent pools needed for driver-assistance, EV and software-defined-vehicle development, and to serve as Magna's R&D hub for Asia. Pune/Chakan (Maharashtra) hosts legacy engineering and manufacturing operations tied to Magna Steyr's India origins and proximity to the western India automotive OEM cluster; Hyderabad appears in on-file records but was not independently corroborated by research.
Timeline
- 2009
Magna Automotive India Private Limited incorporated (Pune, Maharashtra) as the group's Indian legal entity.
- 2008
Nandu (Nandkumar Avinash) Rangnekar becomes Managing Director for Magna Steyr's India operations, managing engineering centers in Pune and Delhi.
- 2022-10-06
Magna announces over $120 million investment to build a new engineering/Innovation Campus in Bengaluru, focused on electrification, software-defined vehicles and e-mobility; groundbreaking held Oct 17, 2022.
- 2023-06-07
Magna officially opens/inaugurates the Magna Innovation Campus in Bengaluru (Brigade Tech Garden) - 239,000 sq. ft., positioned as Magna's primary R&D hub for Asia, with 1,200+ technology roles targeted.
- 2025-01-30
Magna inaugurates a new 65,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Chakan (near Pune), Maharashtra, for latches and mirrors, expected to add 300+ jobs over three years; company states it employs ~7,000 people across 14 manufacturing/assembly facilities plus 5 engineering, product and sales offices in India.
Leadership context
Nandu (Nandkumar Avinash) Rangnekar is Managing Director at Magna (Magna Steyr), overseeing P&L responsibility for Magna's India operations since December 2008, including engineering centers in Pune and Delhi. He previously held Director-level roles at Magna Steyr in engineering, intergroup sales and project management, and earlier worked as Engineering Operations Manager at Magna Automotive Services GmbH, Engineering Manager on the Nissan Titan program at Vehma International, and Assistant Manager (R&D) at Tata Motors. He holds an MMS in Management from Savitribai Phule Pune University and a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Government Engineering College, Aurangabad. Also listed as a director of Magna Automotive India Private Limited per MCA/Zaubacorp records.
Real estate
Magna Innovation Campus, Brigade Tech Garden, Bengaluru - approximately 239,000-240,000 sq. ft., opened June 2023 as Magna's Asia R&D hub. Separately, Magna operates a 65,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Chakan, near Pune, Maharashtra (opened January 2025), part of a broader India manufacturing footprint of 14 manufacturing/assembly plants plus 5 engineering, product and sales offices nationally.
Hiring signal
- Open roles
- 85
- As of
- 2026-08-27
- Analyst, IT Solutions
- Analyst, Master Data Management
- Analyst, Concur
- Project Manager, PMO & OCM (Finance Continuous Improvement)
- Project Manager, PMO
- Specialist, Project Management
- Specialist, Resource Management
- Program Buyer
- Coordinator, OCM
- Payroll/Time & Attendance Specialist, HR Systems
News and developments
Magna Inaugurates New Manufacturing Facility in Chakan, Pune
Magna opened a 65,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Chakan, Maharashtra, producing latches and mirrors for automakers, expected to create 300+ jobs within three years; Magna cited ~7,000 employees across 14 manufacturing facilities and 5 engineering/product/sales offices in India.
2025-01-30 Autocar Professional ↗
Sources
Sources and research notes
Source: Indian GCC 2026 Master Compendium, Company Master and research records. Sector, mandate and public leadership are derived fields. Missing values are shown as not disclosed. Revenue and global headcount describe the parent company, not the India centre.