Position : Software QM (Quality Assurance Engineer) – Body & Comfort Electronics

Key Job Responsibilities:

Strategic:

• Responsible for the Component and system Quality assurance in body comfort electronics domain of MB cars.
• Co-ordinate with project manager and Supplier partners to ensure the process compliance in the project thereby improving the product quality
• Supports assigned in-house system/component development projects to achieve the target ASPICE capability level sets by management
• Proactive engagement and good connect with different stakeholders for better collaboration and completion of planned quality assurance activities
• Contribute towards continuous improvement by defining and deploying  quality and process strategies and sharing the best practices across domains

Operational:

• Enhance Product Quality by defining and executing Quality Assurance strategy in accordance with organizational QMS and ASPICE standards.
• Manage, execute and track quality assurance activities according to the QA plan.
• Performing periodic Project maturity level assessment on EE release basis to identify the potential risks and deriving measures to mitigate the risks.
• Perform quality check on SW deliverables from Suppliers to ensure its correctness and completeness and deriving measures for the deviations.
• Establish configuration management plan and perform baseline check and configuration audit as per the release milestones

·       Review work products & provide feedback to ensure they meet compliance expectations

·       Moderate code quality assessment and standard SW integration review with experts

·       Conducting traceability workshop with suppliers to ensure the fulfillment of customer requirements

·       Perform/validate the supplier’s ASPICE assessments.

·       Performing Test Quality Audit to verify the consistency of test process and its results

·       Define , deploy and track relevant KPI’s applicable to the projects

·       Escalate serious non-conformances to the Quality and Project organisation

·       Conduct periodic meetings with all internal stakeholders to ensure planned quality activities performed.

·       Conduct Process Trainings.

·       Generate MSR covering all aspects or parameters of Project / Product Quality and report to the management

·       Perform Process Compliance checks and deploy best practices across projects

Basic Qualification:

Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Computer Science/Electrical & Electronics/Information Technology

Skill Requirements:

·       4 - 8 years of experience in Quality Management practices supporting embedded system projects

·       Knowledge of Automotive SPICE and ISO 26262 or any other equivalent quality standard

·       Exposure in performing internal audits based on ISO standards

·       Experience in  supplier management and stakeholder management

·       Hands-on experience in reactive and preventive quality aspects.

·       Knowledge of line and warranty complaints handling and problem solving techniques

·       Understanding of Software development lifecycle and methodologies

·       Strong affinity for processes and process related work

·       KPIs definitions and analysis experience

·       Must possess the skills to work and take Q-initiatives or  independently as assigned by Quality manager. Strong communication & interpersonal skills is plus

Additional Skills (nice to have)

·       Provisional ASPICE Assessor having practical assessment and process implementation experience on behalf of ASPICE Level 3

·       Certified internal auditor ISO/IATF16949 or ISO 26262

·       Application of Statistical process methods for the defect reduction

·       Agile practices and implementation in project. Experience in digital tools like JIRA, confluence, sharepoint and Minitab