Responsibilities

- Support quotations on Design Quality topics, including budget planning and feasibility of commitments (e.g., ASPICE target level).
- Review the Development Strategy, including tailoring and reuse, to support risk management and avoid compliance issues.
- Create the Design Quality Assurance Plan based on program needs and track the status of DQA activities against it.
- Conduct scans for ASPICE, Functional Safety and Cybersecurity.
- Identify, document and track non-conformances and support their resolution.
- Support assessments in ASPICE, Functional Safety and Cybersecurity based on scan results.
- Review work products and deliverables, and support their creation per the FCE development process (I2P-20-10) and/or PMS.
- Support maturity evaluations for gates, milestones and sample deliveries to the customer.
- Report program status regularly to the Design Quality Manager and program team (especially the Product Development Leader and Program Quality Leader), and escalate proactively when needed.
- Support risk management and assessment for deviations, and recommend actions.
- Collect and report Design Quality Indicators to regional, division and/or BG level.
- Moderate problem-solving and lessons learned (e.g., FMEA, 5Why, Ishikawa, 8D).
- Coach teams and support process deployment to address weaknesses (e.g., Requirements Engineering).

Qualifications Education:



Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or similar (System, Software or Hardware preferred).

Language: Fluent English; additional regional/division language preferred.

Experience:

- Minimum 5 years in automotive electronics development.
- Proven experience in Quality, Functional Safety and/or Cybersecurity.
- Assessment / audit experience.
- Nice to have: Assessor / Auditor experience with certifications (e.g., ASPICE Provisional Assessor).

Required Skills
- Development processes for automotive electronics (V-Model / V-Cycle).
- Background in System, Software or Hardware development.
- Knowledge of ASPICE, Functional Safety and/or Cybersecurity and their application.
- R&D; tools for Requirements Engineering, Architecture Design, Testing and FMEA.
- Quality methods: 5Why, Ishikawa, 8D.
- Identifying process weaknesses and developing improvement strategies.
- Implementing practical, sustainable solutions.

Soft Skills and Leadership Competencies
- Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills.
- Drives escalations in a team-oriented, solution-oriented way.
- Highly motivated and able to work independently.
- Manages multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
- Strong team player in an international, matrixed organization.
- Manages ambiguity, learning agility, drives results, customer focus, resilience, collaborates with others.

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