Senior Product Quality Assurance Manager Automotive

Position Overview:

We are looking for a Senior Product Quality Assurance Manager with 810 years of experience in the automotive domain focusing on quality processes and standards. The ideal candidate will have handson experience with ASPICE processes and a solid understanding of development verification and validation lifecycles. This role will involve defining deploying and improving quality processes across multiple projects to ensure compliance and enhance product quality.

Key Responsibilities:

• Process Definition: Document process flow diagrams including descriptions of process steps guidelines templates and checklists.
• Process Deployment: Ensure ASPICE process compliance and deploy defined processes across various projects.
• Collaboration: Work with other teams to understand current workflows and ensure adherence to established processes.
• Process Harmonization: Assist project teams in implementing ASPICE and process improvements fostering a culture of quality.
• Feedback Loop Implementation: Create and implement a feedback mechanism to incorporate improvement ideas from project teams into process documentation.
• Training: Conduct and assist in ASPICE process training sessions for team members.
• Quality Assurance: Enhance overall quality goals by ensuring process compliance and detailing quality assurance practices as defined by ASPICE.
• Risk Management: Identify and address relevant risks and issues to add substantial value to quality assurance efforts.

Candidate Requirements:

• Experience: 810 years of work experience in the automotive domain specifically in quality processes and standards.
• ASPICE Expertise: Handson experience with ASPICE process workflows in practical implementation scenarios with extensive knowledge of ASPICE v3.1 and v4.0 across software hardware and mechanical domains.
• Lifecycle Understanding: Thorough understanding of the development verification and validation lifecycle and methodologies.
• Process Implementation: Proven experience in process definition and implementation based on business needs and tool/infrastructure considerations.
• Quality Management: Experience in quality management practices supporting automotive embedded mechatronics system projects and multidisciplinary projects.
• Documentation Skills: Proficient in preparing process documentation and conducting audits of quality management systems.
• Analytical Skills: Strong ability to diagnose and resolve process issues effectively.
• Stakeholder Management: Experience interfacing independently with various stakeholders.
• System Approach: Exposure to product development with a systemoriented approach.

Soft Skills:

• Communication: Strong communication and facilitation skills with the ability to convey complex information clearly.
• Creativity: Ability to develop systemic and creative approaches to problemsolving.