Project Engineering Quality Assurance

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Job details

Company overview

We are a leading foreign technology company. A technology company with global operations, we provide advanced products and systems for automobiles, commercial vehicles and industrial technology. We contribute in particular to electrification technology, emissions reduction, climate protection, and safety. Serving markets as diverse as passenger and commercial vehicles, construction equipment, agricultural machinery, wind power, shipping, and rail technology, we are committed to sustainable mobility.

Responsibilities

• Primary Engineering Quality Interface with JOEM customers
• Ensure engineering process compliance within JOEM projects
• Supporting engineering quality relationship with JOEM customers and developing action plans
• Drive engineering quality within assigned projects
• Ensure perfect engineering quality of work products within assigned projects
• Review and approve engineering work product and releases
• Coach and support engineering problem solving methodologies including quality of problem resolution. Including reviewing and coaching 3x5 Why results.
• Support continuous improvement of engineering activities
• Inspire an engineering quality mindset and culture across Division U organization
• Support engineering quality improvement projects
• Oversees engineering quality assurance in assigned projects
• Engineering Quality Assurance activities and required Gate Review Documentation
• Engineering Work Product Reviews
• Engineering Process Adherence Checks
• Engineering Risk Assessments
• Confirms project work product quality maturity levels through frequent metrics monitoring, generates reports, and works with the project teams to perform risk assessments and develop recovery action plans.
• Monitors daily work and outputs of the project team to recommend and drive improvements within assigned projects.
• Coaches, mentors, and supports the development of department EQAs globally
• Confirms engineering product release requirements are satisfied and stops deliveries if quality and safety objectives are compromised.
• Supports/ Leads Change Impact Analysis approaches in the project and ensures DRBFM compliance if applicable
• Ensures the proper usage of engineering problem-solving methodologies in the project resulting in high quality countermeasure / corrective action output.
• Escalates Engineering Quality risks that are not addressed within the engineering projects team
• Support project level preparation for internal/external audits. Responsible to ensure engineering project readiness. (i.e. ASPICE / IATF, etc)
• Serves as the primary customer contact for engineering quality related matters for assigned projects as related to engineering documentation, tools, processes, etc.
• Other engineering duties as assigned

Requirements

• 7+ Years’ experience developing automotive electronics products preferably in Embedded Software, Electronics, Mechatronics, Vehicle Dynamics, and Safety.
• 5+ Years’ direct Engineering Quality Assurance experience.
• Working as an EQA as part of the engineering team supporting and ensuring the development of high-quality engineering work products.
• Working knowledge of engineering problem-solving methodologies including lessons learned. (i.e. Six Sigma, Ishikawa, 8D, 3x5 why)
• Working experience driving engineering development processes for electronics products (i.e. ASPICE, ISO26262, CMMI) is required
• ASPICE Provisional Assessor training and certification desired
• Experience working with and developing engineering quality solutions in alignment with JOEM expectations is preferred.
• Japanese Language skills Required

Salary

6 - 10 million yen

Location

Kanagawa