Expleo is seeking a highly skilled QA Engineer to join our customer in the Warwick, Gaydon area on a contract basis. This specific 10-month fixed-term role will focus on managing programme quality within the delivery of Vehicle Programmes, ensuring that we achieve key quality targets set throughout the development of new vehicle programmes to meet customer expectations.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the integrity of quality maturation via the assessment and validations of Critical to Quality deliverables through to Gateway approval.
• Develop and drive Whole Life Quality Plans to ensure vehicles deliver quality targets and reduce Things Gone Wrong (TGW) on a continual basis.
• Drive the Customer Acceptance Testing (CAT) process from IPB build through to post / , driving problem resolution and reduction of TGW.
• Ensure that all programme deliverables that are the responsibility of the programme quality team are delivered robustly and on time for all programmes within the scope of the role.
• Manage risk and issues directly at the gateway via risk and recovery plans where deliverables are not delivered to plan.
• Support engineering delivery with Evidence Based Engineering Reviews, Design Review By Failure Mode, AGILE working, and other forums throughout the programme delivery to provide quality input and correct risk assessment.
• Lead lesson learnt events and drive the improvement of both the product and business processes by implementing a strong continuous improvement / prevent recurrence mindset.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

Essential:

• Demonstrative understanding of programme and project management with specific knowledge of delivery frameworks (PCDS or other), deliverables, and gateway governance.
• Ability to present complex issues in a succinct and straightforward manner to various levels of the business.
• Experience working with customer and competitor insight data to help drive product decisions.
• Experience with the Failure Mode Avoidance methodology within the systems engineering approach at feature, system, sub-system, software, or hardware level.
• Ability to interface and influence cross-functionally at all levels within the company to deliver customer-focused decisions.
• Results and data-driven individual with the ability to deliver projects and tasks in a highly demanding environment.
• Good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Resilient, enthusiastic, motivated individual able to work flexibly and tenaciously to deliver results under pressure or drive issues to resolution.
• Transparent and dependable individual with a customer-first mindset, highly motivated to drive a quality mindset into interfacing individuals and teams.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Quality Management and Operating Systems both internally and externally such as APQP, ISO9001 & IATF 16949.
• In-depth knowledge of engineering problem-solving tools such as 8D, Six Sigma, and engineering robustness tools such as P-Diagram and DFMEA.
• Knowledge of Quality Tools within the strategy, delivery, launch, and manufacturing disciplines.
• Degree qualified or equivalent experience preferred.

Additional Information: Right to work checks will be carried out considering the current regulations.