Quality Assurance Engineer

Chevalier Tech Limited; Elstree; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevalier Tech Limited is seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer to drive a complete QA program for ensuring consistent product quality in a manufacturing setting. The role focuses on applying QA techniques, building test plans, and ensuring regulatory compliance across the production cycle.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in quality assurance within industrial environments, strong analytical skills, and experience with automation testing tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of QA experience in industrial/manufacturing environments.
• Experience implementing and maintaining ISO 9001 based QA programs.
• Ability to develop detailed test plans and test cases.
• Experience with automated testing and regression suites.
• Strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.
• Excellent communication and time-management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Review requirements and specifications to plan QA strategy.
• Ensure ISO 9001 compliance and prevent failures across production and delivery.
• Collaborate with developers and product managers to define system requirements.
• Create comprehensive test plans and test cases for current products.
• Identify applicable industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate testing activities for new and existing products.
• Maintain traceability records and manage defect tracking and CAPA.

Skills

Quality assurance

Test planning

Automation testing

Root cause analysis

Communication

Team player

Tools

Automation testing tools

Test automation frameworks

Job description

Chevalier is tier-one supplier specialising in advanced technology systems primarily for the automotive industry. Our products are fitted to a considerable number of top-of-the-range passenger and supercars worldwide.

The ideal candidate is an experience quality assurance engineer with exceptional organisational skills, and a strong drive to make a difference by methodically applying quality control techniques to take our products to the next level of assured success. You will be focussing on developing and maintaining a complete QA program for guaranteeing consistent quality in its many facets with respect to the finished products.

Job Responsibilities

• Review product requirements, specification, technical design and testing with a view to plan, create and manage the overall Quality Planning Strategy
• Ensure compliance with ISO 9001 standard and process-focused with the sole objective of preventing failure across the entire production and delivery cycle.
• Liaise with internal teams of developers and product managers to identify system requirements
• Develop detailed, and comprehensive test plans and test cases to test current products
• Identify the applicable industry standards and statutory regulations
• Identify the quality assurance processes required to reduce the risk of failure and ensure full compliance with industry standards and statutory regulations
• Develop and apply and coordinate testing activities and processes for new and existing products
• Ensure unfailing traceability by means of reliable records and tracking systems to control complaint and noncompliant products including by root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Generate quality assurance documentations: FMEA, PPAP, PFMEA, test and audit reports, etc.
• Suggest solutions to identified product issues and suggest ways to make improvements
• Collaborate with the Product Development team to ensure consistent project execution
• Identify and monitor product KPIs for quality assurance purposes
• Oversee the continuous improvement strategy
• Prepare and present reports and metrics to Senior Management
• Interface with customers and attend to their quality-related requirements and concerns
• Prepare and edit quality control reports using the relevant quality control methodology and standards
• Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
• Track quality assurance metrics, for actual failure occurrences, probability of occurrence

Requirements & Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of proven experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer in industrial / manufacturing environment
• Proven experience in testing techniques including User Interface Testing, Automated Testing, Test Driven Development Strategies and the like
• Must have a sense of pride and ownership in your performance
• You must be a critical thinker and indefatigable problem-solver
• Comfortable working on your own and keen team player
• A skilled communicator with good time-management skills
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Experience in writing concise and intuitive test plans
• Hands-on experience with automated testing tools

Must be able to commute to and work at our manufacturing facility in Elstree at: