Design Quality Leader

Alten; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Alten is seeking a Design Quality professional to support automotive electronics development, focusing on ASPICE, Functional Safety and Cybersecurity.

You will review the Development Strategy, create the Design Quality Assurance Plan, conduct scans, track non-conformances and coach teams across global projects.

Fluent English is required; additional regional language is a plus. You will report progress to the Design Quality Manager and project leaders in a matrixed, international environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Engineering or similar (System, Software or Hardware preferred).
• Fluent English; additional regional/division language preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support quotations on Design Quality topics, including budget planning and feasibility of commitments.
• 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 its status.
• 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 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, and elevate 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).

Skills

V-Model / V-Cycle

System/Software/Hardware

ASPICE, Functional Safety, Cybersec

Requirements Engineering, Architecture

Quality Methods

Process Improvement

Problem Solving

Education

Engineering degree (Bachelors/Master)

Job description

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 elevate 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 collaborative, 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.