Engineer - APQP (LFP)

Agratas – A Tata Enterprise; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Agratas – A Tata Enterprise in India seeks a Quality Project Engineer to develop and execute APQP activities for specific products. You will coordinate with product engineering, process engineering and project management, interfacing with customers to ensure quality in the pre-SOP phase and drive APQP artefacts.

The role requires 3+ years in APQP within automotive, a related engineering/quality degree, and familiarity with core tools (APQP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, PPAP/Control Plan).

Qualifications

• 3+ years of APQP execution experience in a Tier 1 automotive supplier.
• Experience in developing new or optimising existing processes.
• Experience in customer engagement teams.
• Engineering or quality-related degree required.
• Automotive industry experience, preferably Tier 1.

Responsibilities

• Represent Quality and the voice of the customer in development of products and processes.
• Ensure APQP framework is integrated into the master project plan.
• Execute APQP framework in assigned projects and report quality status.
• Facilitate cross-functional teams during APQP deliverable development.
• Utilise lessons learnt to improve quality deliverables.
• Evaluate APQP artefacts for correctness and completeness.
• Perform Change Management Impact Assessments and Governance.
• Report on project status, risks and opportunities.

Skills

APQP

FMEA

Control Plan

Quality Assurance

Voice of the Customer

Cross-functional Collaboration

Problem Management

Education

Engineering or quality-related degree

Tools

SharePoint

Power BI

Power Apps

Job description

Purpose of the Role

As Quality Project Engineer, you'll be responsible for both developing and executing our advanced product quality planning (APQP) activities for specific products at Agratas. You will be part of a culturally diverse and highly professional global quality engineering team and will interface heavily with many parts of the business, most notably product engineering, process engineering and project management functions, as well as with the customer. You will co-ordinate, execute and evaluate APQP deliverables, maintaining a single source of the truth of quality in the pre-SOP phase for a specific component group

Key Responsibility Areas

• Representing Quality & the “voice of the customer” in the development of product and processes in the industrialization of products.
• Ensuring the Agratas APQP framework is integrated into the master project plan.
• Executing the Agratas APQP framework in assigned projects and regularly reporting the project quality status.
• Facilitating cross-functional teams during the development of deliverables through the APQP process – e.g. Process flows, FMEA, Control plan etc.
• Utilising lessons learnt during product development processes to ensure continuous improvement of our Quality deliverables.
• Evaluating and reporting the output of APQP deliverables, acting as a checker to ensure both correctness and completeness of artefacts as well as supporting the interconnection between interdependent APQP elements.
• Completing Change Management Impact Assessments and performing Problem Management Governance.
• Reporting on product development process overall status, key risks and opportunities.

Knowledge Generic

• 3+ year’s experience in the execution and development of APQP, ideally at a Tier 1 Automotive Supplier.
• Experience in developing new processes or heavily optimising existing processes.
• Experience in customer engagement teams.
• Educated to Degree level in an Engineering or Quality related subject.
• Experience In The Automotive Industry, preferably In a Tier 1 Supplier Environment.

Job Context

• Preferred: Change Management Impact Assessments and Problem Management Governance
• Preferred: Certified 6 sigma Green Belt.
• Preferred: Core Tools Certified (APQP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, PPAP / Control Plan)
• Preferred: Experience with SharePoint, PowerApps and Power BI.
• Nice to have: Experience in a start-up environment.

Job Context Specific

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