Job Title:
Senior Quality Engineer
Department:
Quality Assurance / Quality Control
Reports To:
Quality Manager
Roles & Responsibilities
- Lead the quality engineering team and ensure achievement of quality objectives.
- Develop and implement quality assurance systems in accordance with customer and company requirements.
- Monitor customer quality performance (PPM, rejection rate, warranty issues) and drive continuous improvement.
- Lead customer complaint investigations using 8D methodology and ensure timely closure.
- Review and approve PPAP documents, control plans, PFMEA, process flow diagrams, and inspection standards.
- Coordinate with customers during audits, new product development, and quality reviews.
- Lead internal process audits and supplier quality improvement activities.
- Analyze quality data using SPC and identify improvement opportunities.
- Monitor calibration systems and ensure compliance with measurement standards.
- Support new product launches by ensuring quality readiness.
- Mentor and train Quality Engineers, Inspectors, and Operators.
- Coordinate with Production, Tool Room, Maintenance, Design, and Purchase departments to resolve quality issues.
- Ensure compliance with quality standards such as IATF 16949, ISO 9001, customer-specific requirements, and statutory regulations.
- Prepare monthly quality performance reports and present them to management.
- Lead cost reduction and continuous improvement initiatives using Lean and Kaizen methodologies.
- Manage supplier quality performance and supplier development activities.
Skills Required
- Strong knowledge of automotive quality systems and customer requirements.
- Expertise in APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, 8D, and Core Tools.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams.
- Strong analytical and leadership skills.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and customer-handling abilities.
- Proficiency in quality management software and Microsoft Office.
These responsibilities are well suited for an automotive sheet metal stamping and manufacturing company, where both customer quality and process quality are critical.
Pay: ₹17,411.50 - ₹39,925.01 per month
Work Location: In person
