Project Quality Planning Engineer

ZF Group•Lafayette, IN

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

ZF Active Safety and Electronics US, LLC has job openings (multiple) for the position of Project Quality Planning Engineer based out of its location in Lafayette, IN. This role involves spearheading Quality Planning for new products according to GDPEP and CVS-PEP processes, focusing on HW Design to achieve Safe Launch, Quality KPI Targets, and Customer Satisfaction. The engineer will ensure quality approval for product releases, champion a strong Quality Mindset in project execution and R&D teams, and coordinate the Project Quality Strategy and Supporting Quality Team (SQT). The position requires facilitating understanding of customer requirements related to quality project/planning, advancing GDPEP/APQP quality deliverables, and executing CVS PEP - R&D QA processes for hardware. The role also involves steering projects to achieve 'green' status, highlighting risks, and escalating if projects turn 'red'. Ensuring completion of APQP and PPAP processes for timely customer approval, coordinating mitigation and quality escalation/actions for identified risks, and overseeing quality planning for SOP readiness and safe launch are key responsibilities. The engineer will also lead the identification of lessons learned, promote rigorous track-to-closure execution, provide functional excellence for problem resolution/RCA for non-conformities, and contribute to solution-oriented quality improvements. Support for the CVS PEP R&D Quality Assurance process includes ensuring quality approval for product releases, facilitating understanding of SW Customer requirements, steering projects to achieve ECP status green, highlighting risks, and coordinating mitigation actions. The role also involves leading the identification of Q lessons learned for R&D, guiding and monitoring the Development Supplier Process, performing Release Reviews for System Software scope, consolidating inputs to the PPAP Team, conducting Software PPAP, and analyzing findings to support corrective actions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineer, Industrial Engineering or closely related field
4 years of experience in quality assurance in the automotive field
Demonstrated experience with: ASPICE: ISO 15504 (Automotive SPICE); ASPICE provisional assessor; Functional Safety, including ISO 26262 (Functional Safety Management); APQP/PPAP and GDPEP/CVS-PEP; Quality Management Systems, including IATF 16949; Product Audit list and Requalification; Customer requirements including Control Plan, FMEA, PCM, IMDS, and RFMEA; Process Audit VDA 6.3; Lean manufacturing: Value Stream Design, Six Sigma, and Kaizen methods; Design for Six Sigma, and Design of Experiments; Project Management using Cplace and Microsoft Project; Product Lifecycle Management or Application Lifecycle Management using IBM Doors, PTC Integrity / Windchill RV&S, Power-Bi, Stages, and NaKeDa; Root cause analysis tools, including 8D, Fault Tree Analysis, Pareto, and Shainin Red X; Statistical Process Tools including Minitab, PC-DMIS, and Cause and Effect Diagram; Planning and execution of assessments and audits using ASPICE, process audits, and IATF 16949; Internal IATF 16949 Auditor Certified; Production Part Approval Process (PPAP – AIAG); and Testing and review methodology for customer and system audits within project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

Spearhead Quality Planning for new products, acc. to GDPEP and CVS-PEP (focus HW Design) process to achieve Safe Launch, Quality KPI Targets, and Customer Satisfaction.
Ensure quality approval for product releases.
Champion a strong Quality Mindset in the project execution and R&D teams.
Coordinate Project Quality Strategy and the Supporting Quality Team (SQT).
Facilitate understanding of Customer requirements related to quality project/planning.
Advance projects/programs GDPEP/APQP quality deliverables to completion.
Execute CVS PEP - R&D QA processes for mechanic/hardware.
Steer projects to achieve status green (quality/on-time), highlighting associated risks in the current phase of the project and escalating if projects turn into "red" (acc. to gate compliance).
Ensure completion of APQP and PPAP processes to obtain customer approval in time.
Coordinate mitigation and quality escalation/actions for identified risks and opportunities.
Oversee quality planning activities to ensure SOP readiness and safe launch.
Lead the identification of lessons learned (within PL and in the divisional network team).
Promote rigorous track-to closure execution in the project routines.
Provide functional excellence for problem resolution/RCA for non conformities and critical issues impacting the customer or putting the project at risk.
Actively contribute solution-oriented quality improvements across project activities.
Support CVS PEP R&D Quality Assurance process in the project: Ensure quality approval for product releases.
Facilitate understanding of SW Customer requirements related to quality project/planning.
Steer projects to achieve ECP status green.
Highlight risks in the current phase of the project if projects deviate (acc. to gate compliance).
Coordinate mitigation and quality escalation/actions for identified project risks with regards to CVS PEP.
Lead the identification of Q lessons learned for R&D.
Guide and monitor the Development Supplier Process.
Perform Release Reviews for System Software scope.
Consolidate and provide inputs to the PPAP Team and conduct Software PPAP.
Analyze findings and support in defining corrective actions to close identified gaps.