Engineering Quality Leader
Thales Engineering Competence Centre (ECC) is a well-established Research and Engineering centre serving major customers worldwide in Digital
Identity and Security domains spanning from Mobile Connectivity, IoT, Automotive, Banking to Government products and solutions.
As an Engineering Quality Leader, you will ensure the implementation of processes, practices and specific tools, to make sure quality on product
development is in line with the Mobile Connectivity and Solution Business Line tailored processes as well as the technical requirements and
international regulations (ISO, ASPICE, etc.) for the embedded projects.
Main Responsibilities:
Ensure that the solution developed (HW and SW) is complying with both customer and company requirements with the required and expect
ed level of Quality
Support the development teams in identifying and resolving problems, assuring that the relevant processes, practices and applicable
standards and regulations have been followed
Analyze the data resulting from audits, return and customer complaints, alert and veto right, to prevent the risks
Approve or make sure of the formal approval of the conformity of products and to be in charge of the follow-up of the complaints from the
customers
Contribute as required to project reviews supplying feedback by using the quality advices
Support and verify tailoring activities of Thales practices and their result in the relevant existing documentation
Support and verify the process implementation applicable at development level (HW and SW) with internal audits and/or follow-up
Support the ISO 9001 and ASPICE certifications as well as the ACSMS adherence
Main Tasks:
Manage compliance to Quality Assurance and Customer requirements and their flow down to the Engineering Team
Define and apply the Quality Management System and relevant Quality Plan specific for the development project (HW and SW)
Assure the quality of solutions in collaboration with Solution or Software Engineering Managers by participation to FAT, or inspection
Assure that Anomalies, Non-conformities and Alerts are followed and closed through the managed Non-Conformities process
Support the Certifications (ISO 9001, CMMI, ASPICE and ACSMS for process adherence)
Collaborate with the Solution or Software Engineering Manager to establish the Certificate of Conformity
Exercise Alert Duty and Veto Right in case of non-resolution of problems and escalate it to the correspondent management organization,
manage and capitalize on alerts and vetoes
Complies with auditing plan and conduct audits to the projects then follow up the Non-Conformity raised in the Audit until closure out
Ensure that all processes are well known to the Engineering Team and its stakeholders by providing and deploying Engineering and
Project process training
Collect, maintain and monitor the KPIs for technical debt for Engineering Teams
Facilitate the Postmortem session for all projects and monitor the actions of improvements until its closure
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
Tertiary qualification in Engineering or technical disciplines or equivalent (Electronic is preferential)
At least 5 years of Quality Assurance activities or senior experience in similar positions.
Experience in Quality in Engineering/Development teams (preferable within Electronics/Telecommunication context)
Process Analysis, Improvement and Deployment.
Knowledge of Quality Plan/ Quality Inspection & Test Plan
Knowledge of Quality Standards like ISO 9001, CMMI, ASPICE and ACSMS
Knowledge of AGILE at SCALE (SW, HW, SYSTEM Integration)
Strong time management, organizational, interpersonal and communication skills
Result & customer oriented, critical thinking, flexibility and high capacity to work within multicultural teams
Ability to speak fluently in English
Knowledge on IT and Engineering tools like Microsoft Office, Jira, Confluence, etc.
It will be considered a plus if you possess the following knowledge
IVVQ Strategy
Standardization (Configuration Management mindset)
Project Managemena
