Advanced Quality Engineer

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Through bold discovery and cutting-edge innovation, we lead an industry that is vital for the future of our planet: lighting. Through our leadership in connected lighting and the Internet of Things, we're breaking new ground in data analytics, AI, and smart solutions for homes, offices, cities, and beyond.

At Signify, you can shape tomorrow by building on our incredible 125+ year legacy while working toward even bolder sustainability goals. Our culture of continuous learning, creativity, and commitment to diversity and inclusion empowers you to grow your skills and career.

Join us, and together, we’ll transform our industry, making a lasting difference for brighter lives and a better world. You light the way.

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This is an exciting job opportunity for you to light the way as a Advance Quality Engineer in Pune, India with Signify.

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While we value and appreciate all applicants, we believe that the following experience and skills will be needed to shine brightly in this job opening:

Integral Accountable for all E2E Quality deliverables in the NPDL Process and Fast track development projects
Creates integral quality planning and assures all quality deliverables of all quality disciplines (SQ,IQ,FQ, Development Quality, compliancy) are on time and with the right quality level
Synchronizes Quality planning with integral NPDL planning made by IPM
Coaches, trains and challenges other functions on execution of quality activities (e.g. CTQ, FMEA, Supplier selection, PPAP, QTP, Process validation, Reliability prediction, Compliancy)
Is empowered to challenge project team if critical quality deliverables or required inputs for quality deliverables are missing or not at the right quality
Presents the quality status in NPDL Gate and MS review and defines & drives corrective actions to meet deliverables
Provides regular status reports
Assures budget is defined in the project to meet quality deliverables
Set quality KPI in NPDL Project
Defines requirements for quality test- and measurement equipment.
Ensure that customer requirements are incorporated into product functional specifications and lead risk and failure analysis (DFMEA/PFMEA) to ensure functional specification requirements and severity are fully met during design validation.
Facilitate/Participate in the development and maintenance of the new product Process Flows, PFMEA and Control Plans, including development CTQ’s from the DFMEA. (Who will do it: CL)
Participate in Engineering Design Reviews of specifications and drawings.
Leads/Facilitate the development of the CTQ’s Matrix and its validation (through QTP execution and validation
Attend DV/PV builds, Test Center reviews and verify compliance of product and process to the Control Plan.
Maintain communication with all relevant quality disciplines related to the project and effectively handoff the Project Quality role to Industrial Quality.
Lead problem-solving activities for internal and Customer concerns relating to assigned responsibilities and documenting all actions in the required format (eg. 8D). (Make sure it is Design related after MS CR)
Closes feedback loops from customer complaints by embedding the learnings into new design rules, QTP’s, FMEA’s and other VE-tools

KPI's

# MS taken on target: CROT & Launch Quality
First time right Run@Rate
Field Return Rate first year after launch
Assure PE Quality is met 3 months after launch:
o# supplier RMA’s
oOQC levels
o# customer complaints due to product design & process design, including 0-hour failures

Skills & Experience

Several years of hands-on experience in product development, supplier quality or industrial quality with knowledge of development quality tools
Demonstrated ability to influence a project team
Detailed knowledge of the theory and principles of APQP and statistical methods
Experience in new product development with cross-functional teams.
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
Strong computer skills including APQP applications, word processing, spreadsheets and databases.
Thorough understanding of advanced quality tools and PPAP.
Master’s or PhD degree in Engineering
Preferably Certified DfSS Black Belt or Master Black Belt
SPC, MSA, APQP, FMEA & problem solving expert
Product safety training
Strong analytical skills, fact based
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Excellent interdisciplinary communication and presentation skills Strong leadership skills to defend the customer’s interests
Deep understanding of innovation and life-cycle management processes
Able to motivate others to pick-up their quality responsibilities
Technical knowledge of the applicable area on product & processies & testing
Demonstrates through leadership, commitment to the principles of "Continuous Improvement" challenge suppliers onprocess/product technical solutions linked to the technology.
Project Management capabilities

Everything we’ll do for you

You can grow a lasting career here. We’ll encourage you, support you, and challenge you. We’ll help you learn and progress in a way that’s right for you, with coaching and mentoring along the way. We’ll listen to you too, because we see and value every one of our 29,000+ people.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a full spectrum of bright ideas. With a global workforce present in 70+ countries, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued, helping us all achieve more together.

Come join us, and together we can light up the future.