Product Development Quality Leader

You are a product development professional experienced in developing the industrial quality and reliability with engineers?
We need you to join the team and together strengthen the proactive quality culture of our chassis engineering department.


We offer you


We offer you to interact with many other people with different cultures and technical skills. You will be in the center of the new development of the department and you will support our engineers community to assess and strengthen the quality of their designs during the development phase of the product. Ultimately together, we will prevent issues to impair our customers operations.
With challenging and diverse assignments and great colleagues, you will develop yourself in this international organisation with many opportunities.
You will be directly part of the most exciting transformation ever at Volvo Group, transitioning towards electrification and higher sustainability.


The team


We are a department of about 230 product development engineers who deal with chassis components and installation for heavy duty vehicles - e.g. chassis frame, engine installation, suspension, cooling, axles, brakes. In close co-operation with people from other parts of the Volvo Group, we are responsible to develop the future of transportation and ensure seamless use of the vehicles by our customers. We work in an enthusiastic atmosphere where customer focus, team spirit, agility and trust are key characteristics.


During your days with us


You will train and support engineers to get comfortable and efficient with product quality assurance tools, more specifically the different FMEA types. As a consequence you will be guiding the definition of critical technical requirements to be shared with the suppliers and partners.
You will support engineers to approach problem solving during the development phase.


You are?
Volvo customers and road users are your first priorities.
You are the one whom engineers turn to when they struggle to structure their approach to ensure the best quality and reliability during the engineering phase.
You are passionate to ensure the best possible quality and reliability from the early engineering design stages by structuring the work and development loops.
You are motivated to support and train your colleagues to grow their skills, knowledge and use of the product quality assurance mindset and tools. Your are hands-on, structured, creative and relentless in your approach to get things done. You prioritize your own activities and support others with your specific skills. You are a team player with reliable communication and cooperation skills.


Requirements
Master’s degree in Mechanical engineering with minimum 5 years or similar relevant experience in the field of quality assurance
Experience from product development, industrial and manufacturing processes and/or supplier quality management
Passion to do things right for the customer
Knowledge and experience in product quality assurance tools e.g. System/Process/Design-FMEA, APQP, Statistical Process Control
Knowledge and experience in problem solving tools e.g. RCA methods, 8D method, PDCA, Pugh matrix.
Fluent in English, both spoken and written



Good to have
Experience from automotive industry in manufacturing engineering and/or production quality assurance
Knowledge and practical experience in advanced quality tools and methods e.g. Black Belt 6 Sigma
Knowledge from product development of heavy duty vehicles components, and their technical requirements



We are looking forward to your application!


Curious to learn more about the job? Do you have any questions? Please contact me:
Francois Pettorelli - Product Quality Manager - francois.pettorelli@volvo.com


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