Convergence Lead – Quality - Pune

Lead quality convergence activities during vehicle development and launch phases by coordinating cross-functional teams, monitoring quality readiness, tracking issue resolution, and ensuring robust quality performance against project milestones. Drive quality governance, risk identification, and continuous improvement to support successful product launches.

• Coordinate quality convergence activities across vehicle development and production launch phases.
• Define and validate sampling plans in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders for prototype and production builds.
• Participate in production readiness meetings to ensure vehicle availability for quality evaluations and audits.
• Support evaluation and analysis of initial build vehicles, prototype parts, and quality validation activities.
• Review customer and internal quality feedback to identify trends, prioritize issues, and drive corrective actions.
• Coordinate quality issue review meetings and manage the tracking, prioritization, and closure of quality deviations.
• Prepare quality dashboards, management reports, and project status summaries highlighting key risks, KPIs, and action progress.
• Drive cross-functional teams to ensure timely implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Monitor quality convergence metrics and provide accurate quality forecasts for upcoming vehicle builds.
• Escalate critical quality risks and unresolved issues to project leadership as required.
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, supplier quality, validation, and program management teams to achieve project quality objectives.
• Ensure compliance with organizational quality processes, standards, and project milestones.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance product quality and launch readiness.

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering / Automobile Engineering / Production Engineering or related discipline

• Strong understanding of automotive product development and manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge of automotive quality management methodologies and problem-solving tools including:
  • 5 Why Analysis
  • 8D Problem Solving
  • DFMEA
  • QFD
  • SPC
  • Seven Basic Quality Tools
• Experience in vehicle quality audits, including:
  • Appearance Quality
  • Functional Evaluation
  • Water Leak/Water Tightness Validation
• Ability to perform root cause analysis and drive cross-functional issue resolution.
• Experience in quality KPI tracking, reporting, and dashboard preparation.
• Strong analytical, data interpretation, and technical problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of prototype builds, launch quality, and production readiness activities

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively in high-pressure project environments.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
• Adaptable and proactive in managing changing priorities.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Strong coordination and collaboration across cross-functional teams.
• Results-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset.

9 - 12 years