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AQ ENGINEER II POSITION : SR. ENGINEER AQE (Advanced Quality Engineering) LOCATION : Pune BU : Global Automotive SEGMENT : Transportation Solutions (India) COMPANY TE Connectivity Ltd. is a $12 billion global technology and manufacturing leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. For more than 75 years, our connectivity and sensor solutions, proven in the harshest environments, have enabled advancements in transportation, industrial applications, medical technology, energy, data communications, and the home. With 80,000 employees, including more than 7,500 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 150 countries, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com BU / FUNCTION DESCRIPTION The role comes under Automotive BU where we are currently supplying products to Commercial, passenger, two wheelers and Industrial transportation. Function is to manage Quality Assurance for entire transportation solution business in India. Transportation solutions BU makes products for Connecting and Sensing Data, Power and Signal for vehicles ranging from Two wheelers to Heavy Commercial trucks. TS India operates out of 2 Manufacturing plants in Pune, Sales offices in Pune, Noida and Chennai and a Global engineering team in Bangalore. The total team strength is of 3,500 employees. There is a clear business strategy till 2025 to support the business growth. The growth is driven mainly driven from localization of Core India Specific products and new technology products. ROLE OBJECTIVE The job objective is to ensure compliance with product quality specifications, customer requirements, and process needs during the product and process design phase according NPD Process until the formal product and process release is achieved. RESPONSIBILITIES Understand Customer drawings, Technical requirements, Quality requirements, CSR and cascade the requirements to CFT Exposure to Design and process validation testing and understanding test specifications AQE engineers are part of the project core team and being the Voice of the customer as well as the interface to other internal departments Hands on experience in creating and reviewing PPAP documents such as PFC / PFMEA / DFMEA / Control Plan / Specifications reviews / preparation of control plan / Gauge planning / SPC / MSA Support the FMEA meetings to achieve the quality standard, structure and content by capturing past failures and lessons learnt Conduct Pre-PPAP audit, share observation to the team and follow-up to close all the open points Leading customer audits and experienced in obtaining PPAP approvals from customers Support Safe Launch for New projects to ensure 0 customer complaints before hand over the project to manufacturing site EDUCATION/KNOWLEDGE BE/ B.Tech (Mechanical / Production / Automotive Engineering) Knowledge about various phases of Product and Process development ISO/IAFT 16949 requirements for New Product / Process development Indepth knowledge in APQP/PPAP/PFC/PFMEA/DFMEA/Control Plan/SPC/MSA etc Awareness on VDA 6.3 requirements and audit Knowledge in wiring harness, parts having plastic injection molding / metal stamping processes will be an added advantage CRITICAL EXPERIENCE Minimum of 6-8 years of hands on experience in IATF 16949 (Formerly TS 16949) Quality systems in Automotive industry Experience in conducting internal audits & facing external audit as per IATF 16949 Quality systems Well versed and experienced in handling APQP, PPAP activities Leading interaction with Customer & suppliers for part and process from quality aspects COMPETENCIES Technical capabilities: In-depth functional/domain knowledge Strategic agility: Identifying relevant technology trends and opportunities and leveraging TE global technology to increase competitive position and increased value to customer Quality & Reliability Engineering: Ability to understand customer requirements from quality perspective & cascade internally to achieve First Time Right Building people capability: Training and mentoring engineers with the necessary skill set and improve organizational capability to achieve First Time Right MOTIVATIONAL/CULTURAL FIT Customer focus Innovation demeanor Problem solving Optimism and Team working Talent development Results driven Clear and concise communication Job Overview Provides quality and reliability engineering services to support new product development and process improvement initiatives. Job Requirements Collaborating with engineering and marketing to translate customer needs into product specifications. Developing and executing test procedures to validate product quality. Leading risk assessments during the product development cycle. Coordinating quality planning activities, including auditing and inspection. What your background should look like Generally requires Bachelors degree in appropriate field or local equivalent with a minimum of 3 years of progressively responsible professional level .
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