• Perform quality assurance activities at supplier sites to ensure that raw materials, manufactured goods, and services meet or exceed strict engineering and quality requirements. • Work independently under general supervision to secure project deliverables and manage supplier relationships. • Perform process audits and surface treatment audit follow-ups. • Conduct follow-up visits with suppliers failing to meet APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) requirements. • Review and analyze corrective action reports to eliminate defects. • Maintain routine (daily/weekly) communication with Group Managers, SNQ Engineers, and Surface Treatment Specialists regarding APQP deliverables and PPAP status. • Authorize supplier approval and greenlight the shipment of parts to manufacturing plants based on quality compliance. • Promptly notify management of any roadblocks that may impact project timing or deliverables.

• Lead & grow the QA team • Own & transform QA practices • Embed quality into engineering • Leverage AI & automation for testing • Drive continuous improvement in QA processes

• Provide high level test estimates and contribute to capacity planning. • Analyze complex business requirements and participate in grooming sessions and Scrum ceremonies. • Develop comprehensive test plans, scenarios, cases and test data. • Identify automation opportunities and enable teams to adopt automated testing. • Ensure test execution readiness, including cross system dependency management. • Lead or oversee test execution, tracking milestones and escalation of risks. • Manage defects across all stages and support UAT. • Maintain and improve regression test suites. • Communicate findings, risks and recommendations to senior stakeholders. • Mentor QA analysts and support QA process improvements and innovation.

• Analyze business requirements and participate in grooming sessions and Scrum ceremonies. • Provide high level QA effort estimates during project initiation. • Create detailed test plans, scenarios, test cases and execution plans. • Prepare and condition test data for execution. • Execute manual and automated test cases, reporting progress against milestones. • Identify, log and escalate defects, risks and issues. • Provide daily or weekly QA status reports to stakeholders. • Support UAT execution, including defect management. • Update regression suites and contribute to post release retrospectives. • Support continuous improvement, innovation and QA automation initiatives.