Advanced Quality Engineer (NPI / Project Development)

About the role

The Advanced Quality Engineer (AQE) leads product and process quality activities throughout project development and industrialisation, ensuring that customer, internal and regulatory requirements are built into design and manufacturing from concept to mass production.

Key responsibilities

• Represent Quality in the project core team and provide leadership on all quality‑related activities.
• Lead the NPI Quality Planning process (APQP‑based) and ensure timely completion of all quality deliverables.
• Collaborate with R&D and technical teams to apply DFQ, DFM and DFR principles.
• Prepare and maintain FMEA, Control Plans, MSA, SPC and Verification & Validation Plans.
• Define and verify inspection and measurement methods, approve gauges, AOI/AVI systems and test fixtures.
• Lead First Article Inspection (FAI) and other customer qualification activities.
• Conduct system, process and product audits to verify process stability.
• Track and close quality issues using structured methods such as 8D, RCCA and DMAIC.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Optical/Photonics/Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Physics or a related discipline.
• Minimum 7 years of quality or product engineering experience, including at least 3 years in NPI or advanced quality roles within optics, electronics or semiconductor manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001; IATF 16949 knowledge is an advantage).
• Proven experience leading customer qualification activities such as FAI, Process Validation, Reliability Validation and PPAP submissions.

Required skills

• APQP, PFMEA/DFMEA, Control Plan, MSA, SPC, Verification & Validation, PPAP.
• Problem‑solving tools: 8D, RCCA, DMAIC, 5 Why, Fishbone Analysis, DOE, statistical analysis tools.
• Design for Quality (DFQ), Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Reliability (DFR).
• First Article Inspection (FAI) and audit execution.