Quality Assurance Engineer

Chevalier is tier-one supplier specialising in advanced technology systems primarily for the automotive industry. Our products are fitted to a considerable number of top-of-the-range passenger and supercars worldwide.

The ideal candidate is an experience quality assurance engineer with exceptional organisational skills, and a strong drive to make a difference by methodically applying quality control techniques to take our products to the next level of assured success. You will be focussing on developing and maintaining a complete QA program for guaranteeing consistent quality in its many facets with respect to the finished products.

• Review product requirements, specification, technical design and testing with a view to plan, create and manage the overall Quality Planning Strategy
• Ensure compliance with ISO 9001 standard and process-focused with the sole objective of preventing failure across the entire production and delivery cycle.
• Liaise with internal teams of developers and product managers to identify system requirements
• Develop detailed, and comprehensive test plans and test cases to test current products
• Identify the applicable industry standards and statutory regulations
• Identify the quality assurance processes required to reduce the risk of failure and ensure full compliance with industry standards and statutory regulations
• Develop and apply and coordinate testing activities and processes for new and existing products
• Ensure unfailing traceability by means of reliable records and tracking systems to control complaint and noncompliant products including by root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Generate quality assurance documentations: FMEA, PPAP, PFMEA, test and audit reports, etc.
• Suggest solutions to identified product issues and suggest ways to make improvements
• Collaborate with the Product Development team to ensure consistent project execution
• Identify and monitor product KPIs for quality assurance purposes
• Oversee the continuous improvement strategy
• Prepare and present reports and metrics to Senior Management
• Interface with customers and attend to their quality-related requirements and concerns
• Prepare and edit quality control reports using the relevant quality control methodology and standards
• Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
• Track quality assurance metrics, for actual failure occurrences, probability of occurrence

• Minimum of 5 years of proven experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer in industrial / manufacturing environment
• Proven experience in testing techniques including User Interface Testing, Automated Testing, Test Driven Development Strategies and the like
• Must have a sense of pride and ownership in your performance
• You must be a critical thinker and indefatigable problem-solver
• Comfortable working on your own and keen team player
• A skilled communicator with good time-management skills
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
• Experience in writing concise and intuitive test plans
• Hands-on experience with automated testing tools

Must be able to commute to and work at our manufacturing facility in Elstree at: