Software Quality Specialist

Job Description - Software Quality Specialist

Team Overview

• Team of 6 members: 3 in Germany and 3 in India
• Global team supporting automotive software and system quality activities.
• Strong collaboration across India and Germany teams.

Role Overview

• Replacement position due to employee attrition.
• Support development quality activities across automotive projects.
• Ensure compliance with Automotive SPICE (ASPICE) standards.
• Conduct independent quality assurance reviews of processes, plans, and work products. 
• Verify adherence to development processes and standards
• Support ISO, information security, and other quality audits.
• Requires an independent working style and ability to raise/escalate non-conformances when needed.
• Experience : 4 to 6 years of experience (5 years preferred).
• Education: B.E./B.Tech/ Engineering background with automotive product lifecycle understanding is acceptable

Must Have

• Automotive domain experience.
• Quality assurance/process compliance experience.
• Software or System Engineering background.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently in a global environment.
• High integrity, ownership, and willingness to challenge process deviations.

Good to Have

• intacs Provisional Assessor (Automotive SPICE) certification.
• Prior experience in ASPICE assessments and audits.

Interview Process

• L1 (Virtual, 30 mins): Sreenivasa Raju & Srinivas Nawali.
• L2 (F2F/Hybrid, 90 mins): Sreenivasa Raju & Peter Kopka.
• HR Round: Arshiya

Target Companies

• Harman
• Continental
• Bosch
• Microchip
• Other automotive software, embedded systems, and product engineering organizations.

Compensation

• To be benchmarked against market data and internal guidelines.
• ASPICE-certified candidates may command higher compensation due to niche expertise.
• Compensation to be assessed based on experience, certification, and overall contribution potential.

 

Your Job

As a Software Quality Specialist, you will provide objective and independent assurance that work products and processes comply with the customer’s expectations and internal provisions. Conduct quality reviews and process compliance checks. Support Automotive SPICE assessments and assessment readiness activities.

Our Team

You will work in an international team with team members in India and Germany. The team is closely collaborating with design centers globally. Due to new tasks and projects the team is growing, and you will have the opportunity to bring in your expertise. In Bengaluru GTC, you will be working for the Connected Mobility Solutions division.

What You Will Do

• Create a strategy to ensure that quality goals of a project are achieved.
• Perform independent assurance of the quality of the work products.
• Organize and conduct internal ASPICE Assessment or in collaboration with the customer to ensure process quality.
• Collect relevant KPIs.
• Act on deviations and follow up on the corrective actions.
• Closely communicate with the customer and the project team.
• Coach the team in SW Quality related matters.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor Degree in SW Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related area.
• Certification as intacs Provisional Assessor Automotive SPICE.
• 4 - 6 years proven experience in SW- or System-Engineering.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Effectively present information and respond to questions from groups.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Certification as intacs Competent Assessor Automotive SPICE.
• Good understanding of the requirements of Functional Safety (ISO 26262).
• Good understanding of the requirements of Cybersecurity (ISO 21434).
• Good understanding of agile methods (e.g. SCRUM).
• Experience in HW Engineering.

At Koch

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Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

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