Electrical Quality Leader

Position Purpose:
 

The Top Hat & FEA-x Quality Lead aggregates the former DQL (Top Hat Quality Lead) and FEA-x Quality Lead roles into a single end-to-end Quality authority embedded within the FEA-x organization. 

 

The role ensures robust launches of Top Hat programs and serial life windows sharing the same electrical architecture by: 

• Securing full compliance to Functional PDP and legacy EHE deliverables at each milestone 

• Bringing the Voice of the Customer into the Top Hat development loop 

• Driving quality convergence and issue burn-down toward SOP 

• Ensuring lessons learned are captured and implemented across programs 

 

This position acts as the Quality integrator between Top Hat programs and the FEA-x machinery. 

 

Global Mission: 

 

Why this role exists 

• Guarantee quality readiness at Top Hat launch 

• Ensure electrical architecture consistency across programs 

• Anticipate and mitigate quality risks before SOP 

• Drive robust convergence of electrical software and functional  topics 

 

Key Responsibilities: 

1. Quality Governance of Top Hat Programs

• Target deployment and Quality metrics achievemnt 

•  Ensure compliance to Functional PDP and EHE legacy deliverables 

• Identify missing or weak deliverables impacting launch quality 

• Challenge program teams on readiness gaps 

 

1. Program Quality Assessment (with FEAs & SSTMs)

Drive structured Design reviews covering: 

2.1 Quality Status 

• Functional design readiness 

• Feature availability 

• Validation maturity 

• Software robustness including DTC convergence  

• APQP status 

• DFMEA/PFMEA completion 

2.2 Issue Tracking 

• Critical issue identification and prioritization 

• Burn-down follow-up 

• Escalation management (FEW / TCCB / Project review) 

2.3 Deliverables Achievement 

• EE BOM maturity 

• Packaging & schematics releases 

• 12v energy system compliance 

• Diagnosis strategy compliance 

• EOL / Flashing convergence 

• Industrial readiness consistency 

 

1. LessonsLearned & Continuous Improvement 

• Ensure lessons learned are properly captured at Top Hat level 

• Guarantee effective re-injection into future programs sharing same architecture 

• Capitalize systemic issues across EHE + FEA-x perimeter 

 

1. Risk &DeferralGovernance 

• Risk assessment for issues entering the deferral process – Evaluate severity, occurrence, and detection to support go/no-go recommendations and appropriate containment strategies. 

• Quality position in Industrial and Deferral Committees – Represent the Quality standpoint, ensuring decisions are data-driven and aligned with customer and brand expectations. 

• Customer impact assessment and mitigation – Ensure impacts are fully understood (field, service, manufacturing) and that mitigation plans are defined, validated, and tracked to closure. 

 

1. Recovery& Convergence Leadership 

• Build robust recovery plans with SSTMs when required – Define containment, corrective actions, verification steps, and timing to recover milestone readiness and protect SOP delivery. 

• Drive cross-functional alignment (EHE / SWE / CCLP / Vehicle Engineering) – Facilitate shared prioritization, clear ownership, and synchronized execution across functions to remove blockers quickly. 

• Secure quality convergence prior to key milestones and SOPM up to MPTR – Monitor convergence indicators and enforce closure of critical gaps to achieve a stable, customer-ready product at each gate. 

 

Authority & Impact:
 

• Quality authority for Top Hat electrical perimeter 

• Escalation right on blocking quality risks 

• Influence on launch readiness decision 

• Transversal visibility across architectures