Quality Project Lead

The role

The Project Quality Lead – Automotive will support quality assurance activities across automotive engineering projects. This person will ensure projects meet the ALTEN Delivery Framework, client, contractual, and quality requirements.

What you will do

• Ensure automotive engineering projects comply with ADF, client, and contractual quality requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor Quality Assurance Plans (QAPs).
• Support project teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor project quality KPIs including Right First Time, On-Time Delivery, and customer satisfaction.
• Identify quality risks, nonconformities, and process gaps and coordinate corrective actions.
• Lead root-cause analysis using tools such as 8D, 5 Whys, Ishikawa/Fishbone, FMEA, and 5M.
• Support APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, and other automotive quality processes.
• Participate in client quality meetings and serve as a quality point of contact.
• Support internal, client, and certification audits, including ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 requirements.
• Maintain quality dashboards, project documentation, audit records, and corrective action plans.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of project quality or quality assurance experience within engineering services.
• Experience supporting automotive engineering projects, OEMs, or Tier 1 customers.
• Knowledge of automotive quality processes and tools, including APQP, PPAP, FMEA, and 8D.
• Understanding of ISO 9001 and quality management systems.
• Experience with project quality KPIs, root-cause analysis, nonconformities, and corrective actions.
• Strong communication skills.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical field
• Knowledge of IATF 16949 and automotive customer-specific requirements.
• Experience supporting client or certification audits.
• Familiarity with SPC, MSA, Control Plans, Lean, or Six Sigma.
• Experience with Office 365, SharePoint, JIRA, or similar project/quality tools.
• Previous experience working with an engineering consulting or engineering services organization.

Benefits

• Mentorship
• Career growth opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits

Before you apply

• All candidates selected will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.

About the company

ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering company with 3,000+ experts across North America. They partner with companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, and more.