Design Perceived Quality

Position Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the design quality convergence of parts to ensure alignment with styling requirements, including shape, surface finish, and overall appearance.

• Create, update, and maintain guidelines and standards for design quality across both digital and physical components.

• Understand design intentions, product definition, project timelines, and design quality deliverables to effectively support development activities.

• Prepare and coordinate the industrialization phase for design quality validation, ensuring readiness of parts, tools, and processes.

• Validate digital class-A CAD data to ensure consistency with styling intent and adherence to quality criteria.

• Conduct tool validations at supplier facilities and manufacturing plants to ensure parts are produced within defined design quality standards.

• Perform material sample inspections and validate color, grain, gloss, and overall appearance at part level and vehicle level.

• Ensure compliance of all components with established design quality standards during the development and production phases.

• Maintain accurate and updated design quality status data within the system, ensuring transparency and traceability.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including design, engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers to resolve design quality issues and drive continuous improvement.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong understanding of design quality standards for automotive interior/exterior parts.

• Experience with digital class-A surface validation and design convergence processes.

• Knowledge of material appearance parameters such as color, grain, gloss, texture, and visual harmony.

• Experience in tool validation at supplier locations and manufacturing facilities.

• Ability to interpret design intent, product specifications, and CAD data.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail.

• Excellent communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.

• Familiarity with PLM systems and design quality data tracking tools.

• Exposure to industrialization or new product development processes is an advantage.

• Bachelors Degree Required