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Roles
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.. role:: Quality Manager
   :id: rl__quality_manager
   :status: valid

   The quality managers shall be responsible for the planning and coordination of the quality activities, i.e. the quality management. They shall lead and monitor the quality relevant activities of the project.


   Required skills

   * Master’s degree in electrical engineering/computer science/mathematics, or similar degree, or comparable work experience
   * Solid understanding of software quality management
   * Knowledge in project management
   * Deep understanding of quality criteria and the correlating methods and procedures to achieve and verify them
   * Technical know-how of embedded systems
   * Preferred Training: ASPICE 4.0 (see training path, https://intacs.info/index.php/certification-center) at least Expert or Professional Assessor

   Knowledge of standards

   * Deep knowledge of ASPICE PAM 4.0
   * Basic knowledge of ISO 26262
   * Basic knowledge of ISOSAE 21434

   Experience

   * 2 years of experience in software quality management
   * Experience in managing projects

   Responsibility

   * Creating/maintain Quality Management Plan
   * Verify/approve Platform release
   * Execute Platform Process Audit
   * Execute Feature Contribution Conformance Checks
   * Execute Work Product Reviews
   * Consult and execute Quality Trainings
   * Monitoring/improving of Quality activities

   Authority

   * Escalation of planning topics to the :need:`rl__project_lead`
   * Definition of quality assurance measures
   * Refusing the approval of work products as defined in the workflows