David Elvestad

Principal Quality Engineer @Ricardo

Cambridge, GB

Lead the quality activities in the department, responsible for ensuring the quality of engineering design and development activity on a variety of vehicle development programs. Lead and facilitate the creation and development of DFMEAs and related documentation (DVP) to the required time-lines.Organise and lead cross functional problem-solving teams through root cause identification, verification and corrective action steps including preventive actions.Ensure customer quality requirements are clearly understood and communicated to the project team.Mentor and train engineers in the use of quality tools, champion best practice across the project and department.Present the status of documentation and issues in team and project meetings.Track quality issues and test failures, working with component owners, suppliers and other stakeholders to facilitate their fast and effective resolution.Support the delivery of parts into production through the APQP process, supporting suppliers in producing part submission warrant (PSW) and other documentation to achieve PPAP requirements.Support and manage the transition from ISO90••••08 to ISO90••••15.