Unlike an individual-contributor attribute or process engineer, this manager sets quality strategy, allocates talent to the highest-risk failure modes and launches, drives structured problem solving to permanent corrective action, and represents quality status in plant leadership and program gates. This role leads Quality Engineers, specialists, and technicians across vehicle quality domains (process quality, attributes, dimensional, electrical/functional, audit/EOL, and issue management) and partners Design, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, Production Control, and Service.