The engineer partners with Engineering, Program Management, Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Quality, and customers to ensure that product and process risks are identified and controlled, requirements are translated into effective manufacturing controls, processes are capable and ready for release, and production quality performance is sustained. Lead or support NPI quality planning, including quality plans, DFMEA/PFMEA linkage, control plans, inspection strategies, measurement-system analysis, capability studies, process validation, and product qualification activities.