Overview
As a Quality Engineer (m/f/d), you will play a key role in driving continuous improvement initiatives and ensuring high quality standards across production and processes. You will act as a central interface between internal teams, customers, and suppliers, leading problem-solving activities and supporting key quality processes such as APQP and PPAP. This position requires a hands-on, analytical mindset and a proactive approach to identifying and implementing sustainable improvements.
Job Title
Quality Engineer
Responsibilities
- Drive continuous improvement (CIP) initiatives across production and quality processes, ensuring effective implementation and follow-up of actions
- Act as the main point of contact for quality-related topics within assigned projects, collaborating with internal teams, customers, and suppliers
- Lead and coordinate the resolution of quality issues using structured problem-solving methods (e.g., 8D, root cause analysis, Ishikawa)
- Support and manage customer quality requirements, including APQP and PPAP processes, ensuring product and process readiness
- Analyze production and quality data to identify trends, root causes, and improvement opportunities
- Conduct scrap and defect analyses and implement corrective and preventive measures to enhance performance
- Plan, conduct, and support internal audits, ensuring compliance with quality standards and internal processes
- Participate in gate and program reviews to ensure quality deliverables throughout the product lifecycle
- All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Quality Management or a related technical field
- Initial professional experience in Quality Engineering or within a manufacturing environment
- Solid knowledge of core quality tools and methods (e.g. APQP, PPAP, SPC, MSA, Control Plan, PFMEA) as well as structured problem-solving approaches (e.g. 8D)
- Auditing experience of production and business systems with solid understanding of IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 requirements
- Good understanding of quality management systems and the ability to interpret technical drawings and specifications
- Strong analytical skills, a structured and solution-oriented working approach, and excellent IT skills (MS Office; preferably experience with Minitab)
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