ADVANCED QUALITY ENGINEER

IMPACT AND OPPORTUNITY

As an Advanced Quality Engineer, you ensure product quality from development to production launch, playing a key role in preventing defects and meeting customer expectations. This position offers the opportunity to work cross functionally, influence early design decisions, and grow within a global automotive environment, using advanced quality tools and standards.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Active participation in the APQP, gate review and TFC meetings during the projects.
• Active personal presence as a member of the APQP team during prototype and pre-series production.
• Active participation in DFMEAs, PFMEAs and SFMEAs.
• Active participation in feasibility studies.
• Active participation in prototype installation at the customer and/or supplier days.
• Assessment of possible defects based on real production data or statistical analyses.
• Ensuring full communication with the customer in quality issues until serial production start.
• Reviewing the measurement results and capability tests of prototypes and pre-series products together with the APQP team and initiating and following up corrective measures in case of deviations.
• Preparation of prototype and pre-launch control plans, serial and safe launch plans in accordance with the deadline according to APQP.
• Defining requalification requirements for products.
• Active participation in the preparation of DV/PV test plans, reviewing their results together with the APQP team and initiating and following up corrective measures in case of deviations.
• Active participation in establishing internal SC/CC characteristics.
• Ensuring that each and every control step during APQP is defined for the given measurements and is carried out with suitable tools.
• Handling complaints received in connection with prototypes and pre-serial parts and, if necessary, preparing 8D reports.
• Ensuring that corrective measures resulting from internal problems or complaints are included in the guidelines for new developments.
• Realization of Gentherm and customer quality requirements on the finished product in a way that raw material requirements are in line with the above in cooperation with SQE and data are recorded on raw material data sheets.
• Active participation in project audits as an auditor, in the case of one's own project as an auditee.
• Participation in customer audits / internal audits locally.
• Preparation of unique, customer-specified documents for prototype deliveries.
• Preparation of PPAP documentation for prototype, pre-series and serial products in accordance with customer requirements.
• Creation IMDS data sheet and submission to the customer.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical or quality-related field.
• Strong communication skills in English.
• 1–3 years of experience in a similar role.
• Solid understanding of automotive standards and quality processes (e.g., APQP, PPAP).
• Certified internal auditor for IATF 16949.
  
  

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• German Language knowledge is an advantage.
• Experience in a Multinational Environment and/or Automotive Industry is a plus.