Advanced Quality Engineer in Electronics

Job Requirements:

• Technical or business bachelor’s degree;
• Strong background in Electronics;
• At least 5 years of professional experience in the field of electronic quality management in the automotive industry;
• Knowledge of industry-specific manufacturing processes, IATF 16949 and VDA standards, and customer specific requirements;
• Good knowledge of preventive quality planning, APQP, VDA RGA, validation planning, PPAP/VDA2, and core tools (FMEA, SPC, etc.);
• Knowledge of 8D reports, 5W, Ishikawa, fault trees;
• Proficiency in English, German is a plus;
• Excellent communication and cooperation skills, in particularly with overseas plants;
• Availability to travel to other JQ Plants;
• Ability to work independently in cross-cultural environments;

Responsibilities:

• Ensures quality requirements are aligned with customer expectations and provides quality related support of changes in the project;
• Participates actively in projects with the aim of bringing new products to series production readiness and collaborates with the project team;
• Provides quality-related support for changes in the project;
• Handles test planning including all necessary test equipment for the assembly process, including HW (Lighting systems) and preparation of the corresponding specifications/schedule;
• Performs internal process audits in the project and supervises external process audits;
• Transfers quality-related topics to the series quality team;
• Coordinates and manages the sampling process for the customer;
• Keeps track of all deliverables monitoring the Program Management System (PMS);
• Manages parts identification, traceability, and production control planning for the pre-series;
• Develops and oversees test instructions in the project phase and evaluates laboratory test results;
• Creates and releases defect catalogs for customer-relevant components and internal processes (e.g., veneer, injection molding);
• Defines PPM agreements with customers and analyzes scrap and failures;
• Assess component maturity and manages VDA RGA processes with customers;
• Manages IMDS documentation for the customer and checks luminance and color conformity.