Automotive Quality Engineer — Process & Compliance Leader

Naffco; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Naffco in Dubai is seeking a quality control professional to oversee planning, implementing, and maintaining QA activities across automotive manufacturing and assembly operations. You will ensure products, components, and supplier outputs meet approved drawings, specs, standards, and regulatory requirements.

The role supports continuous improvement, defect prevention, and timely delivery of safe, compliant automotive products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Mechanical/Automotive/Manufacturing Engineering or related field.
• 3–7 years of quality control/assurance experience in automotive manufacturing or engineering.
• Experience with IATF 16949, ISO 9001 and customer-specific automotive requirements.
• Ability to interpret drawings, GD&T, technical specifications, and BOMs.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute quality control inspections, testing, audits, and verifications across automotive processes.
• Inspect materials, components, and production to verify compliance with drawings and specs.
• Monitor body, chassis, powertrain, electrical, interior, and exterior components and processes.
• Develop and maintain inspection plans, control plans, and quality checklists.
• Conduct first-off, in-process, final, and pre-delivery inspections per requirements.
• Record non-conformities, defects, and corrective actions in the quality system.
• Coordinate containment, rework, and preventive actions to avoid defect recurrence.
• Lead root cause analysis using 8D, 5 Whys, fishbone, and Pareto analyses.
• Support audits and supplier quality assessments with evidence and follow-up.

Skills

Quality control

Root cause analysis

Audits

Statistical methods

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Automotive/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

CMM equipment

Calibration equipment

Job description

Naffco in Dubai is seeking a quality control professional to oversee planning, implementing, and maintaining QA activities across automotive manufacturing and assembly operations. You will ensure products, components, and supplier outputs meet approved drawings, specs, standards, and regulatory requirements.

The role supports continuous improvement, defect prevention, and timely delivery of safe, compliant automotive products.