Production Quality Engineer (m / f / d) in a Battery Recycling Scale-Up

cylib GmbH; Aachen; Vor Ort; EUR 50.000 - 65.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A German scale-up for battery recycling is hiring a Quality Engineer in Aachen. This role entails ensuring product and process quality through defining control parameters, managing quality documentation, and implementing SPC for monitoring performance. Candidates should have over 3 years of experience in quality engineering, knowledge of ISO standards, and fluency in German and English. The company offers a dynamic work environment with significant responsibilities and opportunities for creative input.

Leistungen

Working in a young and interdisciplinary team

Creative freedom

Contribution to climate protection

Qualifikationen

• 3+ years of experience in quality engineering, particularly in automotive, battery, or related industries.
• Solid knowledge of ISO 9001, familiar with IATF 16949 and automotive core tools.
• Hands-on experience with documentation control and LIMS.

Aufgaben

• Drive product and process quality by defining CTQs / CTPs and implementing control plans.
• Own quality documentation and manage deviations and change controls.
• Implement SPC and monitor process performance.

Kenntnisse

Quality engineering experience

Problem analysis using 5-Why, Ishikawa, DOE

Documentation control

Coaching operators

Proficient in German and English

Tools

LIMS

ISO 9001

IATF 16949

SPC

Jobbeschreibung

Your mission

• You drive product and process quality by defining CTQs / CTPs per value stream and implementing risk-based control plans aligned with FMEA priorities (severity / occurrence / detection).
• You own quality documentation (SOPs, work instructions, batch records, CoAs), manage deviations and change controls to keep records audit-ready.
• You implement SPC and capability studies (Cp / Cpk) with real-time dashboards with limits and alarms, and monitor process performance.
• You analyze problems using 5-Why, Ishikawa, and DOE where needed and implement robust CAPAs with clear owners, deadlines and effectiveness checks.
• You handle customer complaints, lead structured 8D investigations and deliver data-backed responses.
• You coach operators / technicians on quality-critical steps, sampling and accurate data entry, and you sustain improvements.
• You follow up on quality readiness checklists and run controlled trials to establish capability baselines before scale-up and full release.

Your profile

• You have 3+ years of experience in quality engineering within automotive, battery, chemical, materials, or related process industries; startup or scale-up experience is a plus.
• You have a solid knowledge of ISO 9001 and are familiar with IATF 16949 and the automotive core tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC, Control Plans) that support risk-based control plans and capability baselines.
• You have built and maintained control plans and PFMEAs, executed CAPAs end-to-end, and used SPC / Cp / Cpk to keep processes in control.
• You are hands-on with documentation control and you can work with LIMS to keep records audit-ready.
• Preferred experience includes hazardous materials processes, laboratory quality testing, and PLM / MES / LIMS / ERP integrations.
• You are proactive and resilient, enjoy working in a dynamic, evolving environment and show high ownership.
• You are proficient in German and English and collaborate well with operations, engineers, suppliers, and automotive customers.

Why us?

• Working in a young and interdisciplinary scale-up team
• A lot of responsibility and creative freedom right from the start
• Active contribution to climate protection & circular economy
• Activeinvolvementindecisions
• Team spirit and a family atmosphere

About us

cylib is a research-based German scaleup for holistic battery recycling - starting from discharging to recovery of all components of the lithium battery - that was founded in Aachen in 2022 by three visionary founders, including a female CEO.

Our process

The cylib process offers a complete end-to-end process from battery pack to green battery material by employing a combination of mechanical and thermal pre-treatments and an innovative water-based lithium and graphite recovery. Unlike incumbents, cylib can therefore recover battery materials such as lithium, graphite or manganese. The process was developed over several years of research at the renown RWTH Aachen University and offers an efficient, resource- and climate friendly recovery of all battery materials from end-of-life batteries.

cylib's technology enables the recovery of all battery components regardless of whether it is an end-of-life battery or not. Recovery of green secondary raw materials from the cylib process enables the realization of the true Circular Economy on the European market.

Interested?

Please upload your documents and answer the questions in the application form (annual gross salary expectations, a cover letter is not necessay). We look forward to receiving your application!