Quality Engineer, Production

Eaton Group; Vantaa; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton's Vantaa campus is seeking a Quality Engineer to safeguard production quality and support daily manufacturing quality across the factory. You will monitor performance, address issues, and drive continuous improvement with cross-functional teams.

You will engage in new product introductions, apply PFMEA, Control Plans, and quality data to improve product quality, manufacturing performance, and customer satisfaction. A proactive quality culture will be fostered onsite.

Qualifications

• A few years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• B.Sc. or M.Sc. degree in Engineering.
• Experience in the electrical sector is a plus.
• Experience supporting quality improvement activities.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality on production lines and support day-to-day manufacturing quality.
• Monitor quality performance, address quality issues and support continuous improvement.
• Participate in new product introductions and apply quality tools and data.
• Develop reports and dashboards to identify quality trends and opportunities.
• Coordinate Quality Alert, containment and escalation activities.

Skills

Collaboration

Problem solving

Data analysis

Quality improvement

Manufacturing experience

Education

B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Engineering

Tools

PFMEA

Control Plan

Job description

Eaton's state-of-the-art campus in Vantaa, Finland, serves as a hub for its critical power systems business, bringing together research and development, manufacturing, warehousing, sales, and service under one roof. The campus supports the company's continued growth and creates new career opportunities in the region.

As one of the world’s largest manufacturers of three-phase uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), Eaton’s expansion in this area is driven by strong business growth and the demand for systems that ensure business continuity. Situated in a prime location next to the Helsinki airport, the Vantaa facility serves as Eaton’s Critical Power Solutions headquarters and a center of excellence for data centers.

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What you’ll do:

As a Quality Engineer, you will play an active role in ensuring quality on the production lines and supporting day-to-day manufacturing quality across the factory. Working closely with production teams on the shop floor, you will monitor quality performance, address quality issues, and support continuous improvement activities.

You will also participate in new product introductions and use quality tools, methodologies, and data to improve product quality, manufacturing performance, and customer satisfaction. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will support quality improvement activities, participate in projects, and contribute to solving quality-related challenges.

You will have the opportunity to develop your expertise in quality tools, manufacturing processes, and continuous improvement while contributing to a proactive quality culture across the site.

Support Manufacturing Quality Activities

• Support quality performance for assigned production lines through monitoring, improvement initiatives, root cause resolution, and risk escalation.
• Contribute to a proactive quality culture through prevention, risk management, and fact-based decision making.

Support New Product Introductions and Product Changes

• Support PFMEA, Control Plan, risk assessment, and quality planning activities.
• Participate in manufacturing readiness reviews, pilot builds, and production launches.
• Assess quality impacts and support change management activities.

Analyze Quality Performance and Solve Problems

• Monitor and analyze key quality metrics, including defects, complaints, FPY, scrap, rework, and CONC.
• Develop reports and dashboards to identify quality trends and improvement opportunities.
• Support root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions.
• Coordinate Quality Alert, containment, and escalation activities.

Ensure Compliance and Support Continuous Improvement

• Ensure compliance with customer, regulatory, and Quality Management System requirements.
• Support initiatives that improve product quality, process stability, and customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, R&D, Supplier Quality, and Project teams to prevent quality issues and improve manufacturing quality.

Qualifications and Experience

• A few years of experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• B.Sc. or M.Sc. degree in Engineering.
• Experience in the electrical sector is considered an advantage.
• Experience supporting quality improvement activities.

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to collaborate effectively with different stakeholders.
• Basic understanding of structured problem-solving and risk-based thinking.
• Ability to contribute to improvement activities and follow through on actions.
• Ability to work independently while seeking support when needed.
• Data-oriented mindset.
• Willingness to learn and develop professionally.
• Can-do attitude and proactive approach to moving tasks forward.
• Motivation to grow and build expertise in quality and manufacturing environments.

What we can offer to you:

• Contract in fast growing global company
• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
• Great promotional opportunities - We encourage internal promotion, whenever possible
• Excellent working environment - safety and ethic are really important for us

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.