Automotive Quality Engineer

Quality; Staphorst; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel expense scheme

Bicycle lease program

Job summary

Brink Group is hiring a Quality Engineer in Staphorst, the Netherlands, to ensure products and processes meet customer and automotive standards. You will drive quality across development, approval and start of production, coordinating with Engineering, Production and Supply Chain.

You will lead quality activities, analyze processes, and implement robust control plans and SPC to prevent issues before they affect customers. English communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or similar technical field.
• Demonstrable knowledge and practical experience with IATF 16949.
• Hands-on experience with APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, MSA and SPC.
• Strong experience with 8D problem solving and root-cause analysis.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and customer documentation.
• Experience with measurement and inspection techniques and statistical processes.
• Experience working with automotive customers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience leading internal audits and supporting customer/certification audits.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with IATF 16949, VDA, customer requirements and internal standards.
• Lead quality activities in new product and process development and coordinate documentation for customer approvals.
• Provide quality input during planning, design reviews and process development.
• Participate in Design and Process FMEAs and address risks with controls.
• Develop and review Control Plans, inspection requirements, MSA and SPC activities.
• Act as primary quality contact for customers during projects and audits.
• Lead 8D problem solving including containment and root-cause analysis.
• Monitor complaints and quality trends and translate into preventive actions.
• Escalate risks affecting customer approval, timing or costs.

Skills

Bachelor's degree in engineering

IATF 16949 knowledge

APQP

PPAP

FMEA

Control Plans

MSA

SPC

8D problem solving

reading technical drawings

statistical processes

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

APQP

PPAP

FMEA

Control Plans

MSA

SPC

Job description

Yourperfect fit

At Brink, quality is built into every stage of our automotive manufacturing process. As a Quality Engineer, you make sure our products and processes meet customer-specific requirements, regulatory standards and demanding automotive quality requirements.

You work from product and process development through customer approval and series production. Using standards such as IATF 16949 and VDA, combined with Automotive Core Tools such as APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC and Control Plans, you turn customer requirements into robust quality processes. You are involved from project launch and process development to customer approval and start of production. You coordinate approvals, address quality concerns and lead the response when critical issues threaten customer production.

You are part of our QHSE organisation in Staphorst, a team of approximately 15 professionals, including three other Quality Engineers, and report to the Teamlead QES. In his position, you work closely with Engineering, Production Engineering, Production, Logistics, Sales and Purchasing, while maintaining direct contact with automotive customers.

Your responsibilities:

• Ensuring compliance with IATF 16949, VDA, customer-specific requirements, regulatory requirements and internal quality standards.


• Leading Quality activities within new product and process development and preparing and coordinating documentation and obtaining customer approval within agreed timelines.


• Providing Quality input during project planning, design reviews, process development and Gate Reviews.


• Participating in Design and Process FMEAs and ensuring risks and appropriate controls are addressed.


• Developing and reviewing Control Plans, inspection requirements, measurement systems, MSA and SPC activities.


• Acting as the primary Quality contact for customers during projects and complaint handling and supporting customer visits, customer audits and certification audits;


• Leading 8D problem solving, including containment, root-cause analysis, corrective actions and verification of effectiveness.


• Monitoring complaints, quality trends and SPC data and translating these into preventive and corrective improvement actions.


• Escalating risks that could affect customer approval, product conformity, timing, cost or customer production.

Your profile:

You understand the demands of automotive manufacturing and know that quality goes beyond checking the final product. You use standards, data and engineering knowledge to prevent issues before they reach the customer.

• At least a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, such as Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a comparable technical field.


• Demonstrable knowledge and practical experience with IATF 16949 Practical experience with APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, MSA and SPC.


• Strong experience with 8D, root-cause analysis and corrective action processes.


• The ability to read and interpret technical drawings, specifications and customer documentation.


• Experience with measurement and inspection techniques and statistical processes.


• Experience working with automotive customers and multidisciplinary project teams.


• Experience preparing and leading internal audits and supporting customer and certification audits;


• Strong analytical, structured and problem-solving skills;


• Professional written and verbal communication skills in English.


• You take ownership, communicate clearly and remain effective when quality issues require quick and well-founded decisions.

What we offer:

A technically challenging Quality Engineering position where your work has a direct impact on automotive customers, production processes and product quality.

• A salary of around € 5.500 gross per month, depending on the candidate’s experience.


• Based on a full-time employment you get 27 vacation days and 13 additional ADV.


• An international and challenging working environment within the automotive industry;


• Opportunities for professional development, training and career growth;


• A travel expense exchange scheme and the opportunity to participate in a bicycle lease program;


• Employment conditions in accordance with the Dutch Metalektro CLA.


• Working at our headquarters (and productionlocation) in Staphorst, the Netherlands.

About us

We are Brink Group, originally founded as a family-owned business and now part of the international AL-KO / DexKo Group. Every year, we design, manufacture, test and sell more than one million high-quality towing solutions worldwide. With over 120 years of experience and our motto, \"Your Perfect Fit\", we provide the perfect connection between virtually every vehicle and trailer. Today, more than 25 million vehicles around the world are safely equipped with a Brink towbar. Brink Group employs approximately 800 people across 5 countries and operates modern production facilities in the Netherlands, France, South Africa and Thailand.

Please contact Dré Schellekens, Corporate Recruiter, at [phone].