Automotive Quality Engineer

Brink-Towing-System; Staphorst; On-site; EUR 626,000 - 847,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel expense exchange scheme

Bicycle lease program

Job summary

Brink Group is seeking an Automotive Quality Engineer to ensure products and processes meet customer-specific and automotive standards in an international setting. You will work from development through series production, applying IATF 16949, VDA, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA and SPC to turn requirements into robust quality processes.

You will be part of the QHSE organization in Staphorst, collaborating with Engineering, Production, Logistics, Sales and Purchasing, and report to the Teamlead QES.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent technical field.
• Practical experience with IATF 16949 and core tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC).
• Strong 8D, root-cause analysis and corrective-action experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with IATF 16949, VDA, and customer requirements.
• Lead quality activities in new product/process development and coordinate docs for approvals.
• Provide quality input during design reviews and Process FMEAs.

Skills

Quality engineering

IATF 16949

APQP

PPAP

8D

Reading drawings

English proficiency

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

FMEA

MSA

SPC

Control Plans

Job description

Are you an Automotive Quality Engineer who thrives where engineering, manufacturing and customer requirements come together? And do you bring strong experience Automotive Core Tools and customer quality in an international manufacturing environment? Then you might be the Quality Engineer we are looking for.

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.

Yourresponsibilities:

• 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 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.