Automotive Quality Engineer

Brink Towing Systems; Staphorst; On-site; EUR 54,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 vacation days

13 ADV days

Travel expense scheme

Bicycle lease program

Pension scheme

Job summary

Brink Group in Staphorst, the Netherlands, is seeking an Automotive Quality Engineer to ensure products and processes meet customer requirements, IATF 16949 standards, and automotive quality expectations across development to production.

You will lead APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA and SPC activities, coordinate customer approvals, support audits, and work with engineering, production and logistics in a cross-functional team.

Qualifications

• At least a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Automotive/Mechanical preferred).
• Demonstrated practical knowledge of IATF 16949 and automotive quality methods.
• Strong experience with 8D, root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Ability to read technical drawings and customer documentation.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with IATF 16949, VDA, and customer requirements.
• Lead quality activities in new product/process development and coordinate approvals.
• Provide quality input during project planning and design reviews.
• Lead 8D problem solving and verify corrective actions.
• Develop and review Control Plans, MSA and SPC activities.
• Act as primary quality contact for customers during projects and audits.
• Monitor quality trends and escalate risks impacting production.
• Support customer visits and certification audits.
• Collaborate with engineering, production, logistics and purchasing.

Skills

Quality engineering

IATF 16949

English communication

Root-cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

APQP

PPAP

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.

• 32-40 uur - Staphorst, Nederland
• Dienstverband: Bepaalde tijd met uitzicht op onbepaalde tijd.

Your perfect 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.
• An attractive pension scheme.
• 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, now part of the international AL-KO / DexKo Group. Brink Group employs approximately 800 people across 5 countries and operates modern production facilities in the Netherlands, France, South Africa and Thailand.