Quality Engineer

Wefabricate; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Wefabricate is seeking a Quality Engineer to prevent quality issues on the production floor and guide operations to sustain high standards. You will support industrialization, address risks early, and lead efforts to stop recurring problems by working with engineering and operations teams.

You will monitor quality trends, define improvement projects, and ensure adherence to norms for Medical and Automotive production as we grow.

Qualifications

• HBO/WO technical degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Experience in a production environment.
• Experience as Manufacturing/Production/Service Engineer with a quality mindset.
• Knowledge of FMEA, 8D problem solving; SPC/PPAP beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Prevent quality issues using pFMEA and dFMEA risk assessments.
• Cooperate with purchasing on strategies for guaranteed quality of purchased components.
• Act as first contact for customers on quality-related topics.
• Lead root cause analyses using 8D problem solving.
• Monitor trends and report key quality performance indicators.
• Cooperate with manufacturing to improve production processes for higher quality and efficiency.

Job description

Wefabricate is a manufacturing company that combines automation and design to produce products and prototypes much faster and at scale. We set a new standard for industrial excellence. Efficient, flexible and of the highest quality.

A new standard for industrial excellence. A place where the most talented people in our industry can grow and thrive. We create progress and impact for our planet.

Our motto work hard, have fun and make history is not for everyone. Our people take full ownership and responsibility. But also work on things that truly excite them and are able to work flexible hours. It’s not the job ladder that defines seniority. But people’s talent, expertise and attitude.

The job:

Quality Engineer

Wefabricate and Weheat have the strategy to produce locally with a high degree of automation. High quality is of the essence to make the difference for our customers. Efficiency is key, processes and systems should be there to move forward. Engineers with a quality mindset and who share our vision will help us unlock more of our potential!

As a Quality Engineer, you are responsible to prevent quality issues in our manufacturing processes. You do that by helping the industrialization team to address risks early and learn from mistakes made in the past. When Quality issues do occur, you will act as the lead to correct them, but more importantly, to guide the operational and engineering teams to prevent the same issue to ever occur again. You monitor trends to define improvement projects. You spend much of your time on the production floor, becoming an integral part of the operations teams. On the other hand, you will help to define what is needed within Wefabricate to keep our quality standards as we grow. This includes adhering to norms for Medical and Automotive production.

In a few bullets, this is your role:

• Prevent quality issues using pFMEA and dFMEA risk assessments
• Cooperate with purchasing on strategies for guaranteed quality of purchased components.
• Act as first contact for customers on quality-related topics
• Lead root cause analyses using 8D problem solving
• Monitor trends and report key quality performance indicators
• Cooperate with manufacturing to improve production processes for higher quality and efficiency

Why this role matters

When we finish our work at Wefabricate, our products end up in the real world as parts for our customers or as heat pumps for consumers.

When you succeed in this role, customers value us, manufacturing flows smoothly, quality is predictable and the factory is ready to scale.

In other words: you help ensure that innovative technology can actually reach the world.

Requirements

You are someone who enjoys an environment where products and systems are being created. You are comfortable switching between higher level discussions and practical problem solving on the shop floor. You are Precise and keen on finishing, a process thinker and you keep your head cool in a dynamic environment

You likely have:

• HBO/WO technical grade like Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
• Experience in a production environment
• Experience as e.g. a Manufacturing Engineer, Production Engineer or Service Engineer with a quality mindset
• Knowledge on and experience with FMEA, 8D problem solving or similar, SPC, PPAP is beneficial but not required