Senior Product Quality Engineer

Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG; New Boston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible working hours

Educational assistance

Development programs

Community engagement programs

Job summary

Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG in Texas seeks a seasoned Quality leader to coordinate daily shop floor QA activities and mentor the QA and Salvage teams.

You will drive root cause analysis, monitor key quality KPIs, and own scrap, salvage, and rework processes to protect Brose and its customers. Applicants should have 5+ years in quality with automotive experience, plus strong knowledge of quality planning and process optimization.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in quality.
• Ideally 1–3 years in automotive quality specialization.
• Knowledge of planning and optimizing quality processes.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate shop floor quality activities daily to protect Brose and customers.
• Provide functional leadership to Quality Auditors and Salvage Team.
• Escalation support for quality issues with auditors and leadership.
• Own plant scrap, salvage and rework processes and KPIs.
• Mentor QA staff with quality issues and problem solving.
• Define and monitor shopfloor audit concepts and discipline.
• Improve scrap reporting tools and ensure correct 551/552 transactions.
• Lead scrap reduction projects with the PQC.
• Own Procella software usage for the plant.
• Enhance rework and salvage concepts and equipment.
• Manage hold/sort areas and material flow labeling.
• Develop QA and Salvage career paths in alignment with PQC.
• Create training plans to close skill gaps and plan successors.
• Drive continuous improvement in daily shop floor quality and salvage.
• Initiate and follow up on sorting and containment for non-conforming parts.

Skills

Quality management

Leadership

Process improvement

Automotive QA

Job description

Your Tasks

• Daily coordination of shop floor quality activities to ensure Brose and its customers are protected.
• Functional leadership of Quality Auditors and the Salvage Team, focusing on their career and skill development.
• Escalation support for Quality Auditors and Leadership during internal and customer issues.
• Responsible for shop floor quality KPI’s for the plant (e.g. Scrap, RT, Rework Rate etc…).
• Owner of the plant scrap, salvage and rework processes.
• Mentor and support Quality Auditors and Salvage Operators with quality issues and problem solving.
• Define and monitor a clear concept for shopfloor audits, enforcing dicipline, Brose basic rules and correct PFM.
• Responsible for (improving) scrap reporting tools and ensuring correct 551/552 transactions.
• Lead scrap reduction projects in coordination with the PQC.
• Owner of the Procella software for the plant.
• Lead the improvement of the NBO rework and salvage concepts (incl. rework station concepts).
• Own the hold and sort areas and all areas where NOK material is stored, ensuring correct material flow and labeling.
• Own the career development process for Quality Auditors and Salvage, defining a clear path from junior QA to QE in alignment with the PQC.
• Create training and development plans for the quality team, aiming to close skill gaps and ensure successors are defined.
• Lead the continuous improvement of our daily shop floor quality and salvage processes.
• Initiation and follow-up on sorting activities and containment concerning parts that do not meet specification.

Your Profile

• At least 5 years’ professional experience in the area of quality, ideally at least 1-3 years in a position in the automotive industry as a quality specialist.
• Knowledge of appropriate procedures for planning and optimizing quality processes.

We offer you a modern working environment with our Brose working world

• Brose offers a high-tech work environment and a wide range of benefits.
• Along with competitive performance-based compensation and health insurance, our employees also benefit from attractive social and family-oriented programs throughout our North American locations*.
• Our benefits packages include comprehensive medical and insurance.
• Brose also provides educational assistance and a variety of community outreach, family, and sporting events.
• Flexible working hours and a collaborative work environment give our employees the freedom to balance work and personal life.
• Brose believes in investing in people.
• We offer a wide range of development programs with great opportunity for individual growth through training, international or regional assignments and tailored career paths.
• Our objective is to provide our employees the tools necessary to live a balanced life, experience a rewarding work environment and contribute to our surrounding communities.
• *Benefits package may vary slightly per location

At least 5 years’ professional experience in the area of quality, ideally at least 1-3 years in a position in the automotive industry as a quality specialist. Knowledge of appropriate procedures for planning and optimizing quality processes.