Regional NPI Quality Engineer

Key Responsibilities

•    Lead NPI quality readiness activities, including APQP, risk assessments, and control plan deployment
•    Identify and mitigate risks across design, process development, and industrialization phases
•    Ensure product and process capability prior to production launch (validation, qualification, testing) 
•    Drive early root cause analysis for design and process issues to prevent downstream defects
•    Translate quality requirements into actionable engineering controls and inspection/test methods
•    Partner with R&D, Engineering, and Operations to ensure design-for-quality and manufacturability
•    Integrate lessons learned from customer issues and production into future NPI programs
•    Monitor key quality metrics during ramp-up and drive corrective actions to stabilize performance
•    Drive prevention-focused quality execution to reduce launch risk and accelerate time to stable production

Secondary Responsibilities

•    Aligns with QMS execution for control systems and documentation
•    Supports customer issue resolution through strong system discipline 
•    Support Product Quality Architecture Certifications and Sustainability program
•    Support Cost of Quality monitoring and improvements

Experiences/Education - Required

•    Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field
•    5–7 years of experience in quality engineering, QMS, or related discipline
•    Strong knowledge of QMS standards, audit processes, and compliance requirements
•    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills (e.g., Six Sigma, DMAIC, 8D)
•    Project Management Experience (Member)
•    Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills
•    Experience in manufacturing/engineering environments with system-level quality focus
•    Strong Command of the English Language (spoken, written, and comprehension)

Experiences/Education - Desired

•    Progressive experience in quality
•    Process engineering experience (capability, variation reduction, control plans)
•    Project Management Experience (Leader)