Overview
In this senior role, you lead end-to-end quality across Energy Systems, spanning batteries, BMS, electronics, and low-voltage systems. You drive quality governance, industrialization, and customer satisfaction across multiple sites and suppliers. You’ll ensure compliance with IATF 16949, ASPICE, VDA 6.3, and ISO 26262, while fostering a prevention-first culture. The position blends strategic BU-level oversight with hands-on execution in a fast-evolving automotive environment. You will shape quality across development, manufacturing, and customer interfaces to enable safe, reliable, and high-performance energy solutions.
Leistungen / Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Competitive compensation
- Fitness center
- Onboarding and buddy program
- Learning opportunities and LinkedIn Learning
- Relocation assistance
Verantwortungsbereiche
- Define and implement BU Quality vision and governance
- Maintain IATF 16949-compliant QMS across plants
- Lead APQP, DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plans, PPAP, SPC, MSA usage and audits
- Develop and sustain ASPICE capability for system/software/hardware
- Own plant-level quality KPIs (PPM, FPY, scrap, rework, COPQ)
- Lead launch quality, audits, and problem-solving (8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa)
- Act as primary OEM/Tier-1 quality interface and manage customer audits
- Ensure compliance with product safety/regulatory standards (UN 38.3, IEC 62660, ECE R100, EU Battery Regulation)
- Define supplier quality requirements and APQP/PPAP deployment
- Build and develop a high-performing quality organization across plants and regions
Zentrale Anforderungen
- 10+ years in automotive quality with manufacturing and product leadership
- Proven expertise in IATF 16949, ASPICE, VDA 6.3 and core quality tools
- Deep knowledge of low voltage systems, electronics, BMS, and manufacturing processes
- Experience managing OEM customer interfaces and multi-site quality teams
- Strategic and operational leadership credibility
- Strong customer orientation and communication skills
- Structured, data-driven problem-solving mindset
- Ability to balance hands-on work with scalable system development
- Comfort with complex, matrix, fast-evolving environments
- Up to 25–30% travel across sites, customers, and suppliers
- customer orientation
- strong communication
- leadership
- IATF 16949
- ASPICE
- VDA 6.3
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