This Risk Mitigation Quality Engineer role is responsible for monitoring safety and regulatory engineering-related recalls, identifying transversal root causes, and leading workstreams to develop effective corrective actions. The position requires executing these activities within defined timelines while ensuring a high level of detail, analytical depth, and lessons-learned integration. Success in this role demands strong technical knowledge of vehicle systems, manufacturing, and design processes, and the ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead the analysis of safety and regulatory recalls to identify workstreams. • Collaborate with responsible functional teams (e.g., design, manufacturing, supplier quality) to gather data, challenge assumptions, and conduct analysis and identify transversal root causes. • Coach and mentor stakeholders on effective identification of transversal corrective actions, planning, and implementation utilizing lessons learned. • Lead the implementation of transversal corrective actions and develop, revise, and maintain standards and processes related to workstreams. • Conduct reviews and approvals of standards associated with workstreams. • Monitor progress of corrective actions implementation, ensuring timely completion. • Validate that corrective actions are systemic and sustainable with appropriate read-across to future programs to prevent recurrence. • Prepare documentation for senior-level review meetings, ensuring clarity, completeness, and executive-level readiness.
Main Deliverables
• Monitor safety and regulatory recalls for trends. • Identify workstreams for topics discovered by the trend analysis. • Identify transversal root causes for the assigned workstreams. • Develop action items to prevent root causes and reoccurrence of recalls. • Read-Across Strategy. • Stakeholder Coaching and Engagement. • Process Monitoring and Reporting. • Tool Utilization and Training.
Basic Qualifications
• Bachelors degree in a technical field. • 8+ years of experience in Engineering, Supplier Quality, or Manufacturing Engineering. • Proficiency in structured root cause analysis. • Familiarity with APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, and other core automotive quality tools. • Ability to interpret technical data, failure modes, and systemic process gaps. • Strong coaching and mentoring skills to guide cross-functional teams through LL development. • Ability to influence and lead teams without direct authority. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex issues into executive-level summaries. • Proactive, detail-oriented, and committed to delivering high-quality, timely results in a fast-paced global environment.
Preferred Qualifications
• Masters degree in engineering. • Additional experience in risk mitigation, quality engineering, or a related field. • Experience with lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, or other quality improvement methodologies. • Familiarity with industry-specific regulations and standards (e.g., ISO 9001, IATF 16949). • Experience with data analysis, statistical process control, and other analytical tools.