Head of Quality Assurance and Management Technology

Responsibilities:

• Management responsibility for hardware quality assurance, software quality assurance and quality control (15 employees).
• Ongoing planning, maintenance, monitoring, continuous improvement and further development of quality for the Development & Production departments.
• Co-designing and implementing the quality objectives developed with the management system managers.
• Defining and ensuring quality requirements in product development, product procurement and production (software and hardware).
• Processing and analysis of material returns and support in eliminating the causes of complaints. 
• Conducting internal product/process audits and responsible for implementing improvements across the entire product life cycle.
• Responsibility for issuing EU Declarations of Conformity and generating compliance verification documentation.
• Participation in standards committees and ensuring the CE conformity of products.
• Production support for issues relating to RoHS, REACH, SVHC, POP,PFAS, etc., as well as Conflict Minerals.
• Support of the procurement department regarding supplier audits, quality and environmental contracts.
• Supporting the OEM department and the subsidiary in the UK on various topics.
• Responsibility for the procurement of product approvals.
• Contact point for test centers and authorities. (TÜV, UL, CSA, etc.).

Requirements:

• Completed training as an engineer specializing in electronics, mechatronics, electrical engineering or comparable training.
• Additional training in EMC, electrical safety, quality assurance, environmental management.
• Relevant knowledge of the current laws and standards for the abovementioned specialist areas.
• Management experience in the above-mentioned disciplines is an advantage.
• Project manager experience with technical responsibility for a project team
• Good application knowledge of Windows, MS Office.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• High level of comprehension and analytical thinking
• Resilience and stamina.
• Very good knowledge of German and English. French an advantage.