Senior Quality Engineer - 4NE1 Humanoid (Human)

Your mission & challenges

You'll take ownership of building and ensuring robust product and process quality for the humanoid robot 4NE1 – from prototype through to industrialization into series production.

Your responsibilities:

• Own product and process quality for the 4NE1
• Handle customer complaints and build a structured complaint management system
• Plan and conduct product, process, and supplier audits
• Create and maintain inspection plans, control plans, PFMEA, and quality standards
• Build a central quality database and a lessons-learned system
• Introduce a Quality Management Board with daily quality routines
• Analyze quality deviations (8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa) and define sustainable corrective actions
• Define and manage quality KPIs (FPY, PPM, rework, scrap, cost of quality, audit score)
• Work closely with development, production, purchasing, logistics, and process engineering
• Approve engineering changes and support industrialization
• Support EOL testing and product validation
• Drive supplier development and quality improvement across the supply chain
• Build a zero-defect and continuous-improvement culture
• Prepare the organization for series production and customer approvals

You'll be measured by:

First pass yield, PPM, rework rate, audit compliance, engineering change lead time, customer complaints, supplier quality

What we can look forward to

• A degree in mechanical engineering, mechatronics, electrical engineering, or a related field
• Several years of experience in quality management in the automotive, machinery, or robotics industry
• Solid knowledge of APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, 8D, SPC, MSA, and VDA/IATF methods
• Experience with production ramp-up and industrialization
• A hands-on mentality in a dynamic scale-up environment
• Excellent German and English skills