Product Safety & Conformity Engineer (Quality Engineer)
You can look forward to these exciting tasks- Lead and coordinate product safety incidents from investigation through resolution, ensuring timely containment, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and stakeholder communication
- Monitor, assess, and drive compliance with product safety, regulatory, and internal quality requirements across products, processes, and manufacturing operations
- Conduct and support internal audits, process audits, product audits, and compliance assessments to verify adherence to established standards, procedures, and legal requirements
- Partner with Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, Suppliers, and cross-functional teams to identify risks and implement preventive actions that improve product safety and quality performance
- Analyze customer complaints, warranty data, field issues, and safety-related trends to identify emerging risks and drive continuous improvement initiatives
- Support recall and product safety management activities by coordinating investigations, preparing technical documentation, and facilitating communications with internal and external stakeholders
- Develop and maintain product safety and quality documentation, including risk assessments, corrective action reports, audit findings, and lessons learned
- Provide guidance and training to teams on quality processes, compliance requirements, risk mitigation, and product safety best practices
This is what you bring to us- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical field preferred; equivalent education and experience will be considered
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Quality Engineer or related quality role within a manufacturing environment
- Demonstrated experience leading a product safety incident investigation, including containment, root cause analysis, corrective action implementation, and cross-functional coordination
- Experience auditing compliance to process requirements and evaluating adherence to quality systems, standards, procedures, and controls
- Strong knowledge of quality management systems, auditing methodologies, corrective action processes, risk assessments, and continuous improvement tools
- Ability to analyze complex technical and quality issues, identify risks, and drive effective solutions across cross-functional teams
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present findings, recommendations, and compliance concerns to leadership and key stakeholders
- Automotive industry experience, product recall management experience, and familiarity with IATF 16949, VDA auditing practices, or product safety regulations are preferred but not required
Applications from qualified individuals with disabilities are expressly welcome.
Your contact person:Mario Magrini, People & Organization Lexington, KY
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