Senior Quality Engineer - 4NE1 Humanoid (Human)

NEURA RoboticsRiederich, DEfull timeSenior
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Job description

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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