Quality Assurance Engineer
RemoteSwitzerland
Job Summary
Develop, implement, and continuously improve Quality Assurance requirements, processes, and standards across manufacturing operations. Act as the primary interface for Process Engineering and Operations on quality and safety topics, translating customer and regulatory needs into internal specifications. Lead non-conformance management, failure investigations, and root cause analysis while moderating process FMEA and driving corrective actions. Define critical-to-quality features, control plans, and process capability metrics, then perform inspections against manufacturing plans to document key and mandatory inspection points. Establish robust quality documentation, support process qualification, and contribute to audits and continuous improvement initiatives. Ensure successful execution of the QA programme aligned with project milestones, with approximately 5–10% travel required.
Required Qualifications
- Several years of professional experience in Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Quality or Process Quality
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or a comparable technical discipline
- Strong practical experience with Quality and Continuous improvement methodologies
- Solid knowledge of Root Cause Analysis techniques, such as 5 Why, Ishikawa/Fishbone and similar preventive quality methods
- Hands-on experience with Process FMEA/PFMEA, Non-Conformance Management, CTQ and Control Plans
- Knowledge of MSA, Process Capability and Measuring & Test Equipment
- Ability to quickly understand and analyse complex technical products, systems and processes
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills combined with excellent communication, leadership and interpersonal abilities
- Independent, structured and solution-oriented way of working, while being an effective team player
- A confident and courageous personality with the ability to ask challenging questions and address quality issues openly
- Willingness to travel nationally and internationally approximately 5–10%
Desired Qualifications
- Ideally, experience with EN9100/AS9100, ECSS, NASA or MIL standards
- Good knowledge of MS Office
- Excellent written and spoken English skills
- Additional language skills such as German, French or Swedish
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