#### **About the Specialist - Quality Engineering Job** ##### **Join a living ecosystem where the future of business is created and lived every day. Be part of this transformation!** ##### **At LUZA Group, passion, perseverance, and the drive to surpass limits define our path to success.** ##### **Founded in 2006, we are a Portuguese multinational with over 1,200 talented professionals and a strong business volume. Present in strategic markets such as Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Brazil, Mexico, the United States, and China, we offer innovative solutions in engineering, IT, design, consulting, Industry 4.0, training, and recruitment. Everything we do is driven by the talent of our people.** ##### **This is a moment of growth and opportunity. The future belongs to visionary minds. Join us!** ##### **Overview** **The Specialist - Quality Engineering is responsible for leading the plant's quality engineering team, ensuring customer satisfaction, supplier performance, and production efficiency. This role directly drives quality convergence, manages product and process evolution during series production, and supports manufacturing and engineering areas. The professional ensures products meet technical and quality requirements, leading corrective, preventive, and continuous improvement actions, always focused on field results (warranty) and operational excellence.** **Key Responsibilities and Tasks** **Lead the plant’s quality engineering team and ensure application of functional standards and technical requirements.** **Define and implement containment actions to protect the customer, including supplier-related issues.** **Conduct diagnostics and root cause analyses of vehicle and component problems.** **Ensure product and process maturity by managing evolutions and serial changes.** **Propose alternative solutions in case of failures or component shortages to prevent production stoppages.** **Support decisions on vehicle hold and release in coordination with the Plant Quality Manager.** **Convene and lead meetings with suppliers and act as the company’s technical representative.** **Participate in technical clubs and quality engineering forums.** **Lead the management of quality indicators (KPIs) and coordinate improvement and escalation plans.** **Ensure safety and performance of their team, promoting an efficient and collaborative work environment.** ##### **Key Activities** ##### **1. Quality Advancement and Customer Satisfaction** **Manage feedback from customers and suppliers (Tools: Palantir Foundry, SQP/NCT/Amadeus).** **Promote continuous improvement and dissemination of lessons learned with project and design teams.** **Manage sensitive processes (noise, geometry, sealing, etc.).** ##### **2. Series Production Lifecycle and Product Evolution Management** **Evaluate engineering milestones and ensure implementation of changes without quality deviations.** **Participate in PPAP processes and issue technical opinions at project milestones.** ##### **3. Production Support** **Address internal and supplier non-conformities.** **Implement immediate containment actions and rework or redesign plans.** ##### **4. Ensuring Robustness of Monitoring Plans** **Implement and audit quality control plans on the production line.** **Conduct process and maturity audits, ensuring reconvergence and corrective actions.** ##### **5. Team Leadership and Development** **Plan workload, distribute tasks, and set priorities.** **Conduct daily control meetings and promote structured problem-solving.** **Assess and develop the team's technical competencies.** ##### **Mandatory Requirements** **Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics Engineering or related fields.** **Minimum of 8 years of experience in Engineering, Production, or Automotive Quality.** **Experience in root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective action planning.** **Ability to lead engineering teams and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously.** **Strong communication skills (operational and executive levels).** **Autonomy, sense of urgency, and decision-making ability in high-pressure environments.** **Intermediate to advanced English proficiency.** ##### **Additional Requirements** * ##### **Postgraduate degree or Master's in Engineering.** * ##### **Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.** * ##### **Experience in World Class Manufacturing (WCM).** ##### ##### **What We Offer** * Meal allowance; * Transportation allowance or fuel voucher; * Health insurance; * Dental insurance; * Life insurance; * Childcare allowance; * Maternity and paternity leave; * Wellhub; * OnHappy; * Sesc; * Flexible working hours.