Quality Engineer (all genders)
- Kappa optronics GmbH
- Göttingen/Gleichen
- Presence / Mobile
- Work experience
- Engineer
- Quality Management, Quality Assurance
- Full/part time
- Published: 2025-12-19
- Unlimited
Safety Beyond – Join the team behind the world’s safest vision systems!
At Kappa optronics, everything revolves around high-tech with real impact. Our vision systems are among the best in the world in defence, aviation and automotive. With our cameras, international customers rely on maximum safety and innovation.
Your Responsibilities:
- Collaborate in improving Quality Assurance, guiding the production team, so proper practices are adopted, and the right standards are established, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence
- Cooperate in the maintenance and improvement of the QMS, providing constructive feedback on the processes, proposing necessary changes or improvements, and working towards them proactively
- Support the supplier assessment, quality & audit management
Control & calibration management of test equipment - Participate in ensuring full compliance with regulatory and customer requirements, overseeing resolution of assigned non-conformities, performing analysis and investigation of deviations, and assisting during internal / external audits as required
- Be open minded and highly collaborative, staying flexible to switch tasks depending on priorities/workload, providing creative ideas on how to improve or make processes more effective & efficient, and remaining eager to help her/his team-mates
Your Profile:
- Academic background in Quality, Engineering or Aviation fields
- Professional competency in German and English (must be able to comfortably work with technical documentation and attend meetings in English and German)
- Approximately 3 years of experience in Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain Quality or Auditing within a highly regulated sector
- Good knowledge of international quality standards and regulations (e.g. ISO9001) and familiarity with continuous improvement tools and methodologies (e.g. 8D, FMEA, risk management, etc)
- Proven problem-solving and decision-making skills, supported by a structured approach to work
- Strong leadership and communication skills, especially the ability to influence and manage multidisciplinary teams, coaching them into the right practices & providing them a good understanding of the quality standards
- Willingness to travel to any of our locations, and to the sites of our suppliers & customers if / when required
What we offer:
- Professional tasks as diverse and varied as our technology
- Career prospects for employees who want to work independently and actively contribute
- Short decision-making paths and excellent development opportunities
- A highly motivated team, family-like company environment
- Job-related training and company pension scheme
- Employee benefits (e.g., bike leasing, English courses, corporate benefits)
- Kindergarten care allowance (up to €300.00 per child per month)
- In Germany: Option for free use of e-charging stations or subsidy for a job ticket (Germany ticket)
- In Germany: EGYM Wellpass: Access to 8,000+ fitness & wellness facilities – employee contribution €30/month
- Flexible working time models
- 30 days of annual leave
- Katrischa Zarins
- HR Business Partner
- 055089797007
