Quality Management Internship

**Quality Management Internship**: **POSITION SNAPSHOT**: - JobReq ID: 48825- Type of work: Hybrid- Type of contract: Internship- Full/Part Time: Full time- Location: ROMA, IT**OUR COMPANY**: Bridgestone in Europe, CIS, Middle East, India and Africa (BSEMIA), headquartered in Zaventem (Belgium), is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader providing sustainable mobility and advanced solutions. In addition to our premium tire products, we offer a growing portfolio of tire-centric and mobility solutions. Together with our partners and guided by "Serving Society with Superior Quality”, that has been our mission since Shojiro Ishibashi founded Bridgestone in 1931, we are working to accelerate sustainable mobility innovations and solutions. Through innovative technology, we are committed to easier, safer, smoother and seamless mobility for our society and customers improving how people move, live, work and play. Bridgestone also benefits from a significant retail network throughout the region - in fact our retail presence in the EMIA region is the largest in the tire industry. Through 17 distinct retail partners, we have around 3,500 outlets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as around 2,500 outlets through our partner network in India. This network offers a selection of services, concepts and mobility solutions. At Bridgestone we pride ourselves on the strong relationships we maintain with everyday drivers and this extensive retail network is one of the core reasons why. In line with the “Bridgestone Essence”, our work environment is based on integrity and teamwork, where everyone can learn from each other and contribute with their own ideas in achieving the coming goals. We want to hear from people who can take the challenge, unleash their creative potential and contribute to the company success demonstrating ownership, courage and agility. We want you to develop your skills, expand your knowledge and be proud of your work. : **JOB TITLE: Manufacturing Quality Engineer (Internship)** **Job Purpose** To support Quality related activities assigned with the scope of new technologies introduction and continuous improvement applied in the Manufacturing and logistic area with special focus on the digital transformation of the BSEMIA quality assurance processes applied in the manufacturing, product evaluation and laboratory testing. The person should be able to develop and carry out autonomously his activities with little supervision from coordinator. Final goal is to enhance QA processes effectiveness and efficiency leveraging on new digital technologies/data science/machine learning models while keeping full compliance with Regulations, Customers and Company requirements with the ultimate goal of achieving superior quality all across the value chain. **Main Responsibilities**: - **Digital Quality Assurance implementation (Quality 4.0)** - Support the digital transformation of the BSEMIA quality assurance processes applied in the manufacturing, product evaluation and laboratory testing - Respect plan realization for projects as digital QA SME - Inject digital QA capabilities in the BSEMIA QA community - **Manufacturing QA support to new process and new product design** - Partner with cross functional teams to evaluate design and processes at the early product design phase - Develop measurement technologies, control strategies, information systems, and manufacturing methods that achieve ambitious specifications at massive production scale - Develop and implement cutting edge quality inspection tools to evaluate functional, dimensional and cosmetic part characteristics - Compile and evaluate data to determine appropriate limits and variables for process and part specifications - Problem solving based on data analysis; provide guidance to determine root cause and recommend potential solutions - Interface with internal and external groups to ensure that proper definition of quality expectations and that appropriate assurance techniques are used for the product - Coach and ensure Quality mindset & awareness is built in the Team - **Risk reduction, Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement** - Perform root cause analysis of quality issues, often using advanced problem solving tools (like Lean Six Sigma, Kepner Tregoe, Shainin Red X, Design of Experiments) - Recommend and implement simple cost-effective permanent corrective actions. Promote horizontal extension - Reinforce management systems to identify and reduce risks along supply chain and assure compliance to all Quality requirements - Implementing the risk reduction concept according to the GMP guidelines & global policies - Timely issuing and/or updating relevant Quality Standards. - Periodical reporting on activities status to management - **QA support to manuf. plants** - Continuous and timely support to plants questions/requests of support **Education and capabilities**: **Education** **Minimum**: Master Degree i