Global Quality Engineer Lead

Global Quality Engineer Lead at ITT Motion Technologies drives plant immersion and cross-functional quality leadership. You will gain hands-on experience in multiple sites while shaping quality systems and product knowledge to meet customer expectations. The role blends shop-floor quality, root-cause analysis, and global project work to prepare you for broader international quality leadership. You will travel extensively and partner across functions to standardize best practices in a fast-paced, regulated environment.

• deep plant immersion
• extensive travel opportunities (up to ~50%)
• global exposure
• diversity, equity and inclusion principles
• competitively structured Quality leadership track

• Learn Motion Technologies product families, processes, critical characteristics, and plant quality routines
• Support operational quality activities including production validation, containment actions, problem-solving, and shop-floor discipline
• Ensure compliance with ITT Quality Management System requirements and standards (IATF 16949, ISO 9001)
• Contribute to quality documentation and governance (procedures, control plans, audit readiness, corrective actions)
• Analyze customer requirements, risks, and manufacturing flows to define or improve controls and escalation routines
• Monitor quality KPIs, trends, non-conformities, customer issues, and improvement actions; translate data into actionable recommendations
• Support internal and external audits (preparation, execution, evidence collection, follow-up, lessons learned)
• Spend 60–70% of assignment in plants with up to 50% travel
• Lead or support root cause analysis using 8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa with lessons-learned reviews
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Program Management on quality improvement, validation, traceability, launch readiness, and process stabilization
• Support customer visits, communications, issue reviews, and follow-up actions under guidance of Motion Technologies Quality leadership
• Contribute to cross-plant knowledge sharing to standardize best practices and quality controls
• Participate in project-management activities tied to quality improvement, customer requirements, production readiness, and cross-plant standardization

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or a strong technical diploma with relevant quality experience
• 4–5 years in Quality Engineering or related quality roles
• Experience in structured industrial environments with preference for automotive (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA) or other regulated sectors
• Solid understanding of Quality Management Systems, non-conformity management, root cause analysis, corrective actions, process control and KPIs
• Experience with customer-specific requirements, audits, and launch quality
• Cross-functional project experience across Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Program Management, or Customer Quality
• Willingness to travel extensively and work across multiple sites and cultures
• Fluent English; knowledge of Italian strongly recommended; other languages a plus
• Note on early-career candidates: may be considered with two years of real workplace exposure

• cross-functional collaboration
• problem solving
• communication
• IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 quality systems
• APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA
• root cause analysis (8D, 5 Why, Ishikawa)