Quality Engineer – Laboratory & Automotive Materials Location: Leading manufacturer of high-performance thermoset molding compounds and composite materials for the mobility and automotive sectors. At our Ghent site, we develop and produce advanced phenolic and epoxy-based materials, supported by our on-site Automotive Solutions Center, where customers collaborate on application development and prototyping. Sustainability is at the heart of our operations, with continuous efforts toward renewable energy use, green mobility, and alignment with global sustainability goals.
As a Quality Engineer, you play a key role in safeguarding product quality and ensuring robust quality risk management across laboratory operations. You translate automotive quality standards into practical, effective processes and work closely with cross-functional teams to drive compliance and continuous improvement.
Reporting to the Laboratory Manager, you combine hands-on laboratory leadership with analytical problem-solving and quality system expertise in an automotive environment.
Coordinate and lead daily laboratory activities, ensuring accurate, reliable, and timely testing and product release.
Optimize laboratory workflows and testing processes to improve efficiency, consistency, and data reliability.
Implement and monitor quality improvement actions, following up on deviations and non-conformities.
Analyze quality data using SPC, Pareto analysis, and structured reporting with full traceability.
Coach and support the laboratory team, including training, task distribution, and performance follow-up.
Use SAP to manage material flows, test requests, quality records, and reporting.
Collaborate with production, engineering, and supply chain teams to identify root causes and lead problem-solving using 8D methodology.