Overview

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.

Retribuzione / Benefits

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

Responsabilità

- 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

Requisiti fondamentali

- 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)

📌 Global Quality Engineer Lead (Cuneo)
🏢 ITT
📍 Cuneo