Engineering Quality Manager, FMEA

About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems products services and digital applications Voith sets standards in the markets of energy paper raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867 the company today has around 20700 employees sales of 4.8 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Hydro is hiring for:

Engineering Quality Manager FMEA
York PA

Summary Join Voith Hydro a global leader in renewable energy solutions and take responsibility for engineering quality excellence across all hydroelectric projects worldwide. As Global Engineering Quality Manager you will ensure that engineering processes designs and deliverables meet the highest standards of safety reliability and sustainability. This role combines strategic leadership with technical depth driving quality from concept through execution for turbines generators and related systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development implementation and continuous improvement of technical risk management processes with a primary focus on FMEA (DFMEA SFMEA PFMEA) ensuring these are applied consistently across all project phases: proposal manufacturing and execution.
• Drive the adoption and integration of digital risk management tools (e.g. cloud-based FMEA platforms risk dashboards automated risk tracking systems) to enhance transparency traceability and efficiency in risk identification and mitigation.
• Facilitate and moderate FMEA sessions with cross-functional teams at every stage of the value chain leveraging digital collaboration platforms to systematically identify assess and mitigate potential failure modes in products processes and systems.
• Ensure comprehensive risk traceability and documentation using digital tools driving the closure of identified actions and monitoring the effectiveness of risk controls from the earliest project phases through delivery.
• Collaborate with Engineering Project Management Manufacturing Sourcing and Proposal teams to integrate risk management and FMEA results into design validation production and offer processes utilizing digital solutions for seamless data sharing and reporting.
• Review customer specifications and legal/statutory requirements ensuring that risk management and FMEA activities address all relevant standards and compliance obligations throughout the value chain.
• Conduct technical risk assessments and process audits to verify the effectiveness of risk mitigation measures and adherence to quality standards at each stage supported by digital audit and reporting tools.
• Train and coach teams across all functions (including proposal engineering manufacturing and project management) in FMEA methodology root cause analysis risk prioritization and preventive action planning with a focus on digital tool utilization.
• Monitor and report on key risk indicators FMEA status and risk reduction progress to executive leadership providing real-time transparency through digital dashboards and analytics.
• Act as the primary interface for technical risk management topics with authorities certification bodies and customers ensuring alignment from proposal through execution and leveraging digital documentation.
• Support the development and standardization of risk management tools templates and best practices across the regional engineering organization and the entire value chain with a focus on digitalization and automation.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives based on lessons learned from FMEA field feedback and quality data analysis ensuring feedback loops across all project stages and utilizing digital knowledge management systems.
• Foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement within Engineering by systematically capturing analyzing and sharing lessons learned best practices and risk mitigation outcomes through digital platformsenabling Engineering to evolve as a self-learning organization.
• Ensure that technical safety regulatory and normative requirements (e.g. CE ISO 9001) are addressed through systematic risk management and FMEA processes at every step supported by digital compliance tracking.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Electrical or Systems Engineering; advanced training or certification in FMEA risk management or quality (e.g. CQE Six Sigma) is highly desirable.
• 7-10 years of experience in engineering quality or technical risk management roles ideally in a regulated or project-driven environment.
• Proven expertise in leading FMEA activities (DFMEA SFMEA PFMEA) technical risk assessments and implementation of risk mitigation strategies across the value chain.
• Strong experience with digital risk management tools (e.g. APIS IQ-FMEA Siemens Teamcenter Quality PTC Windchill Quality Solutions or similar platforms) data analytics and digital collaboration platforms.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 risk management frameworks root cause analysis and quality planning.
• Excellent facilitation analytical and cross-functional collaboration skills with a proactive and detail-oriented approach.
• Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

Physical Demands

Employees in this position are regularly required to walk stand and use hands to finger handle or feel. They are frequently required to reach with hands and arms. They are often required to sit stoop kneel crouch or crawl. Employees are required to talk and hear in an industrial setting (noise level can be high at times) and regularly required to lift 10 pounds and occasionally required to lift up to 50 pounds.

* This job description is not all encompassing however is intended to be a general description of the responsibilities of this position.

Voith US Inc. is an EEO/AA/VEVRAA compliant Federal Contractor and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin protected veteran status or any other classification protected by federal state or local law. We welcome everyone to apply especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry including people of color LGBTQI community women individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen) Veterans people of any age or family status. We embrace the competitive advantage that diversity brings and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive of thought and talent.