Head of Quality Management

Together, we move the world-we've been doing it for over 100 years. At MAHLE, as a leading international development partner and systems supplier to the automotive industry, we pursue the objective of making mobility more efficient, more environmentally friendly, more convenient, and more economical. As part of our dual strategy, we are working both on the intelligent combustion engine for the use of hydrogen and other nonfossil fuels and on technologies for fuel cells and e-mobility.

MAHLE generated sales of €11.3 billion in 2025. Employing just under 65,000 people at 127 production locations and 11 technology centers, the company is represented in 28 countries. (as at: 12/31/2025). Join our MAHLE team! #weshapefuturemobility

Your Contribution

As Head of Quality Management
, you will be responsible for leading the entire Quality organization across MAHLE Dayton's North and South facilities, ensuring customer satisfaction, product quality, compliance with automotive quality standards, and continuous improvement throughout the manufacturing operation. This role will provide strategic and operational leadership for a Quality team of approximately 85 employees supporting thermal management and powertrain cooling product lines.

• Structure all quality related work in regards to cost and timeline.
• Coordinate the work packages of Quality and ensure timely decisions in core team and extended team.
• Support of Project Manager and involved domains in their exercise of quality related tasks with methods and tools.
• Create transparency and ensure proper reporting of quality related issues in Core Team and committees (incl. escalation).
• Ensure integration of known lessons learned within project (related to product and production concept).
• Create failure eradication plan and difference analysis.
• Create and update quality plan.
• Ensure adherence to prevailing guidelines (group policies, internal standards, etc.).
• Ensure application of relevant norms.
• Ensure adoption of provided QM-methods (e.g. Functional Analysis, FMEA, DOE, PPAP, SPC, 8-D).
• Support gap analysis.
• Support review of customer requirements.
• Support creation of design verification plan.
• Other duties as assigned.

Your Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent from an accredited four-year college or university with a minimum 5 to 8 years of related experience within the automotive industry focusing on Quality systems.
• Lead Auditor Training TS 16949.
• VDA 6.3 Auditor Training.

Our Offer

We will provide a collaborative environment working on exciting assignments, along with ongoing personal & career development opportunities.

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

After receiving your online application, the interview process will typically be, a screening call followed by Personal Interview(s)

#Diversity Matters with our inclusive culture, we welcome applications from all social, religious & ethnical backgrounds, disabilities both mental and physical, identities (gender) and neurodivergent people.

MAHLE is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment based non-immigrant and immigrant visas. However, as a global company, MAHLE offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website

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Do you have any questions?

Entry level:
Experienced hires

Part- / Full-time:
Full Time

Functional area:

Quality Assurance

Department:
Services

Dayton, OH, US, 45404

Company: MTFS Dayton (US)

As a team player and someone who thinks ahead, you can deploy all your skills with us. In cooperation with colleagues from different countries and areas, you contribute in designing the mobility of the future. When selecting MAHLE, you choose trend-setting technologies and strategies. Are you interested in working with us and developing efficient and environmentally-friendly solutions, optimising existing products, and turning innovative ideas into reality?

Then MAHLE is the right address for you.