Quality Engineer Advanced Batteries (m/f/d)

At Clarios, we are producing the world’s best batteries, essential for the evolving future of transportation. Our advanced, low-voltage batteries and smart solutions power nearly every type of vehicle and are found in 1 of 3 cars on the road today. Ready to shape cutting-edge manufacturing processes and make an impact across the whole EMEA region and beyond? Take on the challenge and join our Li-Ion team as a Quality Engineer Advanced Batteries (m/f/d)!

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As a Quality Engineer Advanced Batteries (m/f/d) at our Hannover plant, you will ensure stable and capable production by acting as a broad quality owner across supplier, customer, and internal quality topics. In this role, you combine hands-on problem solving with strong process understanding and clear ownership for results.

You will operate in a small, agile organization where flexibility and cross-functional collaboration are key. By building and leveraging a strong network across plants and regions, you will accelerate performance, share best practices, and contribute to continuous improvement in a high-traceability manufacturing environment.

The position will be based in our Li-Ion plant location in Hanover, Germany.

What you will do

As Quality Engineer Advanced Batteries (m/f/d), your responsibilities will include:

Customer Quality

• Own the plant interface for customer quality topics (complaints, escalations, communication)

• Monitor customer portals and KPIs, define and drive actions and priorities

• Lead 8D problem solving including root cause identification, corrective actions and closure

• Ensure effective containment and manage customer audits

• Supplier Quality

• Own supplier-related quality performance for assigned components and suppliers

• Drive resolution of supplier issues including containment and corrective actions

• Ensure robust incoming quality control and aligned documentation

• Collaborate with Purchasing and Engineering on supplier selection and risk assessment

Plant Quality & Systems

• Own and continuously improve PFMEA, Control Plan and related documents

• Ensure full integration of customer requirements into production processes

• Drive internal and external audit readiness (IATF) and closure of findings

• Establish and enforce structured problem-solving and system improvement

Field & Continuous Improvement

• Analyze field returns and identify systemic issues

• Drive preventive measures and integrate learnings into processes

• Reduce scrap, defects and process variation through targeted actions

NPI / Change Implementation

• Ensure quality readiness for new products and process changes (APQP)

• Drive quality deliverables and risk mitigation for serial production

Networking & Flexibility

• Build and leverage a strong network across plants and regions

• Transfer best practices and implement proven solutions locally

• Take ownership of broader plant topics beyond strict quality scope where needed

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a comparable technical background

• At least 2 years of experience in quality, or a strong early-career profile with high ownership and growth potential

• Solid knowledge of IATF 16949, customer requirements, and quality tools such as 8D, PFMEA, and Control Plans

• Strong communication and structured problem-solving skills

• Fluent German and English language skills, both written and spoken

• Willingness to travel up to 10%

• Experience in battery production or high-traceability manufacturing environments

• Background in supplier quality and audit processes

• Strong ownership mindset with high accountability

• Structured, root cause-focused problem-solving approach

• Ability to connect customer, supplier, and internal process topics into systemic improvements

• High learning agility and proactive networking behavior

• Hands-on, pragmatic, and results-driven working style

What we offer you

As a technology leader with strong brands (i.e. VARTA® and OPTIMA®), Clarios notably lives on the creativity, capability and satisfaction of its employees. Therefore, we offer people with drive and power many good reasons to join us:

• Exciting professional tasks and challenges in a diverse international future-oriented environment with strong commitment to integrity, values, social engagement, and sustainability.

• Arrange your working hours and breaks flexible via our flexible working hours model and combine your professional and private life even better according to our above average number of vacation days, mobile work policy and company kindergarten.

• A competitive remuneration package, including additional payments as well as company pension scheme.

• Your well-being is very important to us: Take advantage of our preventive health care offers such as fitness center, physiotherapist, modern office environment, healthy canteen, team and company events or hobby clubs.

• Stay fit whilst at the same time positively contributing to our environment: Lease your company bike.

• Our well-advanced onboarding process and buddy program supports you to quickly grow into the position and team. By using the offering in our Learning Academy, LinkedIn Learning and EMEA Mentoring Program you will be able to further grow professionally and personally.

• Last, but not least we support you in relocating and finding an apartment in your work location, if applicable and depending on individual factors.

You want to learn more about the position and our EMEA region? Check out our regional page and get in touch with our recruiting team.

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About Clarios:

Clarios is the global leader in advanced, low-voltage battery technologies for mobility. Our batteries and smart solutions power nearly every type of vehicle and are found in 1 of 3 cars on the road today. With around 18,000 employees in over 100 countries, we bring deep expertise to our Aftermarket and OEM partners, and reliability, safety and comfort to everyday lives. We answer to the planet with a rigorous sustainability focus – advancing best-in-class sustainability practices and advocating for them across our industry. We work to ensure 100% of our products sold are recyclable, and we recycle 8,000 batteries an hour in our network. You can find more information here (PDF). 

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