Customer Quality Engineer
Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH Sweden Filial · Göteborg · Tills vidare · Deadline 2026-11-08
Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH Sweden Filial is seeking a **Customer Quality Engineer** to act as the primary quality contact for major automotive OEM clients across the full product lifecycle. The role supports automotive electronic systems, including premium audio, infotainment, amplifiers, and connectivity modules. Working across multifunctional internal teams and external stakeholders, responsibilities include leading failure investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions using methodologies such as 8D, FMEA, Kaizen, and Six Sigma. Practical duties also involve handling **field containment and rework** at customer sites—such as assembly line investigations, diagnostic testing, and yard-hold management—as well as supporting APQP and PPAP submissions, tracking 0km quality metrics, and securing client approvals for manufacturing process changes. A willingness to travel is required. Candidates must hold a **bachelor's degree**, with a preference for electrical or mechanical engineering, alongside at least five years of automotive quality experience. Requirements include practical knowledge of manufacturing quality engineering, electronic and mechanical manufacturing, statistical process control, AIAG guidelines (APQP, PPAP, PFMEA), and core problem-solving tools such as 8D, A3, and Fault Tree Analysis. Preferred assets include a master’s degree, professional certifications such as ASQ, CQE, or Six Sigma Green Belt, familiarity with ISO 14001 and TS 16949 standards, CANoe/CANalyzer scripting, and over three years of experience focused on automotive electronics, audio, or infotainment systems.
Job Description
A Career at HARMAN Automotive
We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN Automotive, we give you the keys to fast-track your career.
- Engineer audio systems and integrated technology platforms that augment the driving experience
- Combine ingenuity, in-depth research, and a spirit of collaboration with design and engineering excellence
- Advance in-vehicle infotainment, safety, efficiency, and enjoyment
About the Role
As a Customer Quality Engineer, you will be the key quality contact for leading automotive OEM customers, ensuring the highest standards of product quality throughout the product lifecycle.
You will support a diverse portfolio of automotive electronic products, including premium audio systems, infotainment solutions, amplifiers, connectivity modules, and other advanced vehicle electronics. Working closely with customers, manufacturing sites, suppliers, and engineering teams, you will drive root cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and contribute to continuous quality improvement.
What You Will Do
- Work with multifunctional teams (Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering, Field Service, Sales) to drive resolution for product complaints.
- Champion product or component level testing to support failure investigations and determine root cause.
- Conduct/Update risk analyses and track all findings, develop Risk Management portfolio, as required.
- Responsible for field containment and rework activities at customer locations, such as product diagnostic tests, assembly line investigations and assembly plant yard-hold management.
- Support and maintain policies and practices related to manufacturing support of 0km issues at customer assembly plants and quality situations related to product application in vehicles.
- Represent Harman at customer meetings, conferences and training on behalf of the manufacturing plants and effectively deploy the information throughout the organization, ensuring Harman is current with the customer’s quality policies.
- Analyze, compile, review and regularly report customer quality metrics such as PPM or QR for 0km performance, preparing presentations from quality data for reviews by both Harman and customer management groups.
- Obtain customer approvals for manufacturing process change(s) by providing supporting data for the change(s) and submitting to customer in their required format.
- Lead problem analysis and improvement efforts by applying the use of modern quality tools such as FMEA, 8D, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing principles and Six-Sigma methodologies.
- Ensure information flow related to customer returns to appropriately address design (hardware and software), manufacturing, packaging and logistics causes, and facilitating awareness of issues and deploy countermeasures as lessons learned (Yokoten).
- Support APQP activities with customer and Harman manufacturing to facilitate PPAP submission according to customer schedule.
- Liaison between customer and Harman, coordinating activities of internal and external resources, serving as resource for problem solving by initiating actions to address issues and prevent potential quality problems.
- Assist internal and external contacts to resolve product and process problems, investigating and solving manufacturing-related problems.
- Champion continuous improvement efforts; researches, recommends, implements and administers new and/or existing quality assurance processes.
- Complete other projects and activities as assigned by Customer Quality Leader.
What You Need
- Bachelor’s degree, with a preference for Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
- 5+ years of experience in automotive quality.
- Knowledge of the principles and procedures related to Manufacturing Quality Engineering, electronic & mechanical manufacturing, statistical process control (SPC), problem solving and automotive production part approval process (PPAP)
- Experience using AIAG guidelines (APQP, PPAP, PFMEA).
- Practical problem solving using: 8D, A3, Fault Tree Analysis, Pareto, 3L-5Y, Is-Is Not, Fish Bone, etc.
What is Nice to Have
- 3+ years of experience with automotive electronics, audio and/or infotainment preferred.
- Familiar with CANALYZER / flash scripting, hardware and / or software experience.
- Master’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering.
- ISO 14001 and TS 16949 experience.
- Certifications/Licenses: ASQ, CQE, Six Sigma Green Belt.
- Ability to specify, develop and operate specialized equipment used for product analysis.
- Ability to calculate and analyze data, generate reports.
What Makes You Eligible
- Be willing to travel.
What We Offer
- Flexible work environment.
- Access to employee discounts on world-class products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, and more).
- Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University.
- Competitive wellness benefits.
- “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program.
- An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.