Senior Design Quality Specialist, Digital Products

at  Danfoss

JOB DESCRIPTION

Danfoss is proud to be at the forefront of driving a global transformation in digital and electric solutions that increase productivity and energy efficiency. We are truly passionate about investment, and innovation, as we continue to support our customers’ journey towards a greener and lower-carbon future.
Our Hydronics team are proud to design, develop, and take to market a class-leading portfolio of Hydronic systems and intelligent products covering District Energy to Building Solutions, and we now have an exciting new opportunity to join this team, and play a leading part in our ongoing journey to develop more energy-optimized and IoT connected products.
This role is a for a highly skilled Senior Design Quality Specialist to drive the Quality Reliability in our product development projects in Danfoss Hydronics. In this role, you will be part of a development team to ensure the Voice of Customer and product reliability overall. You will collaborate closely with an international cross-functional team, including design engineers, quality engineers, and product managers, to ensure that our brand value is sustained for our products. The Senior Design Quality Specialist will join our development projects for our electronic and software-based and digital portfolio within Hydronics.
This role will be based at our facilities in Kolding, Silkeborg, or Nordborg, and will require a small amount of travel (typically 5-10 days per year).

BACKGROUND & SKILLS

To thrive in this role as Senior Design Quality Specialist, we would expect you to demonstrate:

• Detailed successful experience within an R&D-oriented organization, where you have demonstrated the ability, personality, interest and will to drive FMEA processes, ensuring high quality of branded products.
• Bachelors or Masters degree qualification in Electronics, Mechatronics, Software Engineering or similar relevant discipline..
• Experience with software and or digital products are a prerequisite for the position and knowledge about DevOps would be an advantage
• Demonstrable knowledge and practical experience using a suite of quality tools, including APQP, FMEA, CRS, PS, PTAP etc.
• A strong working knowledge of quality management standards, including IATF16949, ISO9001, and EN17025.
• A pragmatic, solutions-focused approach.
• An ability to influence and use your good negotiation skills to win buy-in from management on ideas and concepts.
• An ability to build, foster, and leverage positive stakeholder relationships across all levels to ensure Danfoss quality vision is clearly communicated, understood and implemented correctly.
• Comfort in working within a global and multicultural organization with a changing environment.
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken).

At Danfoss, we believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a broader perspective in decision-making. When you consider this job posting, do you feel like your profile is not a perfect match? Numerous studies have found that women and people of color are more likely to apply only when they meet all requirements listed in the job posting. Even if you do not check all the boxes, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are curious to find out how you can bring new insights to the role or to Danfoss as an organization.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

As Senior Design Quality Specialist, you will hold responsibility for:

• Facilitating the Design Quality process within Product Development Teams, meaning guiding the team through FMEA process as facilitator to ensure Voice of Customers and design quality target for our products.
• Accountability for signing of the major deliverables as Customer Requirement Specifications and Product Specifications, and following up to ensure these are updated throughout the project life cycle.
• Developing the quality maturity throughout the project, assessing and validating product tests and test scope coverage.
• Monitoring and documenting the progress of different deliverables within the milestone development model, and ensuring visibility of recommended, but still missing tasks.
• Sharing learnings and best practice from the different development projects across an internal network of Design Quality Specialists and other peers
• Building awareness within the HydronicS RD&E organization, and beyond, on the APQP practices and tools.

To thrive in this role as Senior Design Quality Specialist, we would expect you to demonstrate:

• Detailed successful experience within an R&D-oriented organization, where you have demonstrated the ability, personality, interest and will to drive FMEA processes, ensuring high quality of branded products.
• Bachelors or Masters degree qualification in Electronics, Mechatronics, Software Engineering or similar relevant discipline..
• Experience with software and or digital products are a prerequisite for the position and knowledge about DevOps would be an advantage
• Demonstrable knowledge and practical experience using a suite of quality tools, including APQP, FMEA, CRS, PS, PTAP etc.
• A strong working knowledge of quality management standards, including IATF16949, ISO9001, and EN17025.
• A pragmatic, solutions-focused approach.
• An ability to influence and use your good negotiation skills to win buy-in from management on ideas and concepts.
• An ability to build, foster, and leverage positive stakeholder relationships across all levels to ensure Danfoss quality vision is clearly communicated, understood and implemented correctly.
• Comfort in working within a global and multicultural organization with a changing environment.
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken)