LOCATION: Tiruvallur
DEPARTRMENT: Global Quality
Job Summary: The Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring that rotor blades meet Nordex quality standards and customer requirements throughout the manufacturing process. The role involves final blade inspections, in-process quality control, non-conformance management, quality documentation, supplier support, audit participation, and continuous quality improvement initiatives to enhance product quality and manufacturing performance.
Key Responsibilities
Final Product Inspection & Acceptance
- Perform final inspection and acceptance of finished rotor blades in accordance with Nordex specifications, drawings, and quality standards.
- Verify dimensional accuracy, structural integrity, paint quality, and surface finish against acceptance criteria.
- Conduct customer witness inspections and support product release activities.
- Identify, document, and disposition quality defects prior to shipment.
In-Process Quality Control
- Monitor and support in-process quality inspections throughout blade manufacturing.
- Ensure adherence to manufacturing procedures, work instructions, and quality requirements.
- Detect process deviations and non-conformities and drive corrective and preventive actions.
- Support process validation and set approval activities to ensure quality compliance.
Non-Conformance & Quality Issue Management
- Handle Incoming Non-Conformance Cases (INC) through the ServiceNow (SNOW) portal.
- Investigate quality concerns and facilitate root cause analysis using structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Coordinate with production, engineering, and supplier teams for timely resolution and closure of quality issues.
- Support implementation and effectiveness verification of corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
Supplier & Production Quality Support
- Collaborate with blade suppliers and internal manufacturing plants to improve product quality and productivity.
- Provide technical guidance on quality requirements and inspection standards.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives aimed at defect reduction and process optimization.
Audits & Customer Interface
- Participate in internal, supplier, and external quality audits as a Nordex representative.
- Support customer audits, inspections, and quality review meetings.
- Address customer quality concerns and ensure timely closure of audit observations.
- Maintain professional customer relationships while ensuring quality compliance.
Reporting & Documentation
- Prepare, review, and maintain quality records, inspection reports, and manufacturing documentation.
- Generate inspection summaries, customer inspection closure reports, and quality performance dashboards.
- Ensure complete traceability of products, inspections, and quality records.
- Analyze quality trends and prepare management reports using quality metrics and KPIs.
Leadership & Coordination
- Plan and coordinate inspection activities to support production schedules and delivery commitments.
- Manage inspection priorities and resource allocation effectively.
- Escalate critical quality issues and support decision-making during production and customer inspections.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to resolve quality concerns within defined timelines.
Technical Skills
Inspection & Quality Assurance
- Strong understanding of rotor blade drawings, manufacturing specifications, and quality standards.
- Expertise in final blade inspection and acceptance criteria.
- Knowledge of composite manufacturing processes and defect identification.
- Paint and surface finish quality evaluation.
- Preparation of inspection reports and quality documentation.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Composite Engineering, or related discipline.
- 4–10 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Quality Control, or Manufacturing Quality, preferably within Wind Energy, Composite Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, or Heavy Engineering industries.
- Hands-on experience in rotor blade manufacturing and final blade inspection will be preferred.
Nordex adheres to a policy of equal employment opportunity. All employment decisions are made without regard to religion, age, sex, color, national origin, handicap, or other protected class and in full compliance with all federal and state laws.
The role is generally available on a full-time basis as well as in other flexible working-time models.