Automotive Compliance Quality Engineer

Passionate about quality, compliance and automotive engineering? Join Toyota and contribute to the excellence of our European manufacturing operations while developing your expertise in an international environment.

Get to know your team and responsibilities

For Toyota, quality is a way of life. Nothing is so good that it cannot be made better, that is why we strive for continuous improvement in everything we do. Joining Quality Function of Toyota’s European Headquarter, you will be part of a diverse and multi-national team which is continuously improving the quality of our products and services in Europe.

The Conformity of Production (COP) team is organized within the Manufacturing Quality Department promoting built-in-quality at our European Manufacturing Companies (EMCs). Our mission is to assure that Toyota vehicles in Europe are built according to homologation/regulatory requirements through:

• Defining the framework to ensure Regulatory compliance of EMCs, including frequent liaison with related Type-Approval Authorities (TAA) and Technical Services (TS) - in cooperation with the global head office in Japan and related Toyota divisions.
• Definition, cascading, and clarification of Quality Rules, Standards and specifications aligning with Toyota’s global standards and regulatory requirements for the mass production of vehicles.
• Audit COP compliance at EMCs ensuring the implementation and adherence of COP requirements, while driving the required (structural) improvements.
• Surveillance activities (e.g. emission testing for in-service vehicles) in liaison with Type Approval Authorities and assigned Technical Services.
• Enable sharing of knowledge on best practices among all EMCs as well as Overseas Affiliates.

Your responsibilities

• Definition, cascading, and clarification of Quality Rules, Standards and specifications aligning with Toyota’s global standards and regulatory requirements for the mass production of vehicles.
• Audit COP compliance at EMCs ensuring the implementation and adherence of COP requirements, while driving the required (structural) improvements.
• Management of COP Statements to Type Approval Authorities, monitoring timely filing and receipt.
• Support the team in In-Service Emission Conformity (ISC) activities, including reporting to related Type Approval Authorities & liaison with related Toyota division for problem solving.
• Identify and implement breakthrough ideas to support/develop our team in the digital transformation journey to bring improvements to our operations and cooperation with related divisions.

Who are we looking for?

Your profile

• You are fluent in English, TME’s business language.
• You hold a Master’s Degree and you have 1 to 4 years of working experience in Quality, Regulatory Compliance or Emissions.
• You have a keen interest in vehicle manufacturing, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality Management System requirements, compliance assurance in mass production is an asset.
• You demonstrate strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across multicultural and cross-functional environments.
• You are an accurate, diplomatic and transparent communicator, capable of building constructive relationships with EMCs, TAA Europe, and TMC stakeholders.
• You combine analytical and creative thinking to prioritize tasks, solve complex problems and deliver results with a high level of attention to detail.
• You are well-organized, technically competent, proactive, and results oriented.
• You are proficient in using Microsoft O365 office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, Outlook). Experience with Power BI and Power Automate is an advantage.
• You are willing to travel (up to 30%).

Our offer

We offer a dynamic multicultural work environment with broad opportunities to learn every day and exciting career pathways that help you explore different disciplines or areas of expertise.

• Competitive salary package based on your experience, including a bonus plan depending on individual and/or company results;
• Flexible reward plan that will allow you to personalise part of your reward plan and balance it in line with your priorities by opting for extra insurance, more mobility options (bike lease), extra holidays and more;
• Meal and eco vouchers;
• Insurance package (medical, life, disability, pension);
• Extra paid holidays (Toyota days, seniority days…) above the legal holidays. More can be added through our flexible reward package;
• Flexible working hours and hybrid working (homeworking, 20 days from abroad);
• Interesting car lease formulas