Manager Quality

What We Offer

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Group Summary

As an engineering and manufacturing partner, Magna's Complete Vehicle group helps traditional OEMs and new entrants to bring their automotive visions to life. At Magna, you will work in an innovative, international and dynamic team, always pursuing the goal of delivering high-quality products. We work in a diverse environment with global development opportunities. Together with our employees we constantly strive to create a better world of mobility.

Job Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the plant's quality strategy to achieve world-class performance in safety, quality, delivery, cost, morale, and environmental objectives while supporting operational and customer goals.
• Drive customer satisfaction and quality excellence by serving as the primary customer quality representative, managing escalations, resolving quality concerns, and ensuring successful launch and production performance.
• Build and lead high-performing teams through coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and cross-functional collaboration to foster accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Oversee quality systems and compliance to ensure adherence to IATF 16949, ISO standards, customer requirements, and Magna operating principles, including audit readiness and risk management.
• Support new program launches and production readiness by leading APQP activities, quality planning, process validation, and implementation of preventive quality measures for vehicle assembly and integration programs.
• Utilize data-driven decision making to identify trends, reduce variation, optimize processes, eliminate waste, and improve overall manufacturing performance and first-time quality results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Manufacturing, or related field.
• 7+ years of automotive quality leadership experience.
• 5+ years leading cross-functional manufacturing organizations.
• Proven experience supporting vehicle assembly, complex manufacturing environments, and major program launches.
• Strong knowledge of APQP, PFMEA, Control Plans, IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Experience with EV systems, vehicle validation, SAP, and data analytics preferred.

Awareness, Unity, Empowerment

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That's why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.

AI-Assisted Screening Disclosure

As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.

Under conditions defined by applicable law, you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision-making.

If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.

Worker Type

Regular / Permanent

Group

Magna Steyr