Quality Engineer at Germany

[bcd432oo]

Hello everyone,

There is a situation that upsets me. I'm a little confused.
I have been a quality engineer in my own country for 5 years and i graduated material engineer,
I always check job opportunities at "Stuttgart & Baden" Germany.

I worked in;

• 2 steel companies (i've controled of ISO 9001, 14001, 45001)
• 1 automotive company (i've controled IATF 16949, VDA ps. i don't have VDA 6.3 & 6.5 certificate)

I always check xing, linkedin, glassdoor etc. But i realized huge job opportinies are related to software quality assurance, i see there are very few jobs suitable for me - but i don't have any knowledge about software assurance,

This situation really upsets me unfortunately. Do i have a bad diploma&certificate to work in Germany as a quality engineer in a manufacturing factory?
Or do i have a better chance of finding a job if i move there?

I'm very experienced in creating procedures (SoPs), implement corrective action plans., root cause, conducting audits (internal audit, iso audits), msa & spc etc. PPAP, FAI, first production report etc. and business follow-up etc.

Thanks all!

 

[Semoi]

On the one side I was under the impression that there are many job opportunities as quality engineer in Germany. On the other side I don't know what you mean by "huge job opportunities". Also, from my experience quality engineers mostly work in German, because they are rather close to the production floor. Are you fluent in German? If not, this might explain why you only find jobs in software quality assurance: IT departments are usually less restrictive.

 

[bcd432oo]

For example, i think, if there are
5x number of software quality assurances,
1x number of quality engineer is suitable for me,

You're right! German language is very important for quality engineer, i'm studying German and trying to improve it.
But i don't filter based on language when looking for a job.

 

[Ronen E]

Please note that "software quality assurance" has little to do with what seems to be your field - general/production quality assurance (and quality management systems).

Most likely you won't land a job in software quality assurance without formal training in software development (AKA "coding"), and some experience in that particular field. It's mostly about software testing (typically, automated). The terminology is a little misleading.

 

[bcd432oo]

Hello,

Thank you for your answers.
Yes, i don't want to get into software related fields anyway. But i cannot understand whether there are many job opportunities in my field or not as foreign engineer,

What i'm curious about is; it seems to me that the number of suitable quality engineering postings is low. Is this really the case?

If i go there, will it be very difficult for me to find a job as a general quality engineer&assurance?

Thank you for your answers,

moreover; some job post want to a lot skills (plus vda 6.3 etc) but i dont have it,

 

[Ronen E]

As a migrant, you are by default at a disadvantage compared with someone local who is fluent in the local language, everything else being equal.

It's a more realistic plan to apply for lower level jobs first, then hopefully work your way back up over time.

 

[bcd432oo]

Thank you very much for your answers, sir.

To have a higher chance, there need to be more job opportunities for me :/

Do you have experience in quality engineering in Germany? Aren't job opportunities high? Also, do you think my work experience i mentioned is generally at a low level? is it insufficient?

I'll also enroll in a 1-year German language course.

I hope everything will be fine,

thank you for all response,

 

[Ronen E]

I don't have specific experience in quality engineering in Germany.

I also didn't refer to your own experience in specific. Whatever level you are at, or your experience has been at, as a migrant you might have to go down a bit in order to win your first job/s. But hopefully you'll be able to climb back over time.

Good luck.