Senior Qualification Engineer, Sennheiser (m/f/d)

Hanover, Germany | Hybrid

As a Senior Qualification Engineer , you will ensure that our consumer products (headphones, soundbars, meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and performance before they enter mass production. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to identify risks early, define test strategies, and validate product and process readiness.

Your responsibilities

• Define and execute qualification strategies across the full product development lifecycle

• Develop and implement quality and validation plans for new products and variants

• Identify risks and failure modes, and drive mitigation through design and process improvements

• Lead and participate in FMEA and root cause analysis

• Coordinate product and process qualification, including supplier and manufacturing validation

• Work with external labs and internal teams to design and perform test concepts (incl. accelerated testing)

• Analyze test results, prototype performance, and field feedback to ensure product reliability

Your profile

• 5+ years of experience in product qualification / design quality (ideally consumer electronics or acoustics)

• Strong understanding of product validation, risk analysis, and reliability testing

• Degree in Electronics, Electromechanics, or a related field

• Ability to translate product concepts into effective test strategies

• Fluent in English AND German

• Experience with FMEA, statistical methods, and quality tools (. Minitab, Six Sigma is a plus)

• Independent, structured, and solution-oriented mindset

What we offer

As part of Sonova Consumer Hearing, we’re committed to building an inclusive culture. We want to create an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work, through our flexible hybrid working model.

We offer a wide range of training opportunities for both your professional and personal development, and there are exceptional growth opportunities with individual development plans.

• Work on cutting-edge audio technology in an international company

• High level of ownership and autonomy — we trust our experts

• Opportunity to shape testing strategies and influence product quality from early stages

• Collaboration with global teams and exposure to international production environments #LI-NB1