ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you a Technical Quality Manager (m/f/d) passionate about ensuring excellence across the entire product lifecycle in one of today’s most promising high-tech industries? 
We are FRAMOS, an international, product-driven tech company with over 180 talented professionals from around the world. As a B2B advisor and trusted expert in the industrial imaging industry, we provide cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions. 
Our largest team is based in Čakovec, Croatia, where we’ve recently opened our own brand-new FRAMOS Campus — equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories and manufacturing facilities. 
As a Technical Quality Manager, you will take ownership of product quality from concept and design through mass production, deployment, and end-of-life. You’ll work across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain functions to drive quality culture and ensure compliance with the highest industry standards. This role is both strategic and hands-on, with an initial focus on hardware and system integration in vision-based embedded products, and future opportunities to expand into software and AI. 
 
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES 

• You ensure product release readiness, including quality gates, documentation, regulatory certifications, and configuration management.
• You support the transition from prototype to mass production through PPAP, SPC, yield monitoring, and in-line process controls.
• You collaborate with engineering teams (hardware, firmware, AI) to ensure design-for-quality, manufacturability, reliability, and compliance.
• You lead risk management activities (xFMEA), root cause analysis, and structured problem-solving (8D).
• You qualify and audit suppliers (vision sensors, optics, PCBs, SoCs) and enforce incoming quality control practices.
• You partner with contract manufacturers and EMS partners to reduce defects and improve yields.
• You monitor field product performance, analyze warranty and RMA data, and drive corrective/preventive actions (CAPA).
• You ensure adherence to safety, cybersecurity, and environmental regulations (CE, FCC, RoHS, ISO, FDA, etc.).
• You maintain audit readiness for customer, ISO, and third-party audits.
• You lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, or similar frameworks.
• You define and implement a cross-functional Quality Management System (QMS) aligned with ISO, IATF, IPC, and industry standards.

YOUR PROFILE

• You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or Applied Physics (an advanced degree is a plus).
• You have 8+ years of experience in quality assurance/engineering for complex products, ideally in embedded vision, imaging, or smart devices.
• You have strong knowledge of electronics (optics is a plus), quality standards, and regulatory compliance.
• You have a proven track record across NPI, manufacturing quality, supplier management, and field quality.
• You are skilled in risk management, statistical analysis, and structured problem-solving methods.
• You are an excellent cross-functional collaborator with strong influencing skills.
• You are able to make timely, data-driven decisions in complex technical and regulatory environments.
• You have excellent communication and reporting skills, both with engineering and executive stakeholders.
• You are fluent in English, spoken and written; additional languages are a plus.
• You are willing to work on-site in Čakovec, Croatia.

About us

FRAMOS® is an imaging expert, trusted advisor, and vision solutions provider. Since 1981 FRAMOS implements the best current and emerging imaging technologies for specific customer requirements and applications. FRAMOS meets these requirements with advanced and proven imaging components from a global network of renowned partners, and proprietary IP.
More than 180 FRAMOS employees world-wide are passionate about the unlimited potential of imaging and help customers achieve the optimum results from every possible scenario. FRAMOS drives and ensures the entire product development journey. This journey starts with the careful selection of imaging components, like image sensors, lenses, through various 3D technologies, to custom development tailored to individual needs and time frames. FRAMOS listens and understands customer challenges. With innovative solutions FRAMOS ensures successful project outcomes and develops long-term customer relations.


OUR CORE VALUES:


PASSION  

• We strive to be the best at everything we do.
• We want to learn something new every day.
• We listen, reflect and understand.
• We go the extra mile.

INNOVATION

• We constantly improve.
• We are comfortable proposing unconventional solutions.
• We develop ourselves personally and professionally.

TEAM SPIRIT

• We take care of each other.
• We give and accept help.
• We give feedback only on behaviour not on people.

FAIL FORWARD

• We try, fail, learn and apply.

CUSTOMER 1ST

• We are passionate about putting our customers at the center of everything we do.
• We value internal customers just as much as external ones.