The Team

The Quality Engineering team partners with Product Design, Development, and Manufacturing to ensure all toys and consumer products meet Mattel’s standards for safety, compliance, durability, and play performance. The team supports products from concept through production and post-market, working closely with global manufacturing partners and internal and external laboratories.

The Opportunity

Mattel is seeking a Staff Quality Engineer to provide enterprise-level technical leadership and shape the global quality strategy across brands, regions, and product categories. This position is based in Montreal, Canada.

What Your Impact Will Be

- Define and drive global quality strategy, standards, and best practices across all brands, product categories, and regions.
- Establish and evolve enterprise-wide frameworks for Product Requirements Documents, Product Characterization Documents, validation, and risk management.
- Serve as a subject matter expert in global toy safety regulations, driving proactive compliance strategies and engagement with regulatory bodies and industry groups.
- Lead the development and implementation of advanced risk management methodologies and reliability strategies across the organization.
- Drive enterprise-level analysis of quality data, including consumer insights, field performance, manufacturing, and testing, to identify systemic issues and long‑term improvement opportunities.
- Establish and standardize investigation and root‑cause methodologies across global teams.
- Partner with global manufacturing, sourcing,



and supplier networks to drive capability development and long‑term quality improvements.
- Influence product design and innovation by integrating quality, safety, and reliability considerations early in development.
- Mentor and develop engineering talent across the organization, acting as a technical authority and coach.
- Lead large‑scale continuous improvement initiatives, including benchmarking industry best practices and implementing new methodologies.
- Establish KPIs and metrics to assess global quality system performance and drive continuous improvement.
- Represent Mattel in regulatory, industry, and external quality forums.

What We’re Looking For

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field; an advanced degree is preferred.
- 10 or more years of experience in quality engineering, product development, or manufacturing.
- Extensive experience working across global supply chains and regulatory environments.
- Expertise in statistical analysis, reliability engineering, and risk management methodologies.
- Proven track record of driving enterprise‑level quality improvement.
- Recognized technical expert in quality engineering and product safety.
- Deep and broad knowledge of global toy and consumer product regulations.




- Proven ability to influence at executive and enterprise levels.
- Strong strategic thinking with the ability to translate vision into execution.
- Exceptional analytical and problem‑solving capabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to lead global initiatives and drive organizational change.
- Strong mentoring capability and leadership presence.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Demonstrated growth mindset by staying curious and continuously learning, embracing challenges, and improving themselves.

*The pay range is indicative of projected hiring range, however base pay will be determined based on a candidate’s work location, skills and experience. Mattel offers competitive total pay programs, comprehensive perks, and resources to help empower a culture where every employee can reach their full potential.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Mattel is an Equal Chance Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran and protected veteran status, disability status, and or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.

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📌 Staff, Quality Engineer (Montreal)
🏢 Mattel
📍 Montreal