Lead Quality Engineer AI Enablement

About this role

Company Description

CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.

The Team:

The Global Quality & Safety AI Strategy & Enablement team is building the foundation for responsible, scalable Applied AI across Quality. The team partners with Quality Engineering, Product Development, Regulatory, Packaging, Manufacturing, GTO, the Office of AI, and external build partners to turn Quality process knowledge into practical, governed, AI-enabled solutions.

This work is focused on solving real Quality problems through rapid prototyping, scalable solution design, advanced analytics, and decision support. The team helps Quality move from fragmented pilots to reusable capabilities such as AI-ready knowledge, grounded retrieval, document build workflows, agentic decision support, predictive models, workflow automation, and validated tools with human review where required.

Job Description

The Opportunity:

Mattel is currently seeking a Quality Engineer, Applied AI Solutions & Enablement in East Aurora, NY. This role will help Global Quality & Safety solve complex business and Quality problems by translating expert knowledge, process pain points, and decision needs into working prototypes, build-ready requirements, scalable solution designs, validation plans, and governed handoff packages.

The role requires a hands-on solution builder who can move quickly from problem to prototype, prove value with stakeholders, and then partner with GTO, the Office of...