Quality Engineer

• Act as a self starter and information seeker.
• Strong allegiance to good manufacturing practices and process discipline.
• Represent quality as a Natural Team member for daily APU meetings on the shop floor.
• Responsible for executing the APQP tasks as required by the AIAG manual, and adhering to the timeline set forth by corporate program management.
• Strong familiarity with automotive requirements and expectations from a diverse blend of automotive customers.
• Comprehensive understanding of the IATF 16949 standard and comfortable with bi-annual third party audits.
• Act as resident expert of customer web portals and scorecard performance metrics.
• Work closely with third party liaisons at customer locations to quickly identify customer concerns and implement quick corrections.
• Create and maintain quality documents, such as PFMEA’s, Control Plans, Process Flowcharts, Gage Use Instructions, and other document in an “Audit Ready” condition throughout the life cycle of the program.
• Review rejected material from the customer & rapidly develop interim containment actions to project future shipments.
• Confident experience with SPC and the tools for rapid data analysis, such as Minitab and InfinityQS software.
• Ability to travel to customer sites to assist in new product launches and assist in troubleshooting.  Travel time can be up to 15% (mostly domestic) during product launches.  Traveling to other Sites within North America for training is also routine.
• Provide direction for hourly personnel in gathering information and disseminating throughout the organization and to customers.
• Participate in cross-functional problem solving teams using KT style Analytic Troubleshooting Concepts.
• Develops shop floor standards and methods for part inspection based on customer requirements.
• Creates and executes Gage R&R studies, and assists in the facilitation of product capability studies on new and current programs.
• Familiar with equipment calibration methods traceable to NIST standards.
• Acts as ambassador for controlling non conforming material and assists in the assignment of disposition.
• Writes training material and conducts training to all levels of the organization on a routine basis.
• Ability to review customer prints and understand GD&T basics.

Requrements:

• BS in Engineering or related discipline, along with several years of industry experience.
• Clear and succinct technical writing skills required.
• Experience with writing engineering reports.  Ability to speak clearly with all levels of the organization, and address sensitive customer concerns with tactfulness.
• SPC and GD+T skills a plus