Senior Quality Engineer
Responsibilities include :
- Develops quality concepts for series production and defines measures to ensure quality standards
- Develops and implements reliability analysis, design, validation and assessment methods to support successful new product introductions and or sustaining product changes
- Provides quality leadership during new process acquisition phases
- Leads the quality team during new product and process launch initiatives (D-FMEA, P-FMEA, APQP, PPAP)
- Provides training and support to employees on all quality concerns, customer complaints and application of quality methodologies
- Maintains a knowledge base of lessons learned to enable continuous improvement
- Identifies equipment / product / process needs and develops programs for improvement affecting safety, quality, yield and productivity
- Participates in risk analysis and development of risk mitigation strategies
- Leads cross functional teams with continuous improvement tools
- Communicates significant issues or developments and provides recommended process improvements to management
- Provides ongoing quality engineering support throughout the product life cycle
- Provides support to development, engineering and manufacturing functions for validation planning and transfer activities
- Leads and drives data acquisition projects in order to improve continuous improvement based on statistical data
- Development and Improvement of the QM System
- Performs reviews of quality documentation for compliance with quality requirements
- Defines goals together with management and measures progress vs. the defined goal
- Supports requirements for certifications (ISO, IATF16949, etc.) including documentation, PPAP, internal audits, etc.
- Conducts quality audits as prescribed by the local quality registration
What you need to succeed :
- 5-7+ years as a Quality Engineer in automotive manufacturing
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, quality or related field
- Experience and proficiency in the use of total quality management, statistical methods, quality tools, root cause analysis / resolution, risk analysis, SPC, MSA, and design of experiments
- Extensive knowledge of and experience properly applying risk analysis and problem failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) for automotive products
- Possesses substantial knowledge of ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 (ISO / TS 16949) quality management system and quality control techniques
- Proven expertise with APQP / PPAP disciplines
- Superior knowledge of statistical software such as Minitab, Infinity or equivalent systems, along with MS Office suite
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
30+ days ago