Prd Mfg QA Engineer B

Yaskawa America, Inc. seeks Product/Manufacturing/Quality Engineer

B.

• Troubleshoot and perform root cause analyses of failures and create corrective action plans for systemic and daily quality issues and component failures
• Inspect, segregate, and modify components or finished goods inventory
• Analyze products and advise on the authorization or restriction on the use of suspect products for production or sale to customers
• Evaluate the impact of suspended product decisions on production stoppages and customer requirements
• Plan and ensure the implementation of new products from the design phase to volume production
• Create and ensure project launch schedules
• Coordinate regular launch status meetings
• Prepare and control all product related master data
• Create manufacturing work instructions and implement line balancing
• Advise the design team regarding manufacturability
• Train employees
• Coordinate the construction of engineering prototypes
• Respond to requests for customer specified product
• Evaluate product design to develop the necessary production procedures and processes
• Establish customer promise dates
• Maintain processes to assure product quality
• Analyze quality data and trends
• Create product quality performance reports for customers and for internal use
• Interface with customers to determine root causes of product failures
• Communicate corrective actions to customers
• Design and implement factory equipment
• Create factory layouts and incorporate new equipment
• Design and approve packing methods for shipment of products according to International Safe Transit Association guidelines
• Investigate and analyze product and process changes
• Create and oversee engineering change order implementation within the Supply Chain and Production groups
• Participate in ISO and customer audits
• Assist with external audits that relate to certification agencies such as Underwriters Laboratories (UL), Conformite Europeenne (CE), and Technischer Uberwachungsverein (TUV)
• Support communication with auditing agencies and customers to resolve open issues
• Plan and lead supplier audit teams and evaluate or approve new suppliers for use
• Conduct regular supplier quality meetings to evaluate overall supplier quality
• Prepare and control departmental budgets for production related capital projects and factory expense
• Manage capital implementation projects according to budget
• Identify and implement opportunities for continual improvement, including cost reduction, process improvements, design changes, component substitutions, supplier changes, and labor savings
• Provide cost analysis in the form of return on investment, breakeven analysis, and annual total
• Review supplier requests for design changes to evaluate their impact on product design and authorize appropriately
• and Participate in company-sponsored activities, including the employee suggestion program, quality training, and the safety committee

• Requires Bachelor's or foreign degree equivalent in Industrial Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• Requires three years of experience in the job offered or in engineering manufacturing.
• Requires experience performing root cause analysis of manufacturing issues and drafting corrective action reports; preparing documents for production planning and scheduling and ATP; preparing paperwork to document material needs; product data management; reading mechanical drawings and electrical schematics; standardizing costing with suppliers; and conforming to ISTA product packaging standards.
• Domestic travel required up to 10%.

Job Site: 1067 Johnson Drive, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089.

Salary: $91,146-$97,000/year.

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