Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer has overall responsibility to ensure new products are launched with adequate controls in place. They will establish product quality controls
, process controls
, and automotive quality systems at appropriate levels of production.

After launch of new product, Quality Engineer becomes the primary point of contact with the customer for quality-related production issues
, customer quality concerns
, and corrective action management encountered at customer facilities.

The Quality Engineer executes quality activities related to addressing improvements to current products, facilitates engineering changes
, facilitates Team Problem Solving
, and communicates with the customer. They are also expected to provide support on production floor activities as we strive to improve the performance of products in relationship to product quality
, process control
, launch quality
, and continuous improvement
.

• Generate, review, and update APQP Core documentation
  , including Control Plans
  , FMEA
  , Process Flow Charts
  , and Work Instructions
• Provide customer and on-site support for the launch of new products
  , including new program launches with GM
  , Stellantis
  , and other automotive OEM customers
• Support the management and use of customer-specific quality portals, including GM customer portals
  , Stellantis supplier portals
  , and related OEM quality systems
• Provide customer and on-site support for quality issue resolution
  , customer complaints
  , and production quality concerns
• Evaluate CMM data and statistical data for conformance to specifications and interface with tooling personnel regarding corrective and improvement actions
• Assist VP of Quality to monitor and improve COPQ
  , Cost of Poor Quality
  , factors such as scrap, sorting, rework, containment, and unnecessary inspection
• Support customer liaison activities with visits to customer locations and frequent communication with in-plant representation
• Complete and submit corrective action documentation
  , including 8D reports
  , in the customer preferred format and within required timelines
• Drive the execution and completion of corrective action via the Team Problem Solving process
• Monitor and suggest improvement to product and process quality through product audits and process audits on the shop floor
• Support PPAP submissions
  , launch readiness, customer scorecards, and quality documentation required for successful automotive production launches
• Support quality activities related to metal stampings
  , manufacturing processes, dimensional quality, and process capability, as applicable
• Partner with production, tooling, engineering, and quality teams to improve product quality
  , process capability
  , and manufacturing performance
• Assist in other Quality or Production related activities, as directed

• Automotive Quality Engineering experience is required
• Experience specific to launching new programs with GM and Stellantis is strongly preferred
• Experience managing or using GM customer portals
  , Stellantis supplier portals
  , and customer-specific quality systems is strongly preferred
• Experience with metal stampings is preferred
• Knowledgeable in Automotive Quality Management Systems
  , including IATF 16949:2016
• Internal auditing experience
• Technical math skills and basic statistics
• Knowledge and use of measurement tools
  , inspection methods, and dimensional evaluation
• Strong computer skills, including statistical software
  , MS Office