Quality Engineer

Autoneum is globally leading in acoustic and thermal management for light and commercial vehicles. The Company develops and produces multifunctional, lightweight and sustainable components and systems for interior floor, interior trim as well as engine bay and underbody. Customers include almost all automobile manufacturers in Europe, North & South America, Asia and Africa. The Company with its head-quarters in Winterthur, Switzerland, is listed on the SIX Swiss Ex-change (ticker symbol AUTN).

• Plans, coordinates and directs quality programs and activities designed to ensure quality control and quality assurance of the production of products consistent with established budgets and standards.
• Administers the PPAP/APQP process, including supplier approval and customer defined submissions.
• Directly involved in all new model launches, all activities associated with engineering changes and implementation.
• Responsible for the on-time successful launch of all new programs to ensure compliance to customer APQP requirements; interface with Program Management.
• Maintain PCR system

• Provide Leadership, discipline, and support to ensure the highest safety, housekeeping (5S), and professionalism within the Quality department

Coordinate plant activities, and provide resources to manufacturing, maintenance and engineering and executionregardingdesignation of Special Characteristics, SPC, Process Capability

Ensure the PPAP process isinitiatedinternally and externally as defined in the AIAG PPAP manual

Directly responsible to keep updated on customer APQP requirements

Act as a liaison between the plant and customers on product quality issues

Directly responsibletoinitiateCAR’s andfacilitatesupplier corrective actions to ensure closurein a timely manner

Coordinate activities regarding

Control of Non-conforming Product (includes purchased items;i.e.resin, grommets, push pins, etc.) and Rework Product, including customer rejection/returns

Responsible forestablishinginspection standards to ensure product quality according to customer standards

Assist is developing lab testing activities for incoming product(s) and allthird party tests as required

Implement and perform calibration systems for Control of inspection, measuring, and test equipment

Reviews all data obtained during all quality control and quality assurance activities to ensure consistency with customer requirements and company policies/procedures

Keeps management team abreast of significant issues or developmentsidentifiedduring launch activities and actions being taken to improve the situation

Directly responsible for inspection method buy-off and MSA requirements and annual OEM re-qualification activities.

Implement/Support a 100% product audit (random quality checks included, but not limited to, part quality and packaging specifications) program

Ensure compliance with all relatedIATF
16949 policies and procedures

Participate in all plant-wide communications

Assist other Autoneum plants as necessary

Responsible for all dimensional verification/validation (PPAP, pre-launch,etc.)

Coordinate,monitor and assemble all required documentation for successful runat rate demonstration

Perform or direct inspection of pre-launch shipments

Lead problem solving and preventative action for customer program launch issues

Responsible for managing and completing all customer documentation for new model launch(s) in a timely manner

Responsible for the following APQP requirements:

• Engineering – Layout approvals, RFQ review,review proposed manufacturing processes, training, etc.
• Quality-SPC planning, Measurement System Analysis Capability study, blue print review, PPAP readiness, and Launch Readiness Review
• Production
  -Poka-Yoke, TS documentation (flow charts, PFMEA, CP, etc.), cell readiness, start of shift checklist, run@rate, training, 5S, etc.

Coordinate Run Rate activities in compliance to customer launch schedule

Coordinate PPAP compliancetocustomer launch schedule

• Use of effective root cause analysismethodologywhich includes, but is not limited to, Six Sigma tools, daily meeting, data collection, fish bone diagrams, 5-whys, brainstorming exercises, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, etc.

Directly responsible for Standard Work, FMEA, Control Plans,WI’sand Process Flows

Leads a cross-functional team in the APQP and PPAP processes. Assumes direct responsibility for FMEA’s, Control Plans, Process Flows and Standard Work documents

Responsible to overseethe manufacturing of all pre-production samples (prototype and PPAP) for all new product launches

Responsible forinitialtrainingofnew production process launches

• Manage internal/external maintenance resources and/or outside contractors as required

Comply withall facility safety guidelines and ensure safe work practices are followed

Ability to apply effective root cause analysismethodologywhich includes, but is not limited to,Six Sigma tools, daily meetings, data collection, fish bone diagrams, 5-whys, brainstorming exercises, etc. for CAR…