Design Quality Engineer - Accessories

Responsibilities

• The candidate will oversee program timelines, a material development database, participate in design reviews, and be an effective communicator.

• Review molded parts pre-grain to ensure that the quality of the mold is acceptable to KO grain.

• Provide visual documentation of issues related to mold prior to grain approval and work with supplier / engineer to address issues found.

• Review and validate the Pre-Grain Approval Sheet from supplier and sign off document to start graining of tool.

• Assess all AAR parts (wrapped, painted, chrome, MIC, etc.) to ensure that parts are meeting visual targets and are dimensionally stable to support sign off for PPAP.

• Maintain a record of all parts that have been submitted for grain approval and AAR.

• Provide visual documentation of issues related to AAR parts and work with supplier / engineer to address issues found.

• Support on site at supplier to help root cause issues as needed working with SQE and supplier quality teams.

• Work closely with CMF Design and Mastering for clear "plaque-to-part” scaling.
  
  Qualifications

• 8+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree.

• 5 years minimum of automotive experience.

• Experience working effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve results.

• Hold high standards for quality, attention to detail, and build strong relationships with other team members.

• Self-motivated, flexible, adaptable to change, and able to work independently.

• Ability to manage multiple parallel-path projects.

• Experience with report writing and time management.

• Experience with MS Office.

• Comfortable with change and flexible in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

• Tooling experience is a plus

The ideal candidate is self-motivated, technically proficient, can influence others, has excellent communication skills, ability to create strong relationships, is process driven, extremely well-organized, and inquisitive.