Advanced Quality Engineer

New Product Introduction (NPI) Program Support

The AQE has ownership and responsibility for all new equipment qualifications in an area. The AQE will become the process expert for that area of responsibility.

• Travels to equipment suppliers, manufacturing sites for planning meetings, runoffs, and significant production runs.
• Gets approval from top management on equipment results before equipment ships from supplier.
• Develops a robust qualification plan for each piece of new equipment.
• Works with AME, equipment supplier, to deliver quality equipment & process to site.
• Learns and leads gaging development for all gages required for production.
• Utilizes GEA's gage specification process. Gets buyoff from/communicates to cross-functional team before gage design confirmation.
• Holds kickoff meetings for gages including cross functional team members (AMEs, plant quality engineers, design engineers).
• Leads dimensional analysis meetings of measurement results from new equipment.
• Buils consensus with design engineers and management to develop next steps.
• Learns and utilizes GEA’s 9-step process to integrate quality into the design as early as possible.
• Participates in drawing reviews.
• Develops traceability solutions for each piece of equipment and process in the area back to the raw material.
• Implements digital footprints and poke-yoke solutions as much as possible.
• Leads and pulses team members for progress on projects.
• Works with test and controls AMEs to implement and execute on all projects.
• Works with plant quality engineers, writes work instructions as needed to ensure seamless handoff of all projects.
• Works with a cross-functional team to implement a new part, product, or process, that is 'turn-key' sustainable with regards to quality at product launch for the factory to agree to and take ownership of executing.
• Balances the communication between product design and manufacturing to ensure all issues get addressed with minimal surprises to achieve world class manufacturing goals.
• Drives COQ improvements: scrap, factory yield, concessions, damage, service calls, etc.
• Provides technical leadership & in-depth expertise to investigate, initiate and drive the development, procurement, and implementation of equipment & processes for manufacturing.
• Leads cross-functional team PFMEA’s to understand the risks of new part/process changes, ensure team agrees to the mitigation accordingly and is implemented prior to product launch.
• Defines the jobs through standard work and job instructions.
• Responsible for executing drive/strip/torque studies on new joints to validate capable torques.
• Responsible for all Quality Manufacturing System (QMS) documentation including MCPs, FRMs, MCIs meeting or exceeding all ISO standards for the changes being implemented.

CIB Site C-Change Support

The responsibilities and duties mentioned above for NPI programs, but also for new PCTO related projects introduced at CIB.

PPAP

Own the process for newly introduced in-house manufactured parts, assemblies, and processes. Responsible for the qualification of in-house equipment and parts primarily associated with an NPI without significant direction.

• Understands GEA technical drawings, both MBD/GD&T and linear dimensions, and ensures the quality plans established meet the drawing specifications.
• Independent part scanning and/or CMM, and caliper measurements may be required at times, although CMM tech additional resources are available to collect most measurements.