Advanced Quality Planning Engineer

About the role

The AQP Engineer works closely with the cross-functional Product Development Team members to facilitate the use of AQP tools for managing and mitigating project risk, ensuring a flawless product launch that meets customer Quality, Delivery, and Cost requirements.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the project Quality Plan for new products and product modifications are focused on the voice of customer and all project quality deliverables are completed in a timely manner.
• Facilitation during front-end product/tool/assembly design.
• Conducts process flow reviews, design & process FMEA while providing inputs on internal and external quality history, lessons learned while using active & critical thinking / questioning.
• Reviews and approves reliability test plans.
• Facilitates the development of measurement plans/methods and leads the disposition of new products at FOT (First Off Tool) and Qualification.
• Ownership of necessary gauges & inspection fixtures.
• Performs Measurement System Analysis, Capability Studies & any necessary statistical analysis with goal of Tool / Process Qualification.
• Works with Manufacturing AQP or QE to conduct Safe Launch exercise.
• Performs process and product Quality audits to qualify new production processes, and to ensure compliance to documented control plans for new products.
• Ensures customer required documentation relating to customer acceptance of new products and product modifications are completed.
• Conducts Shipping Judgement and product dispositions.
• Reviews and approves supplier product specific documentation on new and modified purchased components.
• Works with procurement and supplier quality engineer to ensure compliance.
• Leads in the problem solving (8D’s), analysis, and resolution of new product related customer complaints or internal quality complaints during launch.
• Supports efforts for prevention of repeat issues & systemic improvements to the Product Development Processes to reduce New Products QNs.
• Understands & practices the Principle Based Management guiding principles, Lean / Six Sigma, International Standards Organization (ISO) and Environmental, and/or Health and Safety (EH&S) Management Systems by following stated policies and procedures.
• Leads continuous improvement projects/plans to reduce scrap, improve throughput, and improve our methods and systems.

Requirements

• BS Degree in Engineering or other related field
• Minimum 5-8 years experience in Quality Engineering or related engineering field
• Minimum 5-8 years knowledge of statistics - experience using Minitab or other software
• Solid knowledge & understanding of metrology and GD&T
• Solid knowledge & understanding of advanced quality planning tools like DFMEA, Lean/Six Sigma, Control plan, reliability test plans
• 5-8 years experience in Quality engineering in a new-product introduction environment
• 5-8 years experience performing PFMEA/DFMEA and using other Advanced Quality Planning tools
• Working knowledge of manufacturing, testing, molding, and assembly processes Quality System (ISO 9001 or TS/IATF 16949) and Supplier Auditing experience, Gage and Fixture design

Qualifications

• Training in DOE, Advance Quality Planning Tools like DFMEA, Lean/Six Sigma, Control plan, reliability test plans

Skills

• Understanding & practicing the Principle Based Management guiding principles, Lean / Six Sigma, International Standards Organization (ISO) and Environmental, and/or Health and Safety (EH&S) Management Systems

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Disability
• Roth and Traditional 401(k)
• Paid Vacation/Time Off
• Education Assistance
• Infertility Assistance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Adoption Assistance

Pay

$100,000 - $120,000 per year

Schedule

Variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form