Design Quality Engineer

Essential Criteria

The Design Quality Engineer is a key role within the Studio Craftsmanship team and is responsible for ensuring that the design execution of Class-A products meets customer commitments for vehicles and accessories. They are also responsible for harmonizing the vehicle and accessories to enhance the Company's offerings.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of program timelines
• Participation in design reviews
• Effective communication
• Review moulded parts pre-grain to ensure mold quality
• Provide visual documentation of issues related to mold prior to grain approval
• Work with supplier/engineer to address issues found
• Review and validate Pre-Grain Approval Sheet from supplier
• Sign off document to start graining of tool
• Assess all AAR parts (wrapped, painted, chrome, MIC, etc.) to ensure visual targets and dimensional stability
• Maintain a record of all parts submitted for grain approval and AAR
• Provide visual documentation of issues related to AAR parts
• Work with supplier/engineer to address issues found
• Support on-site at supplier to help root cause issues as needed
• 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
• Candidate must have injection moulded/tooling experience and/or a minimum of 6-8 years of direct AAR experience
• This particular candidate needs to be able to add immediate value with the experience
• 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