Product Quality Engineer

About the role

As a successful family-owned company on a path to global growth, the Brose Group offers challenging responsibilities and exciting career opportunities to performance-driven, skilled specialists with solid professional knowledge and proven career expertise who wish to contribute to our company’s success.

Responsibilities

• Main contact for customer for all quality related issues during series production
• Ensure timely implementation of corrective actions for all customer issues (0‑km & warranty)
• Ensure compliance of quality to all required standards including customer specific requirements
• Conduct regular warranty reviews ensuring corrective and preventive actions for any warranty concerns
• Facilitate the consequent execution of error prevention, continuous improvement and problem solving by utilization of corporate tools (Problem Management Process, Top Quality reporting, warranty, and field reviews)
• Regular update of internal, customer and supplier complaints in SAP Quality Module & TopQ Sharepoint
• Perform process capability studies on an ongoing basis to validate especial characteristics
• Evaluate failure risk analysis with production and development team for new launches
• Validate, document, and publish lessons learned from positive and negative experiences, consolidate those lessons into Plant Standards and communicate these up to the North American and Global Lessons‑Learned Committees
• Develop and perform monthly quality metrics reporting to plant and corporate management
• Perform Engineering Change evaluation and tracking reports for plant and Nafta
• Carry out ongoing scrap analysis and scrap reduction activities

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from a four‑year college or university; or five to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Three to five years related experience and/or training in Seat System Assembly; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Quality Systems including IATF16949
• Knowledge of AIAG standards (PPAP, MSA, FMEA, LPA) & relevant CQI standards
• Proficient knowledge in SAP QM Module
• Proficient in Microsoft Office & Minitab/QS‑Stat

Skills

• Strong communicator; able to work well in teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

• Modern working environment with Brose working world
• High‑tech work environment
• Wide range of benefits
• Competitive performance‑based compensation
• Health insurance
• Attractive social and family‑oriented programs throughout North American locations
• Educational assistance
• Variety of community outreach, family, and sporting events
• Flexible working hours
• Collaborative work environment
• Development programs with opportunity for individual growth through training, international or regional assignments and tailored career paths
• Tools necessary to live a balanced life, experience a rewarding work environment and contribute to surrounding communities
• Benefits package may vary slightly per location