Quality Engineer

About the role

Review quality policies, communications, programs, and practices to ensure customer satisfaction. Develop and recommend improvements to meet program objectives.

Responsibilities

• Perform internal audits.
• Provide oversight of product manufacturing to ensure engineering documentation aligns with manufacturing methods.
• Coordinate "first article build" activities for new products, ensuring traceability to documented standards before production release.
• Develop test methods and procedures to support product validation.
• Maintain test equipment to traceable standards.
• Perform performance validation tests to meet customer specifications and generate test reports.
• Review AITF 16949 documentation, instructions, procedures, and quality manuals to ensure operational compliance.
• Support AITF 16949 activities.
• Address customer quality issues using FMA, 8D, and SPC problem-solving methodologies, including customer communication and visits.
• Manage production part builds and layouts for PPAP (Production Part Approval Process).
• Work directly with engineering on issues or changes.
• Investigate and support corrective actions for internal or external customer concerns.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent.
• 3+ years of work experience in quality assurance.
• Experience in automotive seating.

Skills

• Technical capacity and thoroughness.
• Collaboration and computer proficiency.
• Ability to communicate with all levels of personnel, including customers and suppliers.
• Knowledge of APQP, SPC, FMEA, and 8D problem-solving methodologies.
• Familiarity with AIAG methods, blueprint reading, and GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing).
• Commitment to confidentiality.

Work Environment

This role operates in both an office setting and on the plant floor.

Physical Demands

• Regularly use hands and fingers to handle objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently walk, stand, kneel, crouch, talk, and hear.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.