Quality Engineer

Essential Job Functions

• Develop APQP documentation to support the Product Realization Process in accordance with customer requirements, e.g. FMEA, MSA, SPC, PPAP, etc.
• Maintain required documentation that meets the Shape Corp specifications for Document Control and retrievability.
• Interface with customer personnel and facilitate the resolution of quality issues and concerns.
• Participate in the development and maintenance of formal quality systems, e.g. ISO 9001 & IATF 16949.
• Drive continuous improvement and best practice sharing of our quality systems and processes.
• Facilitate problem-solving of complex issues using advanced quality tools.
• Help onboard and training new team members.
• Provide direction and coaching to less senior team members.
• Identify and train a back-up(s) to manage key tasks when absent.

Additional Functions

• Approve time and attendance and vacations for direct reports.
• Review and respond to Employee Suggestions via plex.
• Liaise with launch or manufacturing quality when suppliers provide notification of real or potential quality issues.
• Interface with external provider personnel and facilitate the resolution of quality issues and concerns.
• Ensure external provider interim and containment countermeasures relating to quality issues.
• Communicate Shape quality requirements to external providers.
• Perform assessments and audits of external providers according to ISO 9001, IATF 16949 and customer specific requirements.
• Provide input into the selection of external providers.

New Business Pursuit Quality

• Have high level of GD&T knowledge and application thereof.
• Have high level of knowledge and application of KDCs, SPC, MSA, and AIAG processes.
• Participate in all Process Plan and Tolerance Assessment Reivews.
• Develop Red Pen Fixture Drawings.
• Author measurement plan as part of DFM Plan.

Supplier Quality

• Facilitate activates with external providers related to quality issues.
• Liaise with launch or manufacturing quality when suppliers provide notification of real or potential quality issues.
• Interface with external provider personnel and facilitate the resolution of quality issues and concerns.
• Ensure external provider interim and containment countermeasures relating to quality issues.
• Interface with Shape quality department to facilitate product and system continuous improvement activities with external providers.
• Communicate Shape quality requirements to external providers.
• Perform assessments and audits of external providers according to ISO 9001, IATF 16949 and customer specific requirements.
• Provide input into the selection of external providers.