Quality Engineer PPAP

Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Lead preparation, review, submission, and approval of customer PPAP packages.
• Ensure compliance with AIAG PPAP requirements and customer-specific requirements.
• Maintain PPAP status tracking and communicate progress to stakeholders.
• Clock customer submission timing to support launch and production milestones.
• Manage annual revalidations and PPAP updates resulting from engineering or process changes.
• Support Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) activities throughout the product lifecycle.
• Participate in launch readiness reviews and cross-functional team meetings.
• Cook completion of launch deliverables including Process Flows, PFMEA, Control Plans, capability studies, and MSA activities.
• Identify launch risks and drive preventive actions to ensure successful production implementation.
• Develop and maintain Control Plans for assigned products and processes.
• Support PFMEA development and updates as part of a cross-functional team.
• Conduct process capability studies (Cp, Cpk, Pp, Ppk).
• Lead Measurement System Analysis (MSA), including GR&R studies and calibration-related support activities.
• Validate manufacturing process changes and process capability requirements.
• Support customer visits, audits, and technical reviews.
• Interface directly with customers regarding PPAP approvals, and launch-related issues.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and cost reduction activities.
• Apply statistical analysis techniques to drive data-based decision making.
• Aid with supplier quality concerns, supplier PPAP approvals, and supplier corrective actions.
• Conduct Layered Process Audits (LPA), CQI assessments, and process audits to ensure compliance.

Education And Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, preferably Quality, Industrial, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering required and 3 years experience, preferably in manufacturing/automotive.
• Experience supporting PPAP submissions, APQP activities, customer launches, or manufacturing quality systems preferred.
• Automotive manufacturing experience preferred.
• Experience with FMEA, Process Control Plans, Root Cause Analysis, and Corrective Actions required.
• Demonstrated competence in quality-related statistical methods and data analysis.
• Experience working with customer-specific requirements and quality audits preferred.
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) preferred.
• Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) and/or IATF 16949 Internal Auditor certification preferred.

Skills

• Strong understanding of PPAP, APQP, FMEA, MSA, SPC, Control Plans, and Process Flow requirements.
• Proficient in interpreting engineering drawings, GD&T, and technical specifications.
• Understanding of IATF 16949 requirements.
• Understanding of AIAG Core Tools requirements.
• Understanding of CQI special process assessments and audit requirements.
• Strong analytical and statistical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to perform process capability and measurement system analyses.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes and quality systems.

Professional Skills

• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong project management and coordination abilities.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional activities and drive accountability.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong customer-facing communication skills.
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority.

Computer Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
• SAP experience preferred.
• Experience with quality data systems and reporting tools preferred.