Senior Quality Engineer

About the role

A Quality Engineer who ensures adherence to Auria’s health, welfare, and quality policies while fostering continuous improvement and positive customer relations.

Responsibilities

• Follow and promote Auria’s Code of Conduct and quality principles to build quality into plant processes and products.
• Use problem-solving methodologies to assess, root cause, and correct quality deficiencies in plant processes and products.
• Promote and audit adherence to documented IATF, corporate, and plant-level procedures.
• Use measurement instruments and statistical analysis tools to quantify and qualify products.
• Drive continuous improvement in a proactive work environment.
• Complete S.A.F.E. audits and participate in safety committee meetings as assigned.
• Escalate major safety incidents in accordance with company policy.
• Provide input to daily accountability meetings, including customer scorecards, concerns, containment status, Poke Yokes, and Temporary Operating Deviations.
• Build quality into products/processes using APQP tools (PFMEAs, Control Plans, PPAP, MSA, dimensional layout, process capability, and process flow).
• Monitor VPP per customer requirements and ensure timely, effective customer feedback.
• Maintain customer systems and respond to written concerns within customer expectations.
• Conduct on-site quality reviews at customer locations to build positive relations.
• Maintain and fulfill roles in approved quality systems, including:
  • IATF/ISO internal auditing and corrective actions
  • Fast Response and Layered Process Audits
  • Level II work instructions and procedures
  • Quality Gates and Customer Satisfaction Audits (CSA)
  • Quality Tracking System (QTS) and Supplier Quality Tracking System (SQTS)
• Apply problem-solving and statistical techniques (8D, 5 Why, Is/Is Not, Process Capability Analysis, ANOVA, Shanin Red X, Six Sigma) to root cause and correct quality deficiencies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) required.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of IATF 16949 standards and Tier 1 automotive experience with customer systems.

Skills

• Ability to travel as required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.