Quality Engineer (Princeton, IN)

Yazaki is a global leader in the research, development and delivery of vehicle power and data solutions.

 

Yazaki works with virtually every major auto manufacturer in the world, and we've strived to maintain strategic and stable growth throughout our 83-year history. Today, we're on the lookout for energetic people with the potential to perform, as well as the ability to strengthen - and thrive in - the positive work environment we pride ourselves on.

Location: Princeton, IN, USA  

 

 

What we are looking for:

 

Yazaki is looking for a Quality Engineer to join our TPNO Business Unit in Princeton, IN.  The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a collaborative and action-driven environment making lasting impacts on the organization. 

 

A Quality Engineer (QE) is an in-depth customer contact that liaises between the customer, internal quality and manufacturing groups; coordinates and oversees quality, design and manufacturing concerns for the TPNO branch office; supports AQP / Launch Readiness support; provides leadership to other team member / disciplines; offers the necessary support to protect the customer from any concerns with TPNO-supplied products.

 

What you will be doing:

 

• Build and maintain close customer and manufacturing relationships
• Act as the window to the customer for information from YNA-affiliated manufacturing, design and quality groups.
• Assess and validate quality, manufacturing process, design and other customer concerns at the customer

• Present to the customer complex defects and countermeasures as well as negotiate their solutions
• Provide change recommendations
• Process Change Requests (PCR) and Quality Tuning Requests (QTR) activities including change validation
• Problem-solving and coordinating engineering change and their impact to the plant floor level assessing and validating the actual and potential design / quality solutions vs. observed concerns
• Support Part Approval and related first piece sign off

• Provide on-site customer support for investigations and other quality or design-related events.  (e.g. audits, repair, vehicles on-hold and assisting with on-site customer repairs as required)
• Implement containment and rework actions at the customer, distribution center and Yazaki manufacturing plants facilitating an effective clean point.  (e.g. rework, sorting, yard audits and Return Material Authorization)
• Coordinate / supervise any 3rd party sort / rework (e.g. Product Action)
• Answer official and unofficial customer claims thoroughly, accurately, in a timely and technically correct manner to achieve customer approvals
• Manage the tracking, analysis and reporting of customer quality claim information
• Verify corrective action effectiveness
• Coordinate and support customer visits / audits to Yazaki manufacturing plants
• Solve complex problems and prevent their recurrence by working with Manufacturing and the customer
• Facilitate customer visits for Yazaki