Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Job Summary: 

The Manufacturing Quality Engineer (MQE) is responsible for ensuring the quality of the parts produced meet all customer expectations. The MQE will quickly and effectively take necessary actions to identify root-cause analysis and partner with engineering and operations to resolve non-conformances. The MQE has the authority to stop the line or shipments but must lead the resolution and recovery.

Responsibilities: 

• Develop, collect, and report leading metrics of internal and supplier performance to cross-functional management. Includes monitoring quality and scrap.
• Support and drive Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) readiness for new products and deliverables: Measurement System Analysis (MSA), Inspection/Testing, and more.
• Develop and submit Customer Production Parts Approval Process (PPAP) documents if required for new product launches.
• Develop and lead internal process improvements that minimize production costs and defects.
• Implement and monitor process capability for continuous improvement.
• Provide process design input to Manufacturing Engineering to enhance manufacturability and product cost.
• Lead and facilitate cross-functional meetings to develop PFMEAs, control plans, process flow diagrams, and work instructions in collaboration with manufacturing, engineering, logistics, and operations teams. 
• Provide technical support analyzing and/or performing failure analysis for discrepant production components, assemblies, and field returns. Apply appropriate use of statistical techniques.
• Lead/Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on material cost reduction, capacity enhancement, and streamlining of the supply chain.
• Read, understand, and verify Bills of Material (BOMs), assembly drawings, engineering tolerances, and other technical information.
• Manage changes and deviations (product, process, supplier, documentation).
• Define First Article acceptance criteria and ongoing quality requirements in collaboration with the Supplier Quality Engineer.
• Receiving Inspection criteria with assistance from the Engineering team.
• Makes recommendations to Engineering and Purchasing regarding supplier selection.
• Coordinate monitoring of pre-launch production trial runs and ensure effective communication and knowledge transfer to the Manufacturing and Quality teams. Review and approve manufacturing and quality data and Product Sign Offs.
• Apply Industrial Engineering concepts and tools to drive safety, accuracy, and productivity within the supply chain and company.
• Determine when process stability and capability studies should be performed on existing processes. Review and analyze results. Recommend changes to processes based on findings and perform follow-ups to verify effectiveness.
• Collaborate with customers to foster root-cause analysis, problem solving, defect reduction, issue resolution, and increased customer satisfaction. 
• Facilitate and promote the use of appropriate problem-solving techniques for effective root cause analysis and successful corrective action through structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Supports daily and weekly activities related to managing the facility’s quality systems.
• Focus on the floor support of the development processes to ensure timely launch of the new projects.
• Adhere to federal and state regulations.
• Adhere to all company policies, processes, and procedures.
• Performs other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. 
• Predictable and reliable attendance.

Position Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering required.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience managing a certified quality management system (e.g., TS 16949, ISO).
• Minimum of four (4) years of a proven track record of driving continuous quality improvement in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of the measurement tools used in manufacturing and proven experience applying knowledge to perfecting in-place methodologies.
• Experience in the automotive industry; Battery, Electronics, or Powertrain manufacturing preferred.
• Previous work experience in an organization that supplied large Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) preferred. 
• Exceptional mechanical aptitude (i.e., intuitive understanding of mechanical processes).
• Customer quality assurance experience.

Key Competencies: 

• Focuses on Quality: Drives work results with quality focus in actions and results.
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