Vehicle Quality Engineer

Role: Vehicle Quality Engineer

Novi MI Day 1 onsite

Experience Required

5 years of experience in a Manufacturing/Engineering/Operations Quality role in the automotive/transportation OEM or Tier supplier manufacturing arena.

Ability to work independently identifying and addressing problems with appropriate priority.

Experience with a variety of light assembly and manufacturing processes.

Understands typical automotive manufacturing manual assembly test and inspection methodologies.

Strong skills leading the 7D problem solving processes : problem definition containment occurrence/escape root cause analysis corrective/preventive action planning and execution.

Demonstrates excellent problem solving & communication skills while working alone and in large teams; interfacing with assembly operators inspectors production supervisors engineers and technical managers.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with interpretation of design drawings/GD&T schematics and cosmetic standards for creation and execution of inspection criteria.

Demonstrated handson mechanical manufacturing process and vehicle electrical troubleshooting experience.

Strong experience with manufacturing supply chain techniques and processes such as supplier audits new product introductions product life cycles manufacturing engineering first article inspection technical documentation etc.

Excellent understanding of factoryrelated and customerrelated product quality/reliability metrics.

Experienced in collaborating and working crossfunctionally with Operations Manufacturing Design Engineering and Supply Chain/Purchasing teams.

Roles & Responsibilities

Develop and execute the vehicle Control Plan for incoming inprocess and outgoing quality controls to assure the finished vehicle meets all technical specifications.

Provide onsite support to the manufacturing operation to manage subassembly vehicle integration and vehicle system bringup including troubleshooting of vehicle systems endofline testing sensor calibration and drive testing.

Work with the manufacturing team on site at their factory providing oversight of execution of agreed processes assuring that manufacturing and inspection processes are performed correctly using the proper tools materials and methods.

Meticulously document problems and work crossfunctionally to contain root cause and implement corrective actions. Assessment and approval of proper vehicle repairs and reworks to meet technical requirements.

Verify each vehicles compliance to specification and signoff completed vehicles prior to shipment from the manufacturing facility.

Investigate correct and monitor ongoing improvement of product quality issues experienced by customers. Must enable collaborative timely datadriven decision making to tackle product quality related issues.

Education

Bachelors Engineering degree or equivalent work experience; handson experience in automotive manufacturing can compensate for not having an engineering degree.