Quality Engineer

QUALITY ENGINEER

Job Responsibilities:

• Planning and execution of the quality concept in accordance with the customer specific requirements and Webasto Standards
  
• Work in conjunction with the AQE during the development phase to resolve customer quality issues in the project development phase
  
• Initiator and champion of customer 8D reports (root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions)
  
• Carry out and document process audits (internal and external) and verify their efficiency
  
• Key participant in the alignment of key process documentation (Process Flow, PFMEA, CP, Process sheets, inspection sheets, safe launch checklists, etc...)
  
• Owner of the Control Plan
  
• Responsible for customer KPI reporting through scorecard management and scorecard prediction
  
• Active member of the plant team and the product development team, working with all functional areas to improve and meet customer expectations and demands
  
• Responsible for reporting scrap details to plant team and management
  
• Responsible for re-validation testing and mitigation of any testing failures
  
• Coordination of initial sampling to the customer until the release and planning of re-qualification tests
  
• Participation in the QRQC and the owner of the WPS Q-dimensions
  
• Creation of product control plan and test instructions
  
• Optimization of quality planning processes
  
• Early collaboration with the development team and expeditious handover of project from AQE to QE (Note: Expectation that QE owns the process and product when it hits the plant floor)
  
• On time and professional handling of customer claims following customer specific requirements and 8D-methodology
  
• Creation of timelines for QM tasks
  
• Execution of analyses incl. the application of statistical software (e.g. QS Status)
  
• Execution of capability and measurement capability studies to ensure that capabilities are given
  
• Participation in feasibility commitments, risk-analyses, creation of book of duty and implementation of required processes
  
• Coordinate the tasks for creation and collection of documentation for product and process release (PPAP)
  
• Tracking of quality targets and initiation of necessary corrective actions
  
• Customer PPAP and Re-qualification releases
  
• Initiate internal incident reports (8D-reports)
  
• Authority to stop production and/or shipments
  
• Authority to release production
  
• Initiate Deviation Requests
  
• Initiate production changes and/or sorts (quality alerts, containments/Q3)
  

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or related field
  
• Experience in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering or automotive engineering and the core tools (FMEA, Control Plan, PPAP, MSA, APQP, SPC)
  
• 2+ years experience in quality assurance in the automotive sector
  
• Process and technology knowledge
  
• Experience in the application Q-methods and QM-systems
  
• Good Knowledge of quality related customer s and legal requirements
  
• Basic knowledge of product liability law
  
• High operational readiness, assertiveness and self-reliance as well as team spirit and good communication skills
  
• Ability to work under pressure
  
• MS Office Suite and SAP skills
  
• Professional behavior in association with customer and suppliers
  
• Analytical and structured thinker