Quality Assurance Engineer
Quality Assurance Engineer
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Job Description
Yazakiis 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 weve strived to maintain strategic and stable growth throughout our 83year history. Today were 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: Madison AL USA
POSITION SUMMARY
This position is located in Madison AL.
A Quality Engineer (QE) is an indepth customer contact that liaises between the customer internal quality and manufacturing groups. The QE 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 and offers the necessary support to protect the customer from any concerns with TPNOsupplied products.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Build and maintain close customer and manufacturing relationships.
- Act as the window to the customer for information from YNAaffiliated manufacturing design and quality groups.
- Assess and validate quality manufacturing process design and other customer concerns at the customer including:
- 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
- Problemsolving 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 onsite customer support for investigations and other quality or designrelated events.
- Implement containment and rework actions at the customer distribution center and Yazaki manufacturing plants facilitating an effective clean point.
- Coordinate and supervise any 3rd party sort/rework.
- 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.
- Facilitate customer visits for Yazaki manufacturing design and quality groups.
- Liaise with Manufacturing communicating customer Quality Manual requirements and coordinating corrective action activities/responses.
- Analyze trends in factory defects focusing on manufacturing improvement areas.
- Conduct wiring system function and vehicle interface analysis.
- Participate in program launch preparation including:
- Schedule and attend manufacturing program launch reviews.
- Coordinate with Manufacturing to provide customer support.
- Support Program Management in the and monitoring of key program milestone events (YPMS) including:
- Develop a Control Plan FMEA (Process / Design) and Past Problem History Analysis with the customer and Manufacturing.
- Reviews the inspection standard to ensure smooth trial events and safe launch activity.
- Conduct manufacturing / supplier readiness reviews using the appropriate Yazaki or customer assessment tool.
- Supports team members at build events: assembling / recording quality issues assigning responsibilities validating closure of defect concern.
- Incorporate lessons learned into advanced program team activities.
- Perform quality audits that support Key Strategies in manufacturing and distribution.
- Complete and submit Quality Authorized Rework (AR) packages to instigate rework.
- Initiate root cause analysis for identified quality issues using Global Quality Reporting System (GQRS) then direct the corrective action activities with Yazaki manufacturing and distribution facilities.
- Maintain issue documentation through GQRS QE Report CS/AR and sorting logs.
- Keep a working knowledge of customer carlines Yazakisupplied parts and manufacturing/quality processes.
- Identify critical product features communicating to Manufacturing the key critical items and what activity to implement to prevent defects.
- Implement and support continuous improvement activities.
- Participate in Key Strategies meeting and report launch updates issue status trial run impacts and other pertinent details.
- Support longrange and shortterm group forecasts goals objectives and priorities.
- Support other projects tasks and/or duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS
Degree Requirements:
Associate degree in Engineering or related field or equivalent experience preferred
Certification Requirements:
ASQ CQE CQM certification in lieu of Associate degree
Previous Experience:
Two to four years experience in automotive engineering or related field
Wire Harness manufacturing experience with the ability to read blueprints problem solving experience Control Plan FMEA and highlevel quality auditing experience preferred
Travel Requirements:
Both domestic and international travel required branches customer and manufacturing sites
Language:
N/A
Software:
Microsoft Suite
On Call Requirements:
Yes during customer production hours including overtime and weekend hours. Occasionally able to work a different shift to support launch or customer events
Physical Requirements:
Able to lift to 45 pounds sort / inspect parts stand 8 hours in assembly plant environment
(Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disability to perform the essential functions)
Yazaki North America is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all persons regardless of race color religion sex age marital status national origin disability handicap veteran status or other legally protected status or characteristic. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship. Yazaki North America complies with federal and state equal employment opportunity laws and strives to keep the workplace free from all forms of harassment.
Employment Type
Full Time
