Staff SIE, Exterior Trim

You will collaborate in upfront part design development as well as roll up your sleeves with suppliers to create new manufacturing methods and control strategies to achieve ambitious specifications and ensure flawless execution during launch.

You Will:

• Be responsible to review approve and manage all supplier industrialization activities including but not limited to program timelines tooling capital and fixture construction tooling trials assembly readiness
• Develop manage and ensure a robust implementation of the APQP -Advanced Product Quality Planning- process with suppliers from the initial design stage through PPAP submission and the start of mass production.
• Work cross-functionally to collaborate and guide engineering development and supplier selection to award businesses to appropriate suppliers with the right qualifications to meet Lucids requirements expectations and timelines.
• Ensure supplier manufacturing and industrialization capabilities are considered in the part design phase and proper quality expectations are established and agreed.
• Work with suppliers to develop new manufacturing techniques or processes to meet design requirements.
• Develop quality plans design test methods and gages identify potential failure modes and process weaknesses and drive preventative actions.

You Bring:

• 5 years of high-volume automotive manufacturing experience supporting Exterior Trim systems including Front and Rear Fascias Grilles Claddings Rocker Panels Wheel Opening Moldings Roof Trim Components Spoilers Exterior Garnishes Bright Trim and Class-A Injection-Molded Plastic Components with responsibilities in Supplier Quality Manufacturing Quality Process Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering.
• Hands-on Supplier Industrialization APQP PPAP and Program Management experience.
• Excellent analytical abilities technical writing ability and comprehensive understanding of quality toolbox (IATF 16949 SPC MSA FMEA DOE GD&T etc.).
• Ability to read and interpret schematics and drawings and in-depth knowledge of quality standards and specifications in the commodities assigned.
• Certification preferred - American Society for Quality Six Sigma Black Belt Lean Manufacturing etc.
• Experience with tolerance analysis mold flow AAR approval.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel Word and PowerPoint. Working knowledge of Smartsheets JMP Minitab JIRA and Tableau is a plus.
• Bachelors degree in a related Engineering field Masters degree is preferred.