Quality Engineer

Position Summary:  Responsible for developing quality documentation, facilitating continuous improvements, and working with suppliers and customers to resolve quality or system issues.   

Essential Job Functions include, but not limited to, the following:

General:

• Develop APQP documentation to support the Product Realization Process in accordance with customer requirements, e.g. FMEA, MSA, SPC, PPAP, etc.
• Maintain required documentation that meets the Shape Corp specifications for Document Control and retrievability.
• Interface with customer personnel and facilitate the resolution of quality issues and concerns.
• Participate in the development and maintenance of formal quality systems, e.g. ISO 9001 & IATF 16949.
• Identify and train a back-up(s) to manage key tasks when absent.
• Additional functions not specifically outlined in this position description as directed by the leader.

Launch Quality:

• Plan, support, and implement total quality management in support of zero safe launch findings at pre and post SOP.
• Ensure that appropriate inspection plans and containment plans are in place for the process value stream.
• Confirm product quality through confirmation phase exit.
• Initiate control plans and training for inspection and gage instructions in accordance with Shape and customer specific requirements.
• Develop and control all APQP documents through PPAP approval for new program launches.
• Execute PPAP submission and approval as required for customer initiated product changes.
• Understand and provide interpretation of customer specific requirements.
• Participate in GD&T development through the DFM process.
• Responsible for all aspects of gage procurement, including gage quoting, design approval, and customer approval.
• Responsible for supplier gage design approval, PPAP review and approval.

Manufacturing Quality:

• Maintain APQP documentation to support of the manufacturing process and in accordance with Customer requirements, e.g. FMEA, MSA, SPC, PPAP, etc.
• Facilitate product and process change notification according to AIAG and customer specific requirements.
• Provide training to operators for current procedures relating to control plans, inspection and gage instructions
• Analyze and interpret GD&T data.
• Ensure compliance to process control plan requirements.
• Lead problem solving efforts relating to production quality issues.
• Initiate actions to overcome obstacles as they are encountered and prevent potential quality problems using problem solving tools.
• Initiate interim and containment countermeasures relating to quality issues.
• Design, specifies and implements quality control sampling systems, testing mechanisms, and equipment.
• Serve as a liaison and coordinates activities with external providers as required.

Supplier Quality:

• Facilitate activates with external providers related to quality issues.
• Liase with launch or manufacturing quality when suppliers provide notification of real or potential quality issues.
• Interface with external provider personnel and facilitate the resolution of quality issues and concerns.
• Ensure external provider interim and containment countermeasures relating to quality issues.
• Interface with Shape quality department to facilitate product and system continuous improvement activities with external providers.
• Communicate Shape quality requirements to external providers.
• Provide training and development opportunities to external providers in support of Shape and customer specific requirements.
• Monitor supplier performance and facilitate development plans.
• Perform assessments and audits of external providers according to ISO 9001, IATF 16949 and customer specific requirements.
• Provide input into the selection of external providers.

Position Skills and Experience Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty effectively. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

• Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering or related field or a minimum of 3 years of experience preferably in an automotive manufacturing environment. Equivalent work experience or certification may be substituted for a degree.
• Proficient in GD&T and tolerance stack up applications.
• Knowledge in customer specific Program Development, e.g., AIAG Automotive Core Tools.
• Basic knowledge of Quality Management Systems, e.g., ISO9001, TS16949 and ITF16949.
• Experience with Product Warranty documentation.
• Proficient in Project Management using Microsoft applications.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required.