Supplier Quality Engineer
This position will be part of the xEV team for Electric Vehicle products and will be responsible for providing Supplier Quality support internally to the plant manufacturing teams for both New Product Introduction and Mass Production activity. This position has direct contact with multiple departments within the manufacturing site and will support customer requests when supplied parts are involved. Overall requirement of the Supplier Quality Engineer is to ensure that raw materials and components meet all regulatory, customer and design requirements. In addition, to manage supplier change points, provide support to suppliers, and lead Corrective Actions (and reporting) for supplier related internal and customer complaints. This position offers opportunities to work with a wide variety of aspects of the manufacturing processes, a wide variety of departments and levels of management within the company, suppliers and customers both domestic and international. Essential functions of this job include:
- Confirming supplier manufacturing processes are/can produce product in accordance to specifications through verification, audits, measurements, trials, experiments and reports/presentations to internal management
- Manage Change Points from the supplier to gain customer approval for initial production parts
- Daily customer service and plant support activities
- Lead internal teams in the corrective action (root cause and countermeasure) activities, report generation and presentation for supplier complaints
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Description of Duties and Responsibilities |
Time Spent Performing Duties |
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Perform New Model Qualifications for New Suppliers and New Components |
20% |
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Maintain Quality Systems for IATF16949 and other company requirements |
10% |
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Initiates Supplier Deviation Requests for Approval and Process through System (PPAP/IPPAAR) |
10% |
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Monitor, Track, Report, and implement actions for Supplier Quality Performance |
15% |
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Lead Supplier Defect Root Cause and Countermeasure Activities |
20% |
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Prepares Quality Agreement with Supplier |
10% |
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Other Duties as Assigned to support Plant Objectives |
15% |
Production and Location Start-up Duties:
- Work within small team to develop manufacturing location and processes to support smooth mass production start-up of EV products.
- Support Design team in development of quality controls mechanisms for supplied parts for EV products.
- Support PE test in development of equipment controls and lot controls for supplied EV parts.
- Support supplied development of packaging and repack activities for supplied parts.
- Develop testing equipment and procedures for verification and product analysis of supplied parts.
- Typical New Model duties as detailed by internal Astemo and customer requirements for start-up of new product/location.