Job Description

The Product Quality Engineer is the quality reference of the plant for its technical scope (product, functional, process). In mass-production, he ensures the industrialization (from quality side) of new parts, analyses defects, contributes to the convergence of quality results in new & in use.

Principle Activities

• Respond with urgency to manufacturing quality issues and collaborate with staff to contain product quality issues.
• Decision authority for deviation requests.
• Coordinates production evaluation runs (PERs) and change notice (CN) implementation for product/process improvements
• Perform CN /PER risk assessments
• Provide plant quality approval for all CN's
• Lead issue tracking process - including plant assigned GIMs, for external customer issues
• Lead and organize all special builds with production and support teams
• Lead and support quality root cause and continuous improvement initiatives through the Kaizen methodology
• Perform, administer or direct rework/repair methods and processes in compliance with engineering standards.
• Support/lead Launch activities pertaining to machining qualifications and launch control plan reviews
• Ensuring the process of supplier ticket (created QO/Reactivity): Guaranteeing the processing of anomalies within the required timeframe, and validating the proposed action plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in the fields of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology from an accredited university (other Engineering degrees, in combination with relevant experience may be considered).
• Well versed in both Microsoft and Google applications.
• Ability to perform data analysis to identify top issues, summarize trends, distinctions, and effectiveness of corrective actions and continuous improvement activities.
• Effective presentation/public speaking skills (comfortable presenting to all levels of the organization).
• Experience with problem solving tools.
• Able to demonstrate both coaching and teaching.
• Self-motivated and directed.
• Ability to thrive in a high intensity environment while working on multiple projects.
• A passion for spending time on the shop floor and fully understanding the build process from a 4M1D standpoint (man, method, machine, material, and design).
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal from High Level Meetings down to the Shop Floor
• Rigorous and pragmatic
• Languages: plant language & English