Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer Position

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.
• Drive continuous improvement and best practice sharing of our quality systems and processes.
• Facilitate problem-solving of complex issues using advanced quality tools.
• Help onboard and train new team members.
• Provide direction and coaching to less senior team members.
• 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.
• Approve time and attendance and vacations for direct reports.
• Review and respond to Employee Suggestions via plex.

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.

New Business Pursuit Quality:

• Have high level of GD&T knowledge and application thereof.
• Have high level of knowledge and application of KDCs, SPC, MSA, and AIAG processes.
• Participate in all Process Plan and Tolerance Assessment Reviews.
• Develop Red Pen Fixture Drawings.
• Participate in GD&T development through the DFM process.
• Author measurement plan as part of DFM Plan.
• Ensure that appropriate inspection plans and containment plans are in place for the process value stream.
• Estimate gage costs for all programs considering Shape's and each customer's specifications.

Manufacturing Quality:

• 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 required. Equivalent work experience may be substituted for a degree.
• A minimum of 5 years of Quality Engineer experience, preferably in an automotive manufacturing environment.

• Advanced knowledge of GD&T and tolerance stack up applications.
• MUST meet ITAR Compliance

• Advanced knowledge with customer specific Program Development, e.g., AIAG Automotive Core Tools.
• Working knowledge of Quality Management Systems, e.g. ISO9001, TS16949 and ITF16949.

• Experience with Product Warranty documentation.
• Proven experience mentoring other Quality Engineering team members.
• Advanced project management skills using Microsoft applications.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated competency in the use of problem solving tools, e.g., 5 why, 8D, Ishakawa Diagram, Root Cause Analysis, etc.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required.
• Strong CMM programming capability (not just running pre-written programs)
• 3D inspection & dimensional analysis
• Blueprint reading
• GD&T expertise
• Measurement methodology development
• MSA development
• Customer-facing validation support