Quality Engineer

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Quality Engineer

All Full Time Buford, GA, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1005

Vintage Modern is seeking a dedicated, action-oriented Quality Engineer to embed directly within our production floor operations. Working side-by-side with Quality Supervisors, Quality Technicians, Station Leads, Manufacturing, and Design Engineering, you will own real-time defect containment, technical triage, and structured problem-solving across our vehicle assembly lines. Your primary objective is to protect production flow and vehicle build integrity by immediately escalating systemic issues, deploying visual Quality Alerts, and opening and executing PC.0s / Root Cause Corrective Actions (RCCA) for every defect that poses a high risk of recurrence, causes significant station downtime, or breaches quality gate standards.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

A. PC.0 Initiation & End-to-End RCCA / CAPA Ownership

• Open & Manage PC.0s: Initiate, log, and drive PC.0 records for all defects meeting recurrence, station downtime, high-severity, or gate-escape criteria.
• Lead Shop-Floor RCCA: Conduct hands-on Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations at the build station alongside technicians, engineers, and suppliers using 5-Why, Fishbone (Ishikawa), and 5D/8D methodologies.
• Drive Permanent Corrective Actions: Develop and implement robust engineering, tooling, vendor, or process fixes that prevent defect recurrence across both Bronco and Fastback lines.
• CAPA & NC Lifecycle Tracking: Maintain real-time accuracy of open PC.0s, Nonconformances (NCs), action owners, and target closure dates across SharePoint, JIRA, and quality management dashboards.
• Effectiveness Verification: Audit completed PC.0 corrective actions on subsequent vehicle builds to verify sustained effectiveness before formal closure.

B. Issuing Quality Alerts & \"Sounding the Alarm\"

• Act as the Floor Early-Warning System: Immediately \"sound the alarm\" when a critical defect, systemic trend, or line-stopping issue emerges- halting the affected process and initiating a formal Quality Hold on suspect parts or assemblies.
• Author Visual Quality Alerts: Create clear, highly visual Quality Alerts (with clear 'Good vs. Bad' photos, defect descriptions, and inspection criteria) within hours of defect discovery.
• Execute Stand-Up Briefings & Sign-Offs: Deliver at-station briefings to Station Leads, builders, and Quality Technicians for every issued Quality Alert; capture mandatory training sign-offs before build continuation.
• Audit Daily Alert Compliance: Verify that active Quality Alerts are integrated into daily station inspection logs and signed off every day at each applicable station.
• Real-Time Station Triage: Provide immediate technical support to Quality Supervisors and Quality Technicians when evaluating complex build discrepancies, older part revisions, or cosmetic/mechanical tolerances.
• Enforce EOD Station & Repair Validation: Support floor leadership in ensuring all station inspections, rework log validations, and VCC checklist requirements are completed and verified on time every day.
• Incoming & Vendor Defect Escalation: Partner with Incoming Inspection to evaluate non-conforming vendor components (e.g., chrome/powder-coated bumpers, soft tops, shocks, glass, trim), Quarantine/NC-tag defective stock, and drive supplier corrective actions.
• Error-Proofing (Poka-Yoke) & COPQ Reduction: Analyze daily defect trends, rework hours, and warranty feedback to drive poka-yoke fixtures, clearer build standards, and reductions in Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ).

QUALIFICATIONS & FLOOR COMPETENCIES

• Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or Automotive Engineering (or equivalent technical experience) with 2-5+ years of hands-on Quality Engineering experience in automotive assembly, custom vehicle manufacturing, or low-volume/high-craftsmanship production.
• Problem-Solving Mastery: Demonstrated proficiency leading PC.0s, 8D, 5-Why, and CAPA/RCCA lifecycles from immediate containment/control through permanent root-cause elimination.
• Shop-Floor Gravitas & Urgency: Unwavering bias for action; comfortable stepping into a busy build station, calling a timeout when quality is at risk, and collaborating constructively with builders and leadership to solve problems on the spot.
• Technical & Digital Fluency: Strong ability to interpret CAD/engineering drawings, fit-and-finish standards, and automotive systems, paired with strong proficiency in Excel, SharePoint, JIRA, and digital inspection logs.