APQP Quality Engineer
About The Position
The APQP Quality Engineer will be responsible for Quality tasks and deliveries on APQP projects. This role involves quality planning during the new business quotation phase, PPAP management and coordination, and resource and testing planning for new businesses. The engineer will also support R&D and Manufacturing Engineering with FMEA creation, review, and submission, coordinate Control Plan creation and review, and manage IMDS creation, revision, and submission. Additionally, the role includes managing APQP and PPAP customer portals, creating and revising Quality Planning procedures, training internal departments on AIAG Core Tools and PPAP elements, and coordinating customer PPAP visits. The engineer will develop and track PPAP and APQP KPIs, support Production Quality on investigations for new launch quality complaints, and coordinate measurement schedules with the Metrology team and production quality. Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Experience in automotive manufacturing required.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to solve practical problems
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- APQP
- PPAP
- MSA
- FMEA (4th edition and AIAG-VDA)
- SPC
- Control Plan
- Y14.5 GD&T Interpretation
- Problem Solving (8D, 5-Why, Fishbone/Ishikawa Diagram, etc..)
- OEM CSRs
- IATF 16949
- VDA 6.3
- Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills
- excellent communication (internal and customer-facing)
- high attention to detail
- proactive mindset
- conflict-solving skills and analytical thinking
- Experience with OEMs and Tier 1s APQP CSRs (Ford, GM, Stellantis, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, BorgWarner, Purem, Cummins, etc..)
- Experience with stamping and compression molding manufacturing.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience in aerospace and defense manufacturing preferred
Responsibilities
- Responsible for Quality tasks and deliveries on APQP projects
- Quality planning during new businesses quotation phase (TFC, ELC, testing, etc..)
- PPAP management and coordination with internal parties, customers and suppliers
- Responsible for Quality resource and testing planning for new businesses (RFQs)
- Support R&D and Manufacturing Engineering with DFMEA and PFMEA creation, review and submission
- Coordinate Control Plan creation and review
- Responsible for IMDS creation, revision and submission to customers
- Responsible for APQP and PPAP customer portals management
- Responsible for creation and revision of Quality Planning procedures according to latest CSRs and internal findings
- Responsible for training and guiding internal departments on AIAG Core Tools and PPAP elements.
- Responsible for coordinating customer PPAP visits and subsequent actions
- Develop and track PPAP and APQP KPIs for reporting progress on new launches
- Supporting Production Quality on investigations and actions on new launch quality complaints.
- Coordinate Measurement schedule and planning with Metrology team members and production quality.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
