Corporate APQP Senior Quality Engineer

Lear Corporation•Southfield, MI

5d•Onsite

About The Position

As a member of Lear’s Quality team, the Corporate APQP Senior Quality Engineer serves as the program interface between customers and Lear for pre-production activities, including managing customer APQP launch activities to ensure timely completion. The role understands customer requirements, provides cross-functional program launch support, interfaces with Engineering to verify compliance with LPMP milestones, and ensures plant APQP and Quality teams are working toward those milestones. The position is based in person at Lear’s World Headquarters in Southfield, Michigan, and may require travel up to 20% as needed. The engineer supports product development and launch, plant readiness, quality deliverables, customer satisfaction, and the effective use of lessons learned across applicable facilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a comparable field from an accredited institution.
Minimum of four years of work experience in Quality applications such as Plant Quality, AIAG, APQP, or PPAP launch experience.
Expertise in customer APQP processes.
Competency in quality tools and process/production control methods, including Control Plans, FMEA, PPAP, and problem-solving and analytical skills using the 8D methodology.
Understanding of internal and external Quality Systems.
Ability to perform proactive risk analysis throughout launch.
Excellent interpersonal communication and listening ability.
Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
Ability to work with teams and lead decision-making processes in a team environment.
Strong time management and detailed tracking of quality deliverables.
Ability to manage multiple tasks and programs in an organized manner.
Robust problem-solving skills.
Ability to travel up to 20% of the time as needed.
Legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located.
Applicants must submit a resume through the applicant tracking system.

Nice To Haves

General Motors APQP experience, including GM Supply Power and CGxx/1927xx requirements.
JIT/Seating experience.
Prior experience launching a new program.
Certifications in APQP or PPAP.

Responsibilities

Participate in product development and launch activities, including program management system-specific actions, identifying customer expectations, manufacturing activities, and ongoing production test support.
Support launching facilities with Plant and Program readiness before and during pre-production build events.
Serve as the Quality organization’s interface among Engineering, Program, and Plant teams.
Monitor LearPro/Lear Project Management Process (LPMP) and drive adherence to LPMP deliverable standards.
Lead Appearance Manual development and craftsmanship audits, and communicate supplier quality issues through pre-production build events.
Ensure design and manufacturing issues are documented and communicated at manufacturing-feasible levels, and read across to applicable facilities.
Support or interface with Lear internal quality teams serving business unit customers in different global regions.
Document, monitor, and verify effective implementation and read-across of Launch, Quality, Warranty, and Customer Lessons Learned across applicable facilities.
Perform post-launch Lessons Learned analysis and lead and verify effective read-across across future launches.
Develop, manage, and execute a Roadmap to Customer Satisfaction across applicable facilities.
Help train and develop plant QE/APQP engineers in customer APQP requirements, including managing PPAP and IMDS timing and escalation where required.