Corporate APQP Senior Quality Engineer

Lear Corporation•Southfield, MI

7d•Onsite

About The Position

As a member of the Quality team, the Corporate APQP Senior Quality Engineer serves as the program interface between the customer and Lear for pre-production activities, including managing customer APQP launch activities to ensure timely completion. The role requires understanding customer requirements, providing cross-functional program launch support, interfacing with Engineering to verify compliance with LPMP milestones, and ensuring plant APQP/Quality teams are working toward those milestones. The position is based in person at Lear’s world headquarters in Southfield, Michigan, and requires travel of up to 20% as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a comparable field from an accredited institution.
At least four years of work experience in quality applications such as Plant Quality, AIAG, APQP, or PPAP launch experience.
Expertise in the customer APQP process.
Competence in quality tools and process/production control methods, including Control Plans, FMEA, and PPAP.
Problem-solving and analytical skills using the 8D methodology.
Understanding of internal and external Quality Systems.
Ability to conduct proactive risk analysis throughout the launch.
Strong interpersonal communication and listening skills.
Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
Ability to work with teams and lead decision-making in a team environment.
Good 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% as needed.

Nice To Haves

General Motors APQP experience, including GM Supply Power and CGxx/1927xx requirements.
JIT or 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 in 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, 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 of findings 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.