Product Quality Engineer (Automated Vehicle Engineering)

Daifuku • Novi, MI

79d • Hybrid

About The Position

Daifuku Airport America Corporation, a subsidiary of Daifuku North America and part of the global Daifuku group, is a leader in automated materials handling systems. The company is seeking an experienced Product Quality Engineer to focus on the total process and production quality for Daifuku’s Smart Handling products, specifically Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs). This role involves creating, directing, and participating in quality processes throughout the design, manufacture, and deployment phases, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. The Product Quality Engineer will coordinate with various internal departments and customers to produce, maintain, analyze, and verify quality processes, and will also contribute to recommendations for productivity, quality, cost reduction, and customer satisfaction improvements.

Requirements

• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Knowledge of the practical application of quality concepts to product and system design and manufacturing. Active and value add participation in engineering process impact on quality is expected.
• Knowledge of manufacturing concepts and techniques, including process and material flow. Active and value add participation in production process impact on quality is expected.
• Knowledge of the theory and practical application of DFMEA, PFMEA, and Design for Manufacturing concepts.
• Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of you, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Verbal and Written Expression and Recognition — The ability to listen to, understand and communicate information and ideas presented through spoken or written words and sentences.
• Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office – MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or equivalent work experience in engineering management role preferred
• Experience with Project Management preferred
• 2+ years of related experience, direct experience in quality process development and execution preferred
• Experience in product design and/or manufacturing process design preferred

Responsibilities

• Responsible for creation, leadership, and participation in DFMEA
• Participation in creation, leadership, and participation in PFMEA
• Responsible for creation and maintenance of quality processes and documentation associated with product design
• Responsible for leadership and management of field quality issues, including root-cause analysis and corrective actions
• Responsible for leadership and management of containment plans related to quality corrective actions
• Responsible for engaging in corporate quality process(es) for manufacturing feedback and engineering changes
• Accountable for design and documentation quality
• Participate in Design for Manufacturing review(s)
• Schedule and perform periodic reviews of design, deployment, and manufacturing processes to ensure compliance
• Engage internal and external stakeholders in collection and analysis of data and feedback on product quality
• Provide structured and creative data analysis of manufacturing, customer, and product data to identify quality and process performance improvement opportunities
• Identify and raise any issues that may impact project or product quality
• Create material and present to external and internal teams
• Ensure Smart Handling quality process compliance with corporate guidelines
• Create and propose process and design improvements in accordance with company guidelines
• Recommend and implement quality process improvement
• Drive and participate in product build process
• Determine and provide maintainability of product

Benefits

• excellent medical, vision, and dental insurance
• paid vacation time
• paid sick time
• paid holidays
• 401K
• Flexible Spending Programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level