Quality Engineer II - Wire Harness

Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc.•Farmington Hills, MI

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Quality Engineer II to take care of all Rivian PPAP's and help on assessment and solution of issues, review with all manufacturing facilities PPAP strategies to meet customers due dates and ensure all APQP deliverables.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Quality or related field, and 3-5 years industry-specific experience in automotive quality assurance or engineering.
Knowledge of automotive OEM structure, manufacturing and technical demands and customer requirements and relationships and procedures demonstrated by 3 or more years experience in Quality, Engineering and/or Design/Product Development Engineering in the automotive industry.
Working knowledge of automotive EDS systems, components and reasonable proficiency in APQP Process.
Ability to read and interpret Engineering drawings, product specifications, procedures and standards.
Strong organization and communication skills, as well as presentation proficiency to all levels of customer management and staff are expected.
Able to travel domestically and internationally.
Some on-call and/or shift work is necessary and expected as necessary to support customer requirements.
Proficient in standard MS office PC/software applications and automotive OEM web applications.

Nice To Haves

ASQ CQE level certification and/or equivalent is helpful but not required.
Certification or demonstrated equivalent ability in a technical problem-solving discipline (Six Sigma, Shainin, Kepner-Tregoe, etc.) is preferred.

Responsibilities

Review with manufacturing facilities all PPAP deliverables in order to meet PPAP dates.
Review with all different teams APQP deliverables for each launching phases.
To be in contact with customer quality representatives (SDE) to review product PPAP status in all program phases.
May participate in the creation and/or interpretation of Quality-related documentation for project design history files (APQP Plan, customer requirements, FMEA, Control Plan, PPAP, FPSO plans etc.)
Participate on teams that identify risks/hazards associated with product designs, processes, applications and production phases.
Closely monitors customer PPAP portals, perceptions and makes judgements regarding necessary actions during the new products launching phases. Provides feedback to the responsible organization and assures required improvement activities.
Coordinate 8D problem solving for any customer concern during the maturation timing till MP.