Quality Engineer
About The Position
Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world! This role supervises plant quality functions and coordinates APQP functions. The Quality Engineer participates in APQP meetings and coordinates the review of the Production Tooling Progress Report. They will create and assist in implementing and maintaining control plans, work/inspection instructions, local procedures, visual aids/samples. This position prepares sample submissions for PPAP Packages and supervises the retention of PPAP samples. The role assists in maintaining IATF-16949 certification and meeting customer quality requirements. The Quality Engineer acts as the Quality Department liaison with the supplier to investigate quality problems and serves as a resource to the supplier pertaining to product quality. They will assist in problem-solving activities, both internal and customer-initiated, and design and implement corrective actions, both with customers and suppliers, and follow these programs to prevent recurrence. This role also develops and implements corrective actions (8-D) for internal quality and delivery problems and works with manufacturing personnel to effectively implement corrective/preventive actions and to verify the effectiveness of those actions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field or combination of education and experience
- 3+ years of Quality Engineering experience in an automotive manufacturing environment
- Strong knowledge of AIAG Core Tools including APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, and SPC
- Working knowledge of IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and customer-specific automotive requirements
- Experience with root cause analysis and problem-solving methodologies (8D, 5 Why, Fishbone)
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and GD&T
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across production, engineering, suppliers, and customers
Responsibilities
- Supervises plant quality functions
- Coordinates APQP functions
- Participates in APQP meetings and coordinates the review of the Production Tooling Progress Report
- Creates / assists in implementing and maintaining control plans, work/inspection instructions, local procedures, visual aids/samples
- Prepares sample submissions for PPAP Packages
- Supervises the retention of PPAP samples
- Assists in maintaining IATF-16949 certification and meeting customer quality requirements
- Acts as Quality Department liaison with the supplier to investigate quality problems
- Acts as a resource to the supplier pertaining to product quality
- Assists in problem solving activities, both internal and customer-initiated
- Designs and implements corrective actions, both with customers and suppliers
- Follows corrective action programs to prevent recurrence
- Develops and implements corrective actions (8-D) for internal quality and delivery problems
- Works with manufacturing personnel to effectively implement corrective/preventive actions
- Verifies effectiveness of corrective/preventive actions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
