Quality Engineer

Autokiniton•Shepherdsville, KY

13d•Onsite

About The Position

AUTOKINITON is hiring a Quality Engineer for its Quality team at its Shepherdsville, Kentucky location. The role supports quality engineering and supplier development in an automotive manufacturing environment, serving as the main contact for external customer concerns and helping drive a progressive quality system that prevents defects and meets or exceeds customer expectations. The position reports to the Quality Manager and includes coordination with customers, suppliers, in-plant personnel, technicians, and cross-functional teams. Travel to customers, vendors, and suppliers may be required as necessary. The Quality Engineer supports quality management system audits, quality processes and controls, corrective and preventive actions, documentation, performance metrics, training, and continuous improvement. AUTOKINITON describes the workplace as dynamic and collaborative and provides position-specific information about physical and focused efforts, the working environment, conditions, and reasonable accommodation during the interview process.

Requirements

Minimum three years of experience in quality engineering or supplier development.

Nice To Haves

A.S.Q.C. certified quality engineer (preferred).
Automotive experience (highly preferred).

Responsibilities

Schedule and conduct meetings with customers, suppliers, and in-plant personnel.
Provide input into departmental strategic goals and identify measurable metrics to support those goals.
Serve as the main contact for external customer concerns; monitor, respond to, initiate corrective actions for, follow up on, close, and track customer complaints.
Work with customers to obtain necessary APQP documents, including Process Flow, PFMEA, and Control Plans.
Support internal and third-party ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System audits and ISO 17025:2017 (A2LA) audits.
Research and design quality processes and controls.
Evaluate designs, drawings, project plans, specifications, and other documents.
Initiate and facilitate cross-functional teams to solve problems and mistake-proof quality issues.
Drive implementation of a progressive quality system to prevent defects and meet or exceed customer expectations.
Drive implementation of quality policies, operating procedures, and work instructions.
Develop and maintain company performance metric data and prepare charts and summaries for applicable measures.
Travel to customers, vendors, and suppliers as necessary; generate and distribute visitation reports and other customer communications.
Assist with training and support for Advanced Quality Technicians, including gage training.
Audit and assist with quality procedures and buy-off criteria for tools, parts, and assembly processes at Axis and AUTOKINITON plants.
Prepare and update set-up instructions, check fixture instructions, operator inspection instructions, and, when necessary, repair instructions and sort logs.
Coordinate the activities of the AXIS third-party certification lab.
Prepare, submit, and follow through on deviation request forms when necessary.
Ensure corrective actions are submitted in a timely manner and preventive countermeasures are verified.
Support and implement company safety and quality policies in daily work habits.
Support and implement housekeeping initiatives and continuous improvement activities in daily work habits.
Help write and maintain procedures.
Train and guide Advanced Quality Technicians as needed.
Maintain documentation and databases.