Quality Engineer, Senior

Linamar Corporation • Southfield, MI

17d

About The Position

Reporting to the Quality Manager, plans and conducts activities concerned with
the quality assurance of industrial processes, materials, and products.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field
• 10 years or more of automotive experience
• Must be familiar with automotive supplier OEM Portals
• Must be proficient in GR&R studies, CMM, SPC, GD&T, APQP, FMEA and PPAP.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to interact and communicate at all levels of organization, and
• with customer engineering and/or management.
• Ability to effectively apply problem solving / continuous improvement principles and techniques to quality and
• manufacturing principles.
• Strong manufacturing background.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations. Position continually requires demonstrated
• poise, tact, and diplomacy. Customer focus – need to build and maintain relationships with internal and external
• customers.
• Practical knowledge of state-of-the-art inspection and quality engineering techniques, procedures, equipment, theories, and principles.

Nice To Haves

• Internal Auditor Certification strongly preferred (IATF 16949)

Responsibilities

• Acts as “Voice of the Customer” in all situations to guide Linamar to comply with expectations.
• Duty and authority to stop production when nonconforming situations are identified.
• Plans and conducts the analysis, inspection, design, test, and/or integration to assure the quality of assigned product or component.
• Performs quality engineering reviews of design documentation for compliance with stated requirements, including vendor quality manuals and company quality records.
• Applies statistical process control (SPC) methods for analyzing data to evaluate the current process and process changes.
• Reviews all purchased products or components and provides input to the decision of whether to accept the product and future purchases from the vendor.
• Documents data obtained during all quality assurance activities, consistent with company policies and procedures.
• Follows customer and internal standards to solve problems identified during quality assurance activities, maintains tracking of and presents status of plant open incidents.
• Ensures customer and internal quality processes and methods are followed in all aspects of manufacturing.
• Communicates significant issues or developments identified during quality assurance activities and provides recommended process improvements to management.
• Prepares reports to communicate involvement and results of quality assurance activities.
• Prepares and presents technical, program and quality incident information to team members, management and customers when needed.
• May direct, train, coach, mentor and guide technical and administrative workers engaged in quality assurance activities, including quality techs, sort companies and engineering staff.
• Share specialized knowledge with others, represent company on specific projects, and mentor new and current employees.
• Maintains a working knowledge of government and industry quality standards.
• Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality standards to meet customer specific requirements.
• Design and implement gage plans and inspection instructions for product quality assurance.
• Work with gage suppliers to develop and design new gage methods, variable or attribute for product measurements.
• Order and approve gaging systems with a clear understanding of in-process or in-line auto gaging.
• Manage all facets of customer PPAPs. Define, apply analyze and distribute results of customer/supplier measures; escalate internally and externally when appropriate.
• Development, implement and maintain control plans; participate in the development of APQP and FMEA documentation and implementation.
• Refine and enhance products and processes by applying continuous improvement and key lean manufacturing principles and techniques to areas of production.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Employee Benefits package includes but not limited to, Drug, Dental & Vision etc.
• Opportunities for career advancement.
• Sustainability Council
• Community based outreach supporting both local and global initiatives and charities.
• Discounts for local vendors and events, including auto supplier discounts.

What This Job Offers

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