American Axle & Manufacturing

Advanced Quality Engineer

American Axle & Manufacturing$70K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field
  • 1-3+ years of quality experience in the automotive industry
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Act as the customer's main contact for quality requirements
  • Ensure customer systems and performance requirements are understood internally
  • Monitor customer performance data to ensure alignment with internal reporting
  • Conduct regular meetings with customers to build relationships and discuss requirements
  • Clarify customer requirements and document details during interviews
  • Provide exceptional service to promote continued customer engagement
  • Develop and execute customer quality improvement plans and lead problem-solving efforts

Benefits

  • Fully onsite role in Alamance, NC
  • Opportunity to improve business capability through training
  • Involvement in cross-functional teamwork for problem-solving
  • Engagement with customer relationship management activities
  • Direct impact on customer satisfaction and product quality
Full Job Description
Job Posting Title
Advanced Quality Engineer

Job Description Summary
Dauch is looking for a Quality Engineer to join our team in Alamance, NC. This is a fully onsite role.

The Quality Engineer is the customer's main contact and source of information for customer-specific quality requirements. This individual will work across locations and functions to develop plans to improve quality performance in line with the voice of the customer.

Job Description:
  • Customer Service: Acts as the conscious voice of the customer within the organization, acting as the customer representative on all related activities. Accesses customer B2B portals on a regular basis in order to obtain performance metrics and update and maintain customer specific requirements.
  • Resolving Customer Issues: Ensures customer specific systems (APQP, change management, zero mileage, warranty service, etc.) and performance requirements are understood and communicated within the organization.
  • Customer Relationship Development / Prospecting: Assures customer satisfaction by monitoring and communicating current customer performance data and ensure alignment with internal reporting.
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Data: Holds regular meetings with the customer to develop working relationships, review current performance, and discuss future changes to requirements.
  • Customer Needs Clarification: Clarifies the customer's requirements and assists in conducting interviews with potential customers to collect client requirements, making detailed notes.
  • Renewals: Provides exceptional service to customers to encourage continued use of the organization's products/services.
  • Compliance: Develops and executes a customer quality improvement plan (Road Map) aligned with agreed objectives and end targets (KPIs). Leads escalated problem-solving using CSR (6 sigma, Shainin Red X, KT, etc.) and communicates findings effectively to leadership.
  • Personal Capability Building: Undertakes training when identified to improve business capability and allow for changes in technology and quality requirements. Continuously improves Customer Quality sub function.
  • Quality Management System: Monitors customer B2B portal data and highlights potential issues to leadership.
  • Quality Concern Management: Uses structured problem-solving approach and engages cross-functional team to analyze problems in a timely manner, supported by robust data and sound logic.
  • Quality Reporting: Consolidates customer B2B portal data and summarizes main issues/actions as part of plant Quality reporting and uses monthly voice of customer reports to drive improvements within the scope of the plant.
  • All other duties as assigned.


Required Skills and Education
  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or other related Engineering field.
  • 1-3+ years of relevant Quality experience within the automotive industry.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.


About American Axle & Manufacturing

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM) is a leading global Tier 1 automotive supplier of driveline and metal forming technologies that are used to power a wide range of vehicles. AAM’s products are found in vehicles that drive on the road, fly through the air, and even drive under the sea. AAM’s engineering, design, and manufacturing capabilities allow it to produce products that meet the needs of its customers around the world. AAM has over 25,000 associates operating at nearly 90 facilities in 17 countries to support its customers on global and regional platforms with a focus on quality, operational excellence and technology leadership.
Learn more about American Axle & Manufacturing
Size
18,000 employees
Market Cap
$872.8 million
Industry
Net Income
-$561.2 million
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+5.5%
Revenue
$4.7 billion
NASDAQ

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