Full Job Description
We are seeking a Process Quality Engineer to work at our AWS location in San Antonio, Texas. Candidate must be a self-starter, hands-on individual with 5+ years of automotive industry experience. Experience with Wire Harness manufacturing is a preferred.
Key Job Elements
Fulfill the role of Quality Engineer in:
• Process Quality
• RTF Metric reporting and problem solving.
• Support and instruct Quality Inspectors.
• Identify root cause and respond with corrective action.
• Develop and execute plans for quality control to ensure constant manufacturing continuity and product conformance.
• Review, supervise and review quality control plans.
• Participate as Material Review Board member to review Non-Conforming Material as suitable.
• Initiate purge and sort activities along with supervise quality documents.
• Develop and execute statistical process controls utilizing appropriate quality tools plus statistical techniques.
• DMAIC: Define, measure, analyze, improve and control
• PDCA: Plan, do, check, act
• Problem solving (product/process)
• APQP: Advanced Product Quality Planning
• Review drawings, routings, work orders, work instructions and various related production and development plans for quality requirements.
• Process flow diagrams, Work instructions, control plans and PFMEA
• PPAP: Production Part Approval Process: Assist qualification of new manufactured quality products.
• Customer Quality: Apply 8D Methodology to investigate all Customer complaints and issues.
Fulfill the role of Manufacturing Engineer in:
• Change management: Drive execution of SBR, ECR/ECO, DCO, DEV, 8D, NCR and Inspections.
• Continuous Improvement: Optimizer Value streams for operational excellence and lean manufacturing:
• Poka Yoke / Mistake proofing
• Capacity (current/forecast)
• Standard work / Line balance
• Kaizen (mini/major events)
• 5S and Visual Standards
• SMED: Single Minute Exchange of Dies
• Support Manufacturing Operations
• Design experiments to develop optimum production processes - manual assembly, automated assembly, press operations, automated inspection, testing, etc.
• Supervise ME Technicians to identify and solve production/quality issues
• Plan and develop processes and capacity utilization strategy for assembly operation of electrical components.
• Ensure production readiness of key processes.
• Troubleshoot root cause for equipment and process related problems.
• Develop appropriate secondary manufacturing processes.
• Create work instructions & procedures and update existing.
• Conduct time studies, modify BOMs and routings.
• Work with suppliers on component issues.
• Workplace design (Tools / Fixtures / Cells) and Plant layout.
• Material presentation and packaging.
• Support New Product Development and Continuous Improvement Efforts
• Class 2 project ownership for Operations.
• Class 1 support Advanced Manufacturing Engineering and Manufacturing Test Engineering.
• Support Safety and Training
• Establish solutions to safety near misses, Path cards (Ergonomics).
• Lead and participate in OSHA teams.
• Train the trainers and train operators as required.
• Personal Development
• Learn how our products work and how they are used.
Qualifications
• B.S. in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or B.S.E.T. Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• A minimum of 5 years of high volume Electronic Manufacturing, preferably for automotive applications
• Prefer Six Sigma training or certification
• Knowledge of FMEA, PPAP, MSA, Fault Tree Analysis, DVT (Design Verification Testing), Product Return Rate Analysis, FRACAS and Root Cause Failure Analysis is required.
• Ability to communicate effectively with global customers, design/production engineering, and manufacturing.
• Experience with lean manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Experience with Mini-Tab preferred.
• Experience supporting ISO, TS, CSA, and/or UL.