- Professional
- Bureau à San Antonio
We are passionate about customer satisfaction and service. We fearlessly engage in any effort that will eliminate our customers’ risk and clear a path to their success. We immerse ourselves in our customers’ world, reveal unknowns and deliver integrated solutions.
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.
- Process Quality
- 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
Education
- 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, Skills and Abilities
- 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.
Key Performance Characteristics
- Innovative Outlook
- Power of Analysis
- Effective Communication Skills
- Adaptability, Strong Work Ethic
- Passion for the Job and Sense of Urgency
- Positive Attitude, Honesty/Integrity
- Provide Quality leadership for root cause analysis and corrective action teams related to product non-conformances reported by customers and/or are supplier related in an effort support corporate quality performance goals
- Continually seeks to accomplish the mission and improve the organization by Displaying a no-excuse can-do attitude
- Providing a superior level of customer service by exceeding internal and external customer expectations
- Staying aware of developments in quality knowledge and tools in the quality industry
- Spreading the message of Quality and Organization Excellence throughout the organization