What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality/ Reliability Eng General position at Altair Engineering, Inc.?
Transforming the Future with Convergence of Simulation and Data
Quality/ Reliability Eng General
Job Summary:
Our client in Dearborn, MI is looking for a Quality/ Reliability Eng General. This is a contract position.
What You Will Do:
- Lead knowledge development in problem solving across the STA organization.
- Provide technical support to colleagues as the subject matter expert in various problem-solving techniques and tools.
- Provide coaching and support on projects as well as training exercises.
- Complete project work on critical issues do.
- Provide training to STA team members.
- Provide coaching to STA team members
- Drive use of triage script for critical issues.
- Support Stage 3 disputes to provide objective analysis.
- VHM specific cradle to grave FASS/PAC support.
- Complete Engineering duties.
- Utilize process engineering skills to understand the physics used to create parts and troubleshoot problems.
- Complete engineering analysis using CAE and free body diagrams to understand the forces applied to parts and systems that are causing things to break or wear out.
- Calculate stress on parts and systems and the strength of parts and systems.
- Calculate flow rate of air and fluids to understand problems related to power, cooling and heating systems.
- Determine simple chemical equations of reactions occurring between materials
- Analyze the stress strain curve properties for parts that are failing to understand why metals and plastics are causing problems.
- Create or analyze electrical diagrams to help understand how systems are supposed to help diagnose problems.
- Complete reliability engineering work with Weibull and other distributions to understand the failure rate to determine if issues are infant mortality or wear out conditions and also predict rate of future failures.
- Use engineering skills to develop solutions to problems.
- Utilize company’s warranty systems and other data bases to identify the biggest issues and use the data to determine contrasts to help drive problem solving process.
- Apply Strategic Problem Solving to use strategies to determine the physics, chemistry, electricity, etc. causing the failures and drive to resolution.
- Use 6-Sigma skills including Measurement Systems Analysis, process capability, hypothesis tests, pairwise comparisons, Design of Experiments, Multi-vary analysis, multiple regression, reliability analysis, etc. to complete tests and analyze data.
- Utilize the 3x5 why process to drive to systemic root cause and systemic improvements.
Basics:
- Bachelor of Science/ Engineering, or equivalent technical / manufacturing aptitude
- 2 years of Plant Manufacturing experience
- Problem-Solving Skills – Black Belt (preferred) and Strategic Problem-Solving Knowledge
- Proven analytical skills with a passion for 6 Sigma, exposure to Quality Tools, and knowledge of Ford’s problem-solving techniques, data analysis, and statistical tools.
- Experience using Minitab
- Ability to develop and present materials to senior leadership with short timelines
- Strong communication and team building
- Knowledge of vehicle or powertrain component commodities, functions, and related features.
- Ability to speak and write in the English language fluently to effectively communicate with the global team Ability to travel frequently to supplier sites up to 70%.
Preferred:
- Electrical and physics knowledge
- Knowledge on analyzing big data
- Experience leading multiple complex assignments with demanding timelines
- Knowledge of problem-solving tools
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes
- Quality experience
- Six Sigma Engineer
How You Will Be Successful:
- Envision the Future
- Communicate Honestly and Broadly
- Seek Technology and Business “First”
- Embrace Diversity and Take Risks
What We Offer:
- Competitive Salary
- Comprehensive Benefit Package
- 401(k) with matching contributions
- Paid Time Off
- Employee Discounts
- Free training on all Altair products
Why Work with Us:
Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.
Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.
For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com
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