Quality Engineer

Job Title: Quality Engineer/Process Engineer/Manufacturing Engineer

Location - Jacksonville, FL (Onsite)

Job Duration: 12 Months Contract

Need local candidate. Interview can be either Video or F2F depending on manager

Must Have Skills

Quality Engineer/process engineer/manufacturing engineer - a blend with quality engineering required. - 10 years

Automotive Manufacturer Industry or Auto Parts Industry, not supplier 7 years

BS Degree Engineering

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree (accredited school) or equivalent work experience with emphasis in Engineering and/or Quality Management.
• Must have 7 years’ experience in a technical function in the Automotive Industry.
• Process optimization:
• Analysis and optimization of processes.
• Business General:
• Knowledge of fundamental business practices and concepts that impact the success and profitability of the organization.
• Quality Assurance:
• Knowledge of accounting standards, statistical analysis, precision measurement, and process capability.
• Processing:
• Comprehensive knowledge of quality control, costs, tools, and other techniques to achieve maximum efficiency.
• Multicultural competencies:
• Ability to productively work alongside representatives of various cultures to ensure success of global processes.
• Automotive Engineering:
• Fundamental understanding of the components of vehicles as well as physical forces and chemical processes.
• Materials Sciences:
• Knowledge of qualities and characteristics of materials used in the automotive industry.
• Ability to work in an international and multicultural environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Must be able to work flexible hours/work schedule.
• Travel domestically and internationally.
• German language skills are advantageous.

Responsibilities:

• Quality Engineer has to analyze parts from the field and lead task forces to solve quality problems and determine countermeasures together with suppliers and internal departments (RD, Quality, After Sales and Production Plants).
• Identifying weaknesses of existing processes and optimizing them for more efficiency is a key competency as well as a strong collaboration with the worldwide Quality Engineering Center network (USA, Germany and China).
• An additional task is to negotiate warranty cost chargebacks with localized suppliers in USA and Mexico based on the defined acceptance rates from the field quality analysis process.
• Identify new quality issues or unjustified warranty claims for defective parts from one of three commodities:
• Interior/Exterior.
• Electrics/Electronics.
• Powertrain.
• Analyze warranty return parts and determine the root cause of the failure.
• Lead task forces to solve quality problems together with suppliers/internal departments (RD, Quality, After Sales, Production).
• Document the analysis results in the respective IT systems and Monitor Field Warranty Data and adjust Parts Routing.
• Negotiate warranty charge back to suppliers.
• Supplier Visits/Audits to ensure Warranty Analysis Processes are according to VDA standard.
• Supervise technician to ensure correct parts handling and timely system processing.
• Ability to train, lead and mentor other engineers.