Quality Engineer

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QUALITY ENGINEER
DETROIT, MI 

As a member of the Quality team, the Quality Engineer will be responsible for all quality controls that must be maintained and verified such as core documents, Audits, supplier approved PPAP, PPAP to customer, corrective actions, and all customer responses.

The Role:

Your work will include, but not be limited to:

• Participates in design of call monitoring formats and quality standards.
• Uses quality monitoring data management system to compile and track performance at team and individual level.
• Provides actionable data to various internal support groups as needed.
• Coordinates and facilitates call calibration sessions for Lear staff.
• Provides feedback concerning quality team leaders and managers.
• Prepares and analyzes internal quality reports for management staff review.
• Responsible for new material sample approval.
• Examines contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy of incoming or outgoing shipment.
• Confers and corresponds with establishment representatives to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages, and nonconformance to specifications.
• Ensures quality conforms to requirements; workmanship standards, work instructions, engineering documents, and thorough testing are used to assess the conformance of the product, and non-conformances are either immediately repaired and re-inspected, or identified and segregated from conforming product.
• Inspects the product and/or audits processes based upon the quality history, criticality, and capability of the processes.
• Develops methods for inspection, testing, sampling, and training.
• Evaluates production capabilities and recommends improvements.
• Assists in developing quality assurance policies and procedures.
• Inspects and verifies a wide variety of equipment, parts, and subassemblies to ensure conformance to the latest revision of the design specifications, drawings, and industry quality standards.
• Performs inspection operations referring to copies of schematics, specifications, assembly prints and piece part drawings.
• Works with engineering groups to develop measuring equipment standards and techniques for new or unusual precision mechanical parts and assemblies.
• Examines, evaluates, and disposes rejected material.
• Tracks and reduces rejected inventory.
• Verifies conformance of parts and assemblies to specifications using various inspection equipment (CMM, surface plate, calipers, verniers, height gauges, etc.).
• Travels to local supplier sites to perform source inspection of supplied product to ensure all specifications.
• Helps to maintain the integrity of the inspection equipment in the area.
• Ensures that all equipment is in calibration.
• Aids in scheduling calibration of the equipment with the 3rd party calibration lab.
• Assists other inspectors working with them to exchange and share knowledge.
• Reports serious quality issues to the department lead and assist in working towards that appropriate corrective action recommendation.
• Performs inspection on returned material (RGA s) and determine appropriate disposition to either MRB or stock.
• Performs inspection supplier rework parts to ensure rework was performed correctly and that the part conforms to specifications.

Your Qualifications:

• BS/BA in any related field
• 1-2 years’ experience in automotive JIT environment
• Possess strong knowledge of TS16949 quality management system and control techniques, application knowledge of FMEA, SPC, TQM, etc. methodology
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills

Bonus If You Have:

• Comprehensive knowledge of AQP, PPAP, Control Plans, PFMEA
• Knowledge of measurement systems, FARO CAM2Q software
• 3 to 5 years’ experience in the Quality Department preferably within the manufacturing/ automotive industry.
• Experience in ISO/TS, Customer and Internal Audits.
• Understanding of manufacturing assembly, sequencing and equipment principles.
• Experience using calipers, micrometers, and other measurement devices.
• Supervisory experience within a unionized environment.

Lear Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workplace.

Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.