Engineer, Quality/PPAP

Cooper Standard Automotive; Torreón; Hybrid; MXN 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Cooper Standard Automotive is seeking a Plant Quality Engineer to oversee quality control and planning for new and existing programs. The role acts as the quality representative on the Program Team, ensuring control plans, PFMEA, PPAP, inspection, gauging, and GD&T align with customer and company requirements.

The position requires an Engineering degree or CQE with automotive industry experience, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to drive continuous improvements.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or CQE or equivalent experience.
• One year minimum experience in automotive industry.
• Reading and interpreting engineering drawings and specifications.
• Working knowledge of automotive quality customer requirements.
• Ability to complete PPAP packages to customer requirements.
• SPC and GD&T knowledge.
• Calibration knowledge (OMNEX).

Responsibilities

• Leads the Quality Engineering function on new and current programs.
• Interacts with Divisional PT team and program engineers.
• Participates in DFMEA development considering lessons learned and warranty.
• Participates in PFMEA development considering lessons learned and warranty.
• Develops and implements quality documents for new programs including control plans and reports.
• Establishes gauging requirements and approvals; leads gauge studies (R&R).
• Manages PPAP packages for internal and external customers.
• Provides customer liaison support for launches.
• Leads problem solving for quality issues.
• Collaborates with Purchasing, Engineering and others to resolve supplier quality issues.
• Publishes quality documents and containment actions to meet requirements.
• Plans, organizes, and manages receiving/outgoing quality activities.
• Supports safe launch of new parts and data-driven process improvements.
• Participates in change management and audits.
• Supports training of new manufacturing associates.
• Reviews quality reports to ensure conformance and drive improvements.
• Complies with ISO 14001/45001 standards and related policies.

Skills

Quality planning

PFMEA

DFMEA

PPAP

GD&T

SPC

Lean

Audits

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree or CQE

Tools

None

Job description

GENERAL SUMMARY

(Describe the overall duties and responsibilities of the job)

The Plant Quality Engineer is responsible for the overall quality control and quality planning activities for new, existing programs and is the designated quality representative on the Program Team (PT). In this function the Quality Engineer ensures the control plans, PFMEA, PPAP, inspection, gauging, GD&T is consistent with customer and Cooper Standard's requirements. Ensures the quality and compliance of all products and product events for both internal/external customers, and supplier.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

(Duties required for successful job performance)

• Leads the Quality Engineering Function on both new and current programs as assigned.
• Key interface with Divisional PT team (Design Engineers, Program Engineers, and Account Manager).
• Participates with the Program Engineer in the development of DFMEA's by taking into consideration lessons learned, known customer/internal problems and warranty.
• Participates with the Manufacturing Engineer in the development of PFMEA by taking into consideration lessons learned, known customer/internal problems and warranty.
• Develops and implements quality documents for new product programs including control plans,
• Inspection reports, master samples, visual aids, and work instructions.
• Establishes gauging requirements, fabrication of gauging and approvals.
• Leads gauge studies (R&R) activities.
• Is responsible for manages the preparation and submission of Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) packages for internal and external customers.
• Provides customer liaison support for launch activities.
• Leads problem solving process for all quality related issues utilizing Cooper Standard's problem.
• Solving processes and or the applicable customer processes, forms, standards and provides timely responses to customers.
• Visits customers pro-actively if is necessary to resolve quality concerns.
• Works with Purchasing, Engineering, and others as required for resolving supplier quality issues.
• Publishes all necessary quality documents including quality alerts, containment gates and work instructions, and rework procedures to ensure compliance to quality requirements.
• Responsible for planning, organizing, and managing the overall activities of receiving/outgoing quality functions.
• Establishes safe launch process for new parts, reviews data on a regular basis, drives process improvements and establishes exit plan based on data.
• Participation in change management activities and ensures changes are properly managed, approved and implemented effectively.
• Participates in Layered Process Audits and external 3rd party audits.
• Participates in training of new manufacturing associates.
• Review of quality reports to ensure part conformance to customer and internal requirements and drive actions to improve quality.
• All the responsibilities and follow the authority assigned according to the FTM-EHS-12 Roles, Responsibility and Authority Matrix from ISO 14001 /45001
• Complies with policies and procedures pertaining to facility or divisional adopted standards such as IATF 16949
• Ensures Housekeeping and Health & Safety Standards are met.
• Utilizes the concepts of continuous improvement including Lean.
• SPC Improvement
• Other assignments as directed by the Quality Manager.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE and KNOWLEDGE

(Required occupational qualifications and other requirements)

• Engineering degree / Certified Quality Engineering (CQE) or equivalent experience.
• One year minimum experience in automotive industry
• Skilled in the reading and interpretation of engineering drawings and specifications.
• Working knowledge of automotive quality customer requirements.
• Ability to complete PPAP packages to customer requirements.
• SPC
• GD&T
• Calibration
• OMNEX

REQUIRED SKILLS and ABILITIES

(Those needed to perform the essential functions of the job)

• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Problem solving skills.
• Leadership skills.Able to multi-task and prioritize effectively.
• Desire Mandatory trainings by client (In case of not having them, they will be programmed in the annual training plan)