Advanced Quality Planning Engineer (NPI)

Flint Hills Resources; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Molex, a Koch company, seeks an Advanced Quality Planning Engineer (NPI) to collaborate with Product Development on a robust Quality Plan ensuring flawless product launches. You will manage risk, metrology, and supplier/customer approvals to meet cost, quality, and delivery goals.

You will lead front-end reviews, qualification of new parts, and process audits, driving continual improvements across design and manufacturing teams.

Qualifications

• BS Degree in Engineering or related field.
• 3 years’ experience in Quality Engineering or related engineering field.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Good interpersonal skills for effective leadership and team facilitation.
• Solid knowledge & understanding of metrology and GD&T.
• Knowledge of statistics — experience using Minitab or other software.
• Experience in using MS Office (Excel, Word, Power Point).
• Able to travel (domestic and international) 5% -10%

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Quality Plan for new products and modifications.
• Lead risk analyses during front-end reviews and contribute to design & process FMEA.
• Qualify new/modified parts; manage measurement plans and fixtures; perform MSA and CAPability studies.
• Conduct Safe Launch and process audits; qualify new production processes; ensure compliance with control plans.
• Ensure customer documentation for acceptance of new products is completed.
• Work with supplier quality to approve supplier documentation for new components.
• Lead 8D problem solving and drive preventive improvements to product development processes.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Good communication skills

Good interpersonal skills

Metrology & GD&T knowledge

Statistics knowledge (Minitab)

MS Office proficiency

Travel readiness 5–10%

Education

BS Degree in Engineering

Tools

Minitab

Gauge & Fixture design

Job description

Advanced Quality Planning Engineer (NPI)

The primary purpose of your role is to work closely with the Product Development team to develop and maintain a Quality Plan. This plan is crucial in managing and mitigating project risks to ensure a flawless product launch that meets the customer's cost, quality, and delivery requirements.

Our Team

You will be reporting to the AQP Manager.
Working with internal parties:Product Design Engineers, Manufacturing / Process / Tooling Engineers, Project Management, Manufacturing Plants, Product Management & Sales / Marketing

Working with external parties:Customers, Suppliers

What You Will Do

• Quality Plan Development :Ensures the project Quality Plan for new products and product modifications are focused on the voice of customer and all project quality deliverables are completed in a timely manner.
• Risk Analysis :Facilitation during front-end product / tool / assembly design or process reviews, design & processFMEA reviews by providing inputs on internal and external quality history, lessons learned and through activecritical thinking / questioning.Reviews and approved reliability test plan.
• Metrology / Qualification of New / Modified Parts :Facilitate the development of measurement plans / methods and lead the disposition of new products at FOT (First Off Tool) and Qualification.Ownership of gauges & necessary inspection fixtures, perform Measurement System Analysis, Capability Studies & any necessary statistical analysis with goal of Tool / Process Qualification.
• Flawless Launch :Work with Manufacturing AQP or QE to conduct Safe Launch exercise ， Perform process audits and reverse (go & see) FMEA’s to qualify new production processes, and to ensure compliance to documented control plans for new products.
• Customer Approval :Ensures customer required documentation relating to customer acceptance of new products and product modifications are completed.
• Supplier Approval :Reviews and approves supplier product specific documentation on new and modified purchased components.Works with supplier quality engineer to ensure compliance.
• Problem Solver :Lead in the problem solving (8D’s), analysis, and resolution of new product related customer complaints or internal quality complaints during launch.Support efforts for prevention of repeat issues & systemic improvements to the Product Development Processes to reduce New Products QNs.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• BS Degree in Engineering or other related field
• 3 years’ experience in Quality Engineering or related engineering field
• Strong organizational skill to anticipate, plan, organize and self-monitor workload
• Good communication skill and presentation skill
• Good interpersonal skills for effective leadership and team facilitation
• Solid Knowledge & understanding of metrology and GD&T
• Knowledge of statistics - experience using Minitab or other software
• Experience in using MS Office (Excel, Word, Power Point)
• Able to travel (domestic and international) 5% -10%

What Will Put You Ahead

• Training in Advance Quality Planning Tools like DFMEA, Lean / Six Sigma, reliability test plans
• 3 years’ experience in Quality engineering in a new-product introduction environment
• 3 years’ experience performing PFMEA/DFMEA and using other Advanced Quality Planning tool
• Working knowledge of testing, molding, stamping, plating and assembly processes
• Quality System (ISO 9001 or IATF 16949) and Supplier Auditing experience, Gage and Fixture design

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, drivinginnovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.