Automotive Quality Engineer - CI & PPAP Specialist

Adient US LLC; San Antonio (TX); Sur place; USD 85 000 - 105 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Adient US LLC at Avanzar San Antonio Facility seeks a Quality Engineer with 3–4 years of automotive experience to drive process quality improvements. You will ensure conformance to ISO/TS 16949 and customer requirements, lead PPAP and PFMEA activities, and mentor teams in statistical tools.

The role emphasizes continuous improvement, Layered Process Audits, and collaboration with customers and manufacturing to meet KPIs and resolve issues swiftly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 3–4 years of experience as a Quality Engineer in the automotive industry.
• Education and training in Quality disciplines incl. ISO/TS 16949 or QS9000, CI, TQM, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, DOE, SPC.
• Six Sigma certification strongly preferred.
• Strong problem-solving knowledge: 8D, Kepner-Tregoe (KT), A3.
• Experience with data analysis using Excel, Minitab and Power BI.

Responsabilités

• Ensure compliance with BOS, ISO/TS 16949, and customer-specific requirements.
• Understand plant and customer KPIs and help meet or exceed targets.
• Participate as a Layered Process Auditor as directed.
• Drive continuous improvement across production quality deliverables.
• Support PPAP package preparation and obtain approvals before submission.
• Develop/update Control Plans and PFMEAs with Manufacturing Engineer.
• Create inspection and containment plans.
• Utilize all customer-specific systems effectively.
• Conduct capability studies for special characteristics with proper documentation.
• Support continuous improvement of Operation Description Sheets (ODS).
• Identify and apply statistical tools, mentor team members.
• Serve as primary interface with assigned external customers for issue resolution.
• Ensure completion of customer-specific advanced quality planning.
• Prepare and submit 8-D reports to customers in a timely manner.
• Visit customers as needed and facilitate communication between customer and plant.
• Initiate Quality Alerts and follow through until resolution.
• Verify customer return material analyses, root cause and corrective actions.

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Outils

Excel

Minitab

Power BI

Description du poste

Adient US LLC at Avanzar San Antonio Facility seeks a Quality Engineer with 3–4 years of automotive experience to drive process quality improvements. You will ensure conformance to ISO/TS 16949 and customer requirements, lead PPAP and PFMEA activities, and mentor teams in statistical tools.

The role emphasizes continuous improvement, Layered Process Audits, and collaboration with customers and manufacturing to meet KPIs and resolve issues swiftly.