Plant Quality Engineer

AW Technical Center USA; Cibolo (TX); Presencial; USD 60.000 - 85.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

AW Technical Center USA, located in Cibolo, TX, is seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist to lead customer Quality issues, drive PPAP activities, and maintain SPC control. The role requires strong problem-solving skills and urgency to protect manufacturing lines.

The incumbent will collaborate across functions, review drawings early, and implement AIAG guidelines while ensuring compliance with customer requirements and QMS standards.

Formación

• Must have complete product knowledge.
• Must have complete process knowledge.
• High mechanical aptitude required.
• Excellent cooperative personality and ability to work with others.
• Willingness to work night shifts when needed and on weekends/holidays.
• Able to travel on short notice as required.
• Ability to understand and follow posted work rules and procedures.
• Experience with PPAP and root cause analysis is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Ensure product compliance with customer requirements.
• Interface with customers regarding manufacturing quality issues.
• Participate in early product planning and drawing reviews.
• Contribute to cross-functional PFMEA activities.
• Implement AIAG-based customer PPAP processes.
• Evaluate data, set control levels, and maintain SPC charts.
• Feedback quality information to manufacturing and drive countermeasures.
• Lead corrective action requests to closure and verify effectiveness.
• Conduct internal process audits to ensure QMS robustness.
• Support ISO/TS16949 and ISO 14001 initiatives.

Conocimientos

Product knowledge

Process knowledge

Mechanical aptitude

Teamwork

Night shift availability

Weekend/holiday work

Cross-functional collaboration

Procedural adherence

Educación

5+ years relevant experience (automotive assembly or similar)

Herramientas

Microsoft Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint)

Descripción del empleo

Department: Quality Management, Quality Assurance Section

Location: Cibolo, TX

Position Summary

Aisin Texas has an opportunity for a new Quality Assurance Specialist. Role requires advanced problem-solving skills & high sense of urgency to resolve facility and customer quality issues as well as work on reducing impact to manufacturing lines.

Position Responsibilities

The incumbent is expected to perform the following functions that the company has determined are essential to this position:

• Ensure product's compliance with customer's requirements.
• Interface with customer relating to manufacturing quality issues.
• Participate in drawing review at early product planning stages.
• Participate in cross functional PFMEA activity.
• Implement customer part approval process activity per AIAG guidelines.
• Evaluate data, set control levels and maintain SPC control charts on selected items.
• Feedback customer quality information back to manufacturing.
• Coordinate and implement quick countermeasure activity.
• Meet with MFG to understand in-process problems & subcomponent trouble.
• Implement customer part approval process activity per AIAG guidelines.
• Responsible for certain sections or customers and will be main window person
• Assure accuracy and timeliness of customer PPAP Process.
• Evaluation of Returned Product (Field & Customer) & Report.
• Preparation of Management review material (Monthly & QR).
• Issue corrective action requests to areas with noncompliance.
• Lead corrective action requests to closure including validating countermeasures.
• Conduct process audits internally to assure QMS is robust.
• Defect Analysis & Reporting.
• Support Hoshin Kanri Activity.
• Help achieve ISO/TS16949 and ISO 14001 registration within company determined time frame.
• Perform all duties in conformance to appropriate safety and security standards.
• Will perform other reasonably related tasks within the Company as required by the Supervisor or Management.

Required Skills and Abilities

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Complete product knowledge.
• Complete process knowledge.
• High mechanical aptitude.
• Excellent cooperative personality.
• Ability to work night shift when needed.
• Ability to work weekends and holidays.
• Short term notice business travel.
• Ability to interact well with coworkers.
• Ability to understand, follow and implement posted work rules and company procedures.

Beneficial Skills and Experience

• Experience in PPAP requirements and root cause analysis.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Education/Training/Certifications

• 5+ years relevant experience (automotive assembly or similar)