Production Quality Engineer Shielding Technology

ElringKlinger Manufacturing Indiana Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ElringKlinger Manufacturing Indiana Inc. is seeking a Quality Engineer to ensure quality in series production and to support continuous improvement initiatives in automotive manufacturing. You will implement local BU quality standards and train technical departments on quality and SAP QM usage.

Responsibilities include assisting with customer audits, coordinating 8D processes, reporting KPIs, and conducting various audits and PFMEA support. Strong APQP/PPAP familiarity is preferred.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in a technical field.
• 2+ years' experience in quality engineering or quality assurance within automotive manufacturing environment.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the quality produced in series production.
• Use quality improvement programs and monitor product quality and scrap rate; perform error analyses; track remedial and improvement measures as specified by QM.
• Draw up and implement local BU quality standards with BU Production Quality.
• Advise and train technical departments on quality matters.
• Assist with customer audits for the Business Unit and monitor remedial measures.
• Initiate and coordinate the 8D process and the associated documentation and customer portals.
• Train production team in quality issues, SAP QM usage, work instructions, and quality philosophy.
• Report KPIs in the assigned area.
• Carry out audits (multi-shift, process, 5S, LPA, etc.).
• Assist the technical department with PFMEA.

Skills

Quality engineering

Automotive industry experience

SAP QM

Education

Associate degree in technical field

Tools

PFMEA

APQP/PPAP

Control Plans

Job description

Main duties and responsibilities

• Ensure the quality produced in series production
• Ensure the use of quality improvement programs and monitoring the product quality and scrap rate: error analyses, Continuous Improvement Process (Scrap Problem Solving), tracking remedial and improvement measures as specified by the QM
• Draw up and implement local BU quality standards in coordination with BU Production Quality (quality-related work instructions, list of limit samples, etc.)
• Advise and train the technical departments in all matters relating to quality
• Assist the technical department with customer audits for the Business Unit, incl. monitoring the remedial measures
• Initiate and coordinate the 8D process, incl. the associated internal documentation and the customer portals
• Train the production team in quality related issues, i.e. use of SAP QM, work instructions, quality philosophy, etc.
• Report KPIs in the assigned area
• Carry out audits (multi-shift audits, process audits, 5S audits, LPA, etc.)
• Assist the technical department with PFMEA

Required Qualifications

• Associates degree in a technical field.
• 2 + years' experience in quality engineering or quality assurance within automotive manufacturing environment.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

Additional Experience Preferred

• Experience with IATF 16949 Automotive Quality Management Systems
• Working knowledge of APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans and Process Flows

ElringKlinger is one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers and technology groups. The key to our success: a team of more than 10,000 employees at 44 sites. In particular, they value ElringKlinger's flat hierarchies, open culture of communication, and attractive prospects for career advancement as well as the opportunity to make a direct contribution to the business and to work independently within an international environment. Our joint ambition: to drive the future.