Quality Engineer

TVS Supply Chain Solutions North America; Davenport (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

TVS SCS NA is seeking a Quality Engineer to develop, apply, and maintain quality standards under the guidance of the Quality Manager. The role emphasizes APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, and IATF16949/ISO9001 compliance in a manufacturing environment.

The ideal candidate will lead process control improvements, collaborate with suppliers and customers on corrective actions, and support new product launches from quoting through SORP, ensuring robust quality systems and data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field is required.
• APQP Core Tool Knowledge and related quality systems experience preferred.
• ASQ CQE or similar certifications are a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in a supply chain/manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop test methods/procedures to support product validation efforts.
• Serve as QA resource to resolve issues and lead corrective actions.
• Design and implement methods for process control, improvement, and testing.
• Coordinate APQP, PFMEA, Process Flow, PPAP, and Gage/MSA documentation and submissions.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Detail-oriented

Adaptable

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

APQP Core Tools Knowledge

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Visio

Job description

The Quality Engineer is responsible for developing, applying, and maintaining quality requirements/standards under the direct supervision of the Quality Manager.

Please note that we are unable to provide immigration support or sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the legal right to work in Iowa without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Develop test methods/procedures to support product validation efforts.
• Serve as the primary Quality Assurance resource to department supervisors for resolution, loss reporting, and continuous improvement.
• Design and implement methods for process control, improvement, and testing.
• Promote and execute quality standards, inspection processes, test methodology, and reports.
• Collaborate with suppliers and customer quality representatives on quality issues and ensure effective corrective actions are implemented.
• Maintain test equipment to traceable standards.
• Directly support and/or lead new product launches, including coordination with tooling vendors, communication with customers, and coordination of project activities from quoting through SORP.
• Create and maintain APQP documentation (Advanced Product Quality Planning), including control plans, process flows, and PFMEA activities (Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis).
• Submitting PPAP documentation (Production Part Approval Process) in the customer format & software.
• Review blueprint specifications and generate the necessary PPAP documentation to ensure the upholding of specifications, standard processes, and operations while maintaining due diligence in product manufacturing.
• Evaluate causes of scrap and work toward the elimination of such defects.
• Coordinate with Operations to lead and direct associates on quality standards.
• Monitor tooling and assembly process equipment, ensuring calibration standards and process checkpoints are complete and within operational tolerances.
• Audit quality systems, ensuring adherence to Quality Management System procedures. Responsible for maintenance of IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 certifications.
• Participate in all TVS SCS quality and excellence initiatives.
• APQP Core Tool Knowledge: Control Plans; PFMEA; Process Flow; PPAP; Gage Control & MSA (Measurement System Analysis)
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills
• Detail-Oriented
• Adaptable
• Problem Solving/Analysis
• Interpersonal skills

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The associate may occasionally be required to lift 51 pounds; anything more significant than 51 pounds requires assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

This job occurs in a manufacturing environment with heavy forklift traffic and seasonal temperature changes. Employees must wear steel-toed shoes and vests as part of their personal protective equipment (PPE). The work will be divided between an office setting and the production/warehouse area.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

Full Time, Exempt. Schedule flexibility for extended or unplanned work hours is required.

Travel

Occasional travel between locations may be required.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field; Supply Chain, Business Management or equivalent in experience, training, and/or Certifications.
• 5+ years of experience in a supply chain/manufacturing environment
• APQP Core Tool Knowledge: Control Plans; PFMEA; Process Flow; PPAP; Gage Control & MSA
• Fluent in problem-solving tools and techniques (A3 / 8D; 5-Why; Cause & Effects Analysis; PDCA; DMAIC; etc.)
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio
• Basic Knowledge of Statistical Process Control as well as Process Capability and Control
• Knowledge of IATF16949, ISO9001 and ISO14001; Capable of internal audits; supplier audits; and management of supplier corrective actions
• ASQ CQE, QMS Internal Auditor, and/or Six Sigma Green or Black Belt Certification, preferred

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

As an EEO employer, TVS SCS NA is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive culture. The TVS SCS NA team does not discriminate against candidates and employees because of their disability, sex, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other protected status under the law within any employment practices. We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to applicants; please contact [Hope Molyneaux, [e-mail]] to make a reasonable accommodation request. The employee selected for this role must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily, and if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship

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