Quality Engineer: APQP/PPAP, Customer Quality Lead

SL Tennessee; Clinton (TN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SL Tennessee is seeking a Quality Engineer to provide dimensional support at the plant and to develop and revise PPAP documentation. The role acts as the primary customer contact and leads corrective and preventive actions to improve quality.

The position emphasizes APQP/TS16949 compliance, root cause analysis, and developing quality system documents. Candidates should have automotive QA experience and a technical degree.

Qualifications

• Previous Quality Engineering experience preferred in an automotive environment.
• College degree in a technical field, or equivalent experience and training.
• Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.

Responsibilities

• Provide dimensional support to the plant.
• Develop and /or revision of PPAP documentation.
• First point of contact for customers.
• Primary Corrective and Preventive Action generator.
• Develop and /or revise TS16949 procedures and work instructions for quality.
• Root Cause Analysis of quality issues.
• Under the guidance of the Launch Coordinator, prepare for the launch of new platform programs.
• Track the progress of newly launched platform programs and lead the effort in securing customer specific awards.
• Elaboration of quality metrics for managerial review.
• Prepare or assist in the development of quality documents that include PPAP submissions, PCPs, FMEAs, Flow charts , statistical studies, gage studies
• Evaluation of statistical Cp, CpK
• Initiate and follow-up corrective actions
• Analysis of customer complaints
• Coordinate the sorting and containment of the faulty or suspicious finished product
• Begin validation of the equipment, MSA studies
• Participation in the production of quality system documents
• Support the assembly processes in the points related to quality
• Assure follow-up to the quality procedures
• Follow-up corrective actions
• Evaluation and approval of engineering and PCR changes
• Feedback to the internal and external customer
• Receive notifications of the results of the laboratory tests

Skills

GD&T

Root Cause Analysis

APQP

PPAP

FMEA

MSA

DOE

Quality Systems

Problem Solving

Leadership

English Proficiency

Communication

Team Collaboration

Education

Technical degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

SL Tennessee is seeking a Quality Engineer to provide dimensional support at the plant and to develop and revise PPAP documentation. The role acts as the primary customer contact and leads corrective and preventive actions to improve quality.

The position emphasizes APQP/TS16949 compliance, root cause analysis, and developing quality system documents. Candidates should have automotive QA experience and a technical degree.