Quality Engineer - J0052376

Astemo Ltd.; Findlay (OH); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Astemo Ltd. seeks a Manufacturing Quality Support professional in Findlay, Ohio to monitor quality metrics and assist production teams in resolving daily quality concerns.

You will lead containment for nonconformances and drive reductions in scrap and rework while supporting plant quality objectives. You'll conduct audits, support ICPs, and collaborate across Operations, Engineering, and Maintenance to ensure compliance with IATF 16949 and customer requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of manufacturing quality experience; automotive preferred.
• Experience with customer issue resolution, corrective actions, audits, and quality systems.
• Working knowledge of IATF 16949, AIAG Core Tools, GD&T, SPC, MSA, and problem-solving methodologies.
• Strong communication, leadership, teamwork, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor quality performance metrics and identify trends impacting product quality.
• Support production teams in resolving daily quality concerns.
• Lead containment activities for product and process nonconformances.
• Drive reductions in scrap, rework, customer returns, and warranty concerns.
• Participate in production floor problem-solving activities.
• Verify adherence to established manufacturing and quality standards.
• Monitor, analyze, and drive improvement of plant quality KPIs including PPM, COPQ, scrap, first-pass yield, customer complaints, warranty performance, and audit results while supporting achievement of plant quality objectives.
• Lead root cause investigations utilizing structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Facilitate 8D, 5 Why, and other corrective action processes.
• Coordinate implementation and verification of corrective actions.
• Track corrective action effectiveness and sustainability.
• Ensure customer and internal corrective actions are completed on time.
• Act as the primary quality contact for assigned customers and product lines.
• Investigate customer complaints, coordinate containment and customer protection activities, develop corrective actions and 8D responses, and ensure timely closure of customer concerns.
• Support customer audits, visits, and quality reviews.
• Monitor customer quality metrics and scorecards.
• Drive quality improvement initiatives utilizing SPC, data analysis, Lean Manufacturing principles, and structured problem-solving methodologies to reduce quality losses and improve operational performance.
• Promote a culture of prevention and continuous improvement.
• Conduct layered process audits and product audits.
• Support internal, customer, and third-party quality audits.
• Ensure compliance with IATF 16949, Customer Specific Requirements, Corporate Quality Standards.
• Participate in corrective action activities resulting from audit findings.
• Maintain quality documentation, inspection standards, control plans, and quality system processes to ensure compliance with internal and customer requirements.
• Assist in implementation of quality system improvements.
• Ensure quality records are retained and maintained according to requirements.
• Support calibration and measurement system activities.
• Conduct and review MSA studies.
• Analyze process capability data.
• Support implementation and maintenance of SPC programs.
• Validate effectiveness of process controls.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Materials, and Production teams to resolve quality issues.
• Provide quality-related training and coaching when required.
• Participate in plant quality reviews and management meetings.
• Support major customer concerns and quality escalations.

Skills

Strong communication

Leadership

Teamwork

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

IATF 16949

AIAG Core Tools

GD&T

SPC

MSA

Job description

Manufacturing Quality Support

• Monitor quality performance metrics and identify trends impacting product quality.
• Support production teams in resolving daily quality concerns.
• Lead containment activities for product and process nonconformances.
• Drive reductions in scrap, rework, customer returns, and warranty concerns.
• Participate in production floor problem-solving activities.
• Verify adherence to established manufacturing and quality standards.
• Monitor, analyze, and drive improvement of plant quality KPIs including PPM, COPQ, scrap, first-pass yield, customer complaints, warranty performance, and audit results while supporting achievement of plant quality objectives.

Corrective Action & Problem Solving

• Lead root cause investigations utilizing structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Facilitate 8D, 5 Why, and other corrective action processes.
• Coordinate implementation and verification of corrective actions.
• Track corrective action effectiveness and sustainability.
• Ensure customer and internal corrective actions are completed on time.

Customer Quality

• Act as the primary quality contact for assigned customers and product lines.
• Investigate customer complaints, coordinate containment and customer protection activities, develop corrective actions and 8D responses, and ensure timely closure of customer concerns.
• Support customer audits, visits, and quality reviews.
• Monitor customer quality metrics and scorecards.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive quality improvement initiatives utilizing SPC, data analysis, Lean Manufacturing principles, and structured problem-solving methodologies to reduce quality losses and improve operational performance.
• Promote a culture of prevention and continuous improvement.

Audits and Compliance

• Conduct layered process audits and product audits.
• Support internal, customer, and third-party quality audits.
• Ensure compliance with:
  • IATF 16949
  • Customer Specific Requirements
  • Corporate Quality Standards
• Participate in corrective action activities resulting from audit findings.

Quality Systems Support

• Maintain quality documentation, inspection standards, control plans, and quality system processes to ensure compliance with internal and customer requirements.
• Assist in implementation of quality system improvements.
• Ensure quality records are retained and maintained according to requirements.

Measurement Systems and Process Control

• Support calibration and measurement system activities.
• Conduct and review MSA studies.
• Analyze process capability data.
• Support implementation and maintenance of SPC programs.
• Validate effectiveness of process controls.

Cross-Functional Support

• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, Materials, and Production teams to resolve quality issues.
• Provide quality-related training and coaching when required.
• Participate in plant quality reviews and management meetings.
• Support major customer concerns and quality escalations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• 5+ years of manufacturing quality experience; automotive preferred.
• Experience with customer issue resolution, corrective actions, audits, and quality systems.
• Working knowledge of IATF 16949, AIAG Core Tools, GD&T, SPC, MSA, and problem-solving methodologies.
• Strong communication, leadership, teamwork, and analytical skills.