Quality Specialist – Automotive Launch

KYYBA Inc; Auburn Hills (MI); Vor Ort; USD 70.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

KYYBA Inc. seeks an experienced Quality Specialist to support automotive product launch activities and manufacturing quality objectives at our Auburn Hills area operations.

You will work closely with Powertrain Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Assembly, Manufacturing Engineering, and Plant Quality to resolve issues and ensure launch quality readiness. Responsibilities include leading problem-solving, tracking milestones, and delivering quality data and management reporting.

Qualifikationen

• Experience supporting manufacturing processes and resolving quality issues.
• Strong problem-solving, issue tracking, and escalation skills.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and drive issue resolution.
• Strong communication, reporting, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Willingness to work at a launch assembly plant and travel locally.

Aufgaben

• Support new product launch readiness before build events and during post-launch stabilization.
• Identify, coordinate, and resolve vehicle assembly issues and plant concerns.
• Lead structured problem-solving, establish issue ownership, and coordinate corrective actions.
• Support FTC objectives with engineering, manufacturing, and plant quality teams.
• Track quality milestones and present progress during reviews.
• Coordinate daily and weekly meetings and provide quality status reports.
• Collect, organize, stratify, and analyze quality data from internal and external sources.
• Maintain quality documentation databases and ensure proper storage and retrieval.
• Prepare quality reports, presentations, and management documentation using MS Office.
• Support quality improvement initiatives using World Class Manufacturing (WCM) methodology.

Kenntnisse

Problem-solving

Issue tracking

Cross-functional coordination

Communication

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Launch plant experience

Jobbeschreibung

We are seeking an experienced Quality Specialist to support automotive product launch activities and manufacturing quality objectives. This role will work closely with Powertrain Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Assembly, Manufacturing Engineering, and Plant Quality teams to resolve vehicle assembly issues, strengthen manufacturing processes, and ensure launch quality readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Support new product launch readiness before build events, throughout launch, and during post-launch stabilization.
• Identify, coordinate, and resolve vehicle assembly issues, plant concerns, and final-line failures.
• Lead structured problem-solving activities, establish issue ownership, coordinate corrective actions, and determine escalation requirements.
• Support First Time Capability (FTC) objectives in collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, assembly, and plant quality teams.
• Track key quality milestones and present progress during Industrial Head (IH), Engineering, and Plant Manager reviews.
• Coordinate daily and weekly meetings and provide regular quality status reports to management.
• Collect, organize, stratify, and analyze quality data from internal and external sources.
• Maintain quality documentation databases and support accurate document storage and retrieval.
• Prepare quality reports, presentations, templates, and management documentation using Microsoft Office.
• Support quality improvement initiatives using World Class Manufacturing (WCM) methodology.

Required Qualifications

• Experience supporting manufacturing processes and resolving assembly or production-related quality issues.
• Strong problem-solving, issue tracking, and escalation skills.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and drive issue resolution.
• Strong communication, reporting, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work at a launch assembly plant and travel locally as required.

Preferred Experience

• Automotive new product launch and production stabilization experience.
• Experience with Powertrain Engineering, Manufacturing, or Assembly Plant Quality.
• Knowledge of First Time Capability (FTC) and launch quality milestones.
• Experience with structured root-cause analysis and corrective-action processes.
• Familiarity with World Class Manufacturing (WCM) methodology.
• Experience presenting quality performance and launch status to plant or engineering leadership.