Senior Quality Engineer, APQP Launch & Customer Interface

Lear Corporation; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lear Corporation in Southfield, MI is seeking a Corporate APQP Senior Quality Engineer to lead customer APQP launches, manage cross-functional program readiness, and ensure LPMP milestone compliance across global facilities.

You will interface with Engineering, Program, and Plant teams, develop roadmaps to customer satisfaction, and train QE/APQP engineers while traveling up to 20% as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or comparable field from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of four years working experience in Quality Applications such as Plant Quality, AIAG, APQP, PPAP Launch experience.
• Competent in quality tools, and process/production control methods.
• Understanding Quality Systems, internal and external.
• Proactive risk analysis throughout the launch.
• Good time management and detailed tracking of quality deliverables.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, and programs in an organized manner.
• Robust Problem-solving skills.
• Able to travel up to 20% of the time as needed.

Responsibilities

• Participates in all product development and launch activities (including program management system-specific actions) which includes the identification of customer expectations, manufacturing, and ongoing production test support.
• Support launching facilities as required in all aspects of Plant and Program readiness before/during pre-production build events.
• Serves as interface for the Quality organization between Engineering, Program, and Plant teams.
• Monitor LearPro/Lear Project Management Process (LPMP) and drive/enforce adherence to LPMP deliverable standards.
• Lead Appearance Manual development, craftsmanship audits and communicate any supplier quality issue through pre-production build events. Ensure design/manufacturing issues are properly documented, communicated at manufacturing feasible levels, and read across to all applicable facilities.
• Support and/or interface with Lear internal quality teams supporting the business unit customers in different regions globally.
• Document, Monitor and Verify the effective implementation and Read Across of Launch, Quality, Warranty, and Customer Lessons Learned across all applicable facilities.
• Perform Post-Launch Lessons Learned Analysis and lead, verify effective read across of those items across all future launches.
• Develop, Manage and Execute a Roadmap to Customer Satisfaction across all applicable facilities.
• Help train and develop plant QE/APQP engineers in customer APQP requirements, this will include the managing of PPAP and IMDS timing and escalation where required

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Analytical thinking

Decision making

Team leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

FMEA

PPAP

Control Plans

8D methodology

Job description

Lear Corporation in Southfield, MI is seeking a Corporate APQP Senior Quality Engineer to lead customer APQP launches, manage cross-functional program readiness, and ensure LPMP milestone compliance across global facilities.

You will interface with Engineering, Program, and Plant teams, develop roadmaps to customer satisfaction, and train QE/APQP engineers while traveling up to 20% as needed.