Advanced Product Quality Planning (apqp) Engineer

Advanced Engineering and Quality Support

Support advanced engineering and quality functions for hot stamping; conventional stamping; welding and assembly; and engineering and tooling processes.

Participate in internal and external APQP activities. Ensure that customer requirements are incorporated into product specifications and lead risk and failure analysis (PFMEA) to ensure functional specifications/requirements are fully met during process/design validation with suppliers.

Support activities in the development of dimensional control strategies with suppliers and in the design concepts, approvals and procurement of gages and instruments with suppliers.

Work with the supplier directly to create corrective action plans to address process failures prior to PPAP approval.

Perform root cause analysis on purchased part or product quality issue during early launch.

Complete APQP activities with suppliers.

Contribute to APQP gate reviews during the development process.

Review customer and supplier manufacturing processes, collaborates with both parties regarding process improvement and value enhancements opportunities.

Complete customer and supplier process audits and follows open items to closure, (i.e. CQi-9, CQi-15, etc.).

Lead internal self-assessment audits and facilitate team training.

Integrate program lesson learned in APQP activities.

Manage engineering changes as it relates to both customers and suppliers from the initiation of the change to the finalization of the PPAP.

Assemble and author procedures to improve processes.

Support activities for process development.

Support activities for product validation focused on Heat Treatment and Metallurgy.

Internally escalate potential product/process quality issues and develop a plan with suppliers to resolve.