Lead Automotive Quality Engineer

4 days ago


Toledo, United States Zobility Full time

Define containment actions to apply for customer protection (including supplier Issues)

Do vehicle issue diagnosis and root cause analysis

Ensure that his team carries out the pre-analysis activities on time

Do risk assessments and lead corrective action plans

Guarantee the product – process maturity of the components of his perimeter management of serial life (windows change management).

Propose alternative product solution in case of issues (as shortage) to avoid to stop mass production in the plant

Participate in Quality ENG tech clubs.

Implementation of good idea and standards (Read Across)

Ensure the right application in the plant of the technical requirements and the meta function "me ´tiers” standards of his perimeter

Ensure that the skills of his team is at the right level

Ensure the management activities of his team (daily management control meeting)

Ensure that his team is working in safety

Lead quality KPI management to achieve quality objectives, driving improvement/corrective actions and escalation

Resolution of systemic/chronic or major quality issues (Top Warranty, Recalls, ...)

Technical support Yard Holds / Product Related Issues (PRI's) technical referent inside the PRI.

Set-up / On-going Controls for Process / product Standards for Vehicle & System Functional Objectives (i.e. ADAS, BSR, FEA)


Principle Activities


1. Advancing Customer Quality

• Animate customer satisfaction/quality through supplier quality animation, Customer Feedback & Networks (Animation processing of Palantir Foundry, Supplier Ticket IT Tool (SQP/NCT/Amadeus) and Customer/Supplier.

• Escalate as needed with Quality Plant Engineering Manager and/or Manager FQM of his Quality Meta Function

• Ensure Feedback lesson learn to Team Design

• Ensure the management of sensitive processes of his perimeter (noises, geometry, sealing, etc.)


2. Ensure the landing of Serial Life Windows & evolutions/events Product including cost savings

• Evaluate & Restore Hand-Over Profession ENG milestone to anticipate drift

• Pilot points of change to implement actions necessary to secure flow

• Participate in PPAP animation and issue a verdict J4 (project/factory transfer) or J5 (serial life)

• Participate if needed in Panorama Evolution Product Process (on Master Chief Engineer request)

3. Support the plant in the safety of production on his perimeter

• Assist the team (expertise) as needed on summaries Diamond 1-3 (NC factory) and Diamond 4 (supplier NC)

• Pilot partners/Supplier for roll-back in case of proven NC

• Protect the customer by setting up a containment (Interim Solution) or a control/rework dam

• Formalize Remedies (redesign) Diamond 5-6-7

• Pilot Remedy hand-over to Life-Series Redesign Teams


4. Be the guarantor of the robustness of the plant monitoring plan

• Implement and relay the monitoring plan in the plant, which has the power to derogate from it

• Animate the performance of the different control/reworking workstations by identifying the traversal

• Make Layered Process Audit (LPA) on positions identified as sensitive in the flow

• Conducting plant maturity audits, sharing them and tracing reconvergence actions


5. Lead his team (attached to the plant) & contribute to the performance

• Build the team's workload plan, guarantee the smoothing of the workload by prioritizing and allocating tasks, manage the subjects escalated

• Ensure the efficiency of the team through structured processing (A3 MRP, 5P, etc.) of problems encountered and risks

• Coordinate & Pilote the convergence of KPi Plant Quality (DVx defect/vehicle, DRR direct run ratio, SCA company Customer Audit, PPM 3MIS)

• Skills crossmaping of his team


Position Requirements

Bachelor's degree (BAC+3) or higher in the fields of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology from an accredited university (other Engineering degrees, in combination with relevant experience may be considered)

Minimum of 8 years of related experience

Previous experience in Engineering Department, Vehicle/mechanic Plant or Project team

Ability to lead an Engineering team to deliver product changes and launches on time

Experience with Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and corrective actions

Strong communication skills, both written and verbal from High Level Meetings down to the Shop Floor

Ability to work off shift hours as necessary

Self-motivated and directed

Ability to thrive in a high intensity environment while working on multiple projects

Rigorous and pragmatic

Languages: plant language & English

Preferred Requirements

Masters Degree

Green belt

World Class Manufacturing Experience


Key Performance Indicators

Quantitative KPIs including but not limited to:

Problem Resolution - Time to fix, Time to close QAN/QIF delay

Pre-analysis handling time (parts analysis back from the field) – Palantir-Foundry

Deviations to handle

Internal Plant Indicators(DRR, DVx, SCA, status/Repair vehicles, roll bench, wheel alignment, ADAS, )

Issues without containment action

Issues to escalate

Safety issues handling time

PPAP KPI (assembling test). Initial Samples verdict delay

New issues detected by audit

3MIS Warranty (PPM)

Safety KPI "STOP”

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