Quality Assurance Engineer

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HSAGP (Hyundai-SK America Green power) Energy LLC. is Hyundai Motor Group and SK On' s joint venture company to produce batteries for electric vehicle batteries. The joint venture plans to invest $5 billion to build an EV battery cell plant in Bartow County, Georgia. Hyundai Motor Group and SK On will each hold a 50 percent stake in the joint venture. The new plant created by the two companies is expected to start manufacturing battery cells in the first half of 2026 with an annual production capacity of 35 GWh, enough to support the production of 300,000 EVs a year. The future Bartow County plant in northwest Georgia is strategically located near Hyundai Motor Group’s existing and planned U.S. facilities. Hyundai Motor Group broke ground last year on the new Hyundai Motor Group Meta plant America in southeast Georgia to make future Hyundai, Genesis and Kia EVs. For more information visit our website HSAGP ENERGY LLC

Join us on the journey of two companies' massive electric vehicle project in Bartow County

Summary

Battery Quality is divided into two sections: Quality Control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA). Quality Control us in charge of internal quality (raw materials to before shipment) and Quality Assurance is in charge of Quality Planning and Customer Satisfaction.

1. Quality Validation Engineer

Validation Engineer in Quality Assurance is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating quality control and assurance evaluation/analysis of products. This position will need to interact with wide range of stakeholders, including other teams, customers, and vendors to solve complex and/or urgent problems regarding end-products by identifying and evaluating alternatives. This position is also responsible for conducting Battery Cell Validation and analysis battery cells for various types of defects.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Production Validation Evalution (On-going Reliability Test)

• Reviewing gate safety and reliability assessments in advance
• Communicate with requirement of marketing and cell development team (HQ); RFQ assessment (analyzing of test condition, conducting test, and reporting test results)
• Conduct special tests and urgent tests requested from major customers
• Review and approve results of safety, performance, and reliability test in the process of Gate evaluation
• Conduct regular test of shipment safety (conducting pre-requisite test of a complete range of Manufacturing instrument and reporting test results)
• Conduct mass production reliability test
• Conduct test of products' 4M (Man, Machine, Material, Method) change Cell Validation
• Analysis (including disassembling battery) defects from internal or field

Certification Management

• Plan, drive, and coordinate certificate initiatives
• Respond to post assessment in UL WTDP; TUV and UN Certification for ESS (north America: UL, Korea, ULAG); Domestic certification (Korea Battery Industry Association, KBIA)
• Conduct UN Transportation Testing and publish the test report

Quality Evaluation Instrument Management

• Manage assets and maintain instruments (evaluation instrument maintenance/check log, standard operating of evaluation instrument)
• Review the specification of evaluation instrument and order the instrument
• Plan and implement monthly calibration

EH&S Management

• Manage and monitor environment of quality evaluation building in light of 3R (Right Material, Right Quality, Right Position) and 5S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain)
• Conduct job hazard analysis (analysis of near-miss accidents, compliance and material safety data)
• Manage Safety and Security of quality evaluation building (IT, facility in general)

Budget Management

• Manage operational budget on quality control and investment budget

Other tasks as necessary to meet organization's objectives

2. Customer Satisfaction (CS) / Quality Planning (QP) Engineer

CS/QP engineer in Quality Assurance is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating quality control and assurance. This position will need to define and develop the roadmap and plan for entire QMS (based on IATF16949) covering all process and functions, controlling quality of both laboratory and production efforts, and to oversee its effectiveness and efficiency. This position is also needed to directly support the OEM on Product Part Approval Process (PPAP), customer audit, and projects involving failure investigations and root cause analysis. (In some cases, interaction and communication with HQ are required.) This position will need to interact with wide range of stakeholders, including other quality engineers, production engineers, process engineers to come up with satisfactory and timely solution to customer complaint, and communicate the alternatives to the customers. This position might be required to travel often to OEM site to communicate or provide support.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Quality Standard Management (QP)

• Set up and review/revise (if needed) the quality standard documents (work manual, standard operation process, work guidelines)
• Lead communication and meetings with relevant departments for the review/revision of quality standard documents
• Prepare and conduct IATF16949 audit (3rd party institute)

Certification Management (QP)

• Plan, drive, and coordinate the certification initiatives (IATF 16949)
• Review certification results and publish a report on non-conforming practices that were pointed out during the certification process
• Plan, drive, and coordinate follow-up efforts including root cause analysis, request of corrective actions, results review and effectiveness verification of corrective actions
• Schedule the post-certification audit with certification authority and designate the target department
• Support the conduct of post-certification audit and report the results

Internal Audit (QP)

• Plan the annual internal audit plan including system, process/product audit and special audit
• Plan and conduct an internal audit
• Review the non-conformity report
• Review, approve or dismiss the objections filed by the target departments regarding the audit results
• Publish the internal audit result report
• Drive the efforts to come up with corrective actions regarding nonconformities and monitor the progress

Process Audit (QP)

• Evaluate production process based on certification requirements
• Conduct a periodical audit on the control plan, work standard, check sheet and MES
• Conduct a non-regular audit for preparation of the customer audit or for identifying the potential quality issues
• Set up and lead the meetings with relevant departments to come up with the corrective action plans and check the progress

Quality Training (QP)

• Analyze training needs for the quality management including quality standards and certification requirements
• Design the quality trainings in-house or select the qualified vendor for the training
• Plan and conduct the annual/regular/special quality training programs
• Conduct the training effectiveness survey and improve the program based on the analysis

Customer Audit (CS)

• Review customer requirement and audit document
• Conduct self-audit of production line in advance of customer audit
• Create, plan, and perform prototype inspections
• Provide required support to customer during the audit

Failure Investigation/Analysis and Corrective Actions (CS)

• Investigate customer complaints for product quality issues
• Lead projects involving failure investigations and root cause analysis
• Act as a liaison between Quality, Process, Production, and the customer to facilitate effective problem solving and corrective action activities
• Utilize statistical tools to analyze complaints and derive corrective actions
• Conduct follow-up audits to ensure corrective actions are implemented

Customer PPAP/ISIR Lead (CS)

• Prepare and submit customer-required report and documents to communicate with customers regarding each step of product part approval process
• Provide support including on-site inspections or interviews/presentations as needed to facilitate customer understanding of SKI’s capability to meet the customer requirements and specifications

Early Warning Monitoring and Change Management (CS)

• Review results of internal outgoing inspection and customer inspection
• Review results of production meetings and initial production problems
• Review altered product verification result; Communicate with customers in regard of 4M change

Customer Relation Management (CS)

• Continually acquire knowledge of customer requirements
• Traveling to OEM facilities as needed to collect customer voices and provide needed support

Quality Budget and Cost Management (QP)

• Manage the operation/investment budgets regarding quality management
• Monitor monthly market percent defective and quality cost
• Review cost sharing ratio by issue, calculate cost, and make decisions
• Analyze, set up, and manage the history of an allowance (reserve) for the quality issue every half year

Other tasks as necessary to meet the organization's objectives

Required Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or chemistry, material engineering, industrial engineering, electrical or electronic engineering, mechanical engineering or equivalent

Experiences: 3+ years Testing experience in the battery or related industry

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certificate which is related with ISO 9001, IATF16949 (eg. Internal Auditor)
• Battery Testing (or Validation) and Analysis experience
• Battery Quality or Lab experience
• Understanding of OEM (Car manufacturer) ‘s requirements
• Managing Chemical Laboratory experience
• Proficiency in written and spoken Korean

Skills

• Effective communication and teamwork abilities
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality
• Proficiency in data analysis and statistical methods (ex. ANOVA, Process Capability calculation)