Project Quality Engineer
MANN+HUMMEL
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Gastonia • North Carolina • United States
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About the role
- Act as the main quality contact for customers throughout the APQP process
- Provide clear visibility of project quality status to the project team, Steering Committee, and Quality Organization
- Lead escalation processes when quality targets are not met
- Ensure customer-specific and internal quality requirements are fully integrated into all APQP activities
- Serve as the APQP tools expert and coach for the project team
- Hold authority to stop production or deliveries in cases of serious non-conformance
- Support development of Design and Process FMEAs with quality-related input
- Review and align customer and internal drawings with Engineering and Metrology to confirm dimensions, specifications, and control methods
- Support development and execution of design and production validation plans
- Participate in root cause analysis when validation results deviate from expectations
- Define and implement gauges, fixtures, and measurement methods for prototype through serial production
- Ensure proper execution and documentation of all dimensional measurements across all project phases
- Validate conformity of parts (A/B/C samples) and manage sample documentation, shipment approvals, and deviation permits when needed
- Work with R&D and customers to define functional requalification testing requirements
- Define requalification in the control plan based on customer, internal, and cost requirements
- Act as the internal quality link to Supplier Quality Engineers (SQE) regarding customer requirements and supplier PPAP expectations
Requirements
- University degree (bachelor or master) in engineering
- Technician with job experience in quality engineering
- English language skills (fluent)
- Local standard language at site
- Quality engineering (APQP procedures, 8D systematic, control plan, capability analysis, MSA, SPC, FMEA, Poka Yoke, ...)
- IATF 16949 requirements, VDA or AIAG
- Understanding of specifications on technical drawings
- Problem solving techniques (for example PDCA, Six Sigma, RPS, ...)
- Software skills (MS office, Q-DAS, IQ-FMEA, SAP, ...)
- Knowledge of customer PPAP procedures and customer requirements
- Experience preferred in Automotive Industry
- Practical mass production experience
- Relevant process experience (plastic injection, plastic welding, assembly, end of line test)
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
quality engineeringAPQP procedures8D systematiccontrol plancapability analysisMSASPCFMEAPoka Yokeproblem solving techniques
Soft Skills
communicationleadershipproblem solvingcoachingcollaboration
Certifications
IATF 16949