Design Quality Engineer

Responsibilities

• The candidate will oversee program timelines, a material development database, participate in design reviews, and be an effective communicator.

• Review molded parts pre-grain to ensure that the quality of the mold is acceptable to KO grain.

• Provide visual documentation of issues related to mold prior to grain approval and work with supplier / engineer to address issues found.

• Review and validate the Pre-Grain Approval Sheet from supplier and sign off document to start graining of tool.

• Assess all AAR parts (wrapped, painted, chrome, MIC, etc.) to ensure that parts are meeting visual targets and are dimensionally stable to support sign off for PPAP.

• Maintain a record of all parts that have been submitted for grain approval and AAR.

• Provide visual documentation of issues related to AAR parts and work with supplier / engineer to address issues found.

• Support on site at supplier to help root cause issues as needed working with SQE and supplier quality teams.

• Work closely with CMF Design and Mastering for clear "plaque-to-part scaling.
  
  Qualifications

• 8+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree.
• 5 years minimum of automotive experience.
• Experience working effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve results.
• Hold high standards for quality, attention to detail, and build strong relationships with other team members.
• Self-motivated, flexible, adaptable to change, and able to work independently.
• Ability to manage multiple parallel-path projects.
• Experience with report writing and time management.
• Experience with MS Office.
• Comfortable with change and flexible in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Tooling experience is a plus