Engineer, Quality Assurance Methods

Yazaki es el líder mundial en la investigación, desarrollo y suministro de soluciones de poder y datos de la Industria Automotriz.

Yazaki trabaja con cada una de las armadoras de vehículos más importantes del mundo y siempre nos hemos esforzado por mantener un crecimiento estratégico y estable durante nuestros 83 años de historia. Actualmente buscamos talento con fuerte potencial de desempeño y energía capaz de fortalecer y generar el ambiente de trabajo positivo que nos enorgullece.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build and maintain close customer and manufacturing relationships
• Act as the window to the customer for information from YNA-affiliated manufacturing, design and quality groups.
• Assess and validate quality, manufacturing process, design and other customer concerns at the customer

• Present to the customer complex defects and counter-measures as well as negotiate their solutions
• Provide change recommendations
• Problem-solving assessing and validating the actual and potential design / quality solutions vs. observed concerns
• Support Part Approval and related first piece sign off

• Provide on-site customer support for investigations and other quality or design-related events. (e.g. audits, repair, vehicles on-hold and assisting with on-site customer repairs as required)
• Supervise any 3rd party sort / rework (e.g. Product Action)
• Support on answering official and unofficial customer claims thoroughly, accurately, in a timely and technically correct manner to achieve customer approvals
• Manage the tracking, analysis and reporting of customer quality claim information
• Verify corrective action effectiveness through the Manufacturing team.
• Coordinate and support customer visits / audits to Yazaki manufacturing plants
• Solve complex problems and prevent their recurrence by working with Manufacturing and the customer
• Facilitate customer visits for Yazaki manufacturing, design and quality groups
• Liaise with Manufacturing , communicating customer Quality Manual requirements and coordinating corrective action activities / responses
• Analyze trends in factory defects focusing on manufacturing improvement areas
• Conduct wiring system function and vehicle interface analysis
• Participate in program launch preparation

• Schedule and attend manufacturing program launch reviews
• Coordinate with Manufacturing to provide customer support

• Offer technical support to internal groups
• Support Program Management in the execution and monitoring of key program milestone events (GPMS)

• Develop Past Problem History Analysis with the customer and Manufacturing.
• Reviews the inspection standard to ensure smooth trial events and safe launch activity
• Conduct manufacturing / supplier readiness reviews using the appropriate Yazaki or customer assessment tool
• Supports team members at build events: assembling / recording quality issues, assigning responsibilities, validating closure of defect concern

• Incorporates lessons learned into advanced program team activities
• Perform quality audits that support Key Strategies in manufacturing and distribution
• Complete and submit CSs and Quality Authorized Rework (AR) packages to instigate rework
• Initiate root cause analysis for identified quality issues using Global Quality Reporting System (GQRS) then direct the corrective action activities with Yazaki manufacturing and distribution facilities
• Maintain issue documentation through GQRS, QE Report, CS/AR and sorting logs
• Keep a working knowledge of customer carlines, Yazaki-supplied parts and manufacturing / quality processes
• Identify critical product features, communicating to Manufacturing the key critical items and what activity to implement to prevent defects
• Implement and support continuous improvement activities
• Participate in Key Strategies meeting: report launch updates, issue status, trial run impacts and other pertinent details
• Report to YNA Nissan management and customer management as requested
• Support long-range and short-term group forecasts, goals, objectives, and priorities
• Support other projects, tasks, and/or duties as assigned
• Handle and analyze the warranty claims addressed by the customer to Yazaki, and have a successful negotiation to get them removed from the Yazaki Supplier Score card.
• Prepare and submit warranty report (WLRC) periodically, to recover warranty costs based on Nissan procedure and Yazaki requirements, in order to keep Warranty costs within threshold (KPI), for both Nissan Mexico and Nissan North America.

REQUIREMENTS

Degree Requirements:

Associate’s Degree in Engineering, Business Management or related field or equivalent experience preferred

Certification Requirements:

N/A

Previous Experience:

Required experience in : Automotive engineering experience or related field

QEI: 2 years of experience

Preferred experience in : Automotive engineering experience or related field

QEI: 2 years of experience

W/H manufacturing experience with the ability to read blueprints, problem solving experience, Control Plan, FMEA and high-level quality auditing experience preferred

Unique Sr. QE: experience and / or training for ISO/TS Quality Management Systems preferred

Travel Requirements:

Both domestic and international travel required branches, customer and manufacturing sites

Language:

English 80%, keep a fluid conversation.

Software:

Microsoft Suite

On Call Requirements:

Yes, during customer production hours including overtime and weekend hours. Occasionally able to work a different shift to support launch or customer events.

Physical Requirements:

Able to lift up to 45 pounds, sort / inspect parts, stand 8+ hours in assembly plant environment

Declaración de igualdad de oportunidades de empleo.

Yazaki está comprometido con ofrecer igualdad de oportunidades de trabajo para todos sin importar raza, color, religión, sexo, edad, estado civil, nacionalidad de origen, discapacidad, capacidades diferentes o cualquier otra característica legalmente protegida. La igualdad de oportunidades se extiende a todos los aspectos de la relación de trabajo. Yazaki cumple cabalmente con la ley estatal y federal de igualdad de oportunidades de empleo y se esfuerza por mantener el lugar de trabajo libre de cualquier tipo de acoso.