About this role
Your Responsibilities
- Validation of control plan effectiveness.
- Identify weak areas, set up and ensure implementation of the defined actions.
- Assure Lessons Learned and Read Across in the Plant.
- Support Quality KPIs monitoring like IFC, FPY, Slow Moving Inventory.
- Oversee quality assurance across the manufacturing process, with authority to stop production if quality standards are not met.
- Lead Structured Problem Solving approach for production issues, track implemention of corrective actions.
- Support the component introduction process by contributing to quality aspects of manufacturing approval.
- Execute activities aimed at achieving a perfect product launch, including the coordination of non-conformance management.
- Monitor and evaluate production documentation, implement improvements to enhance process quality.
- Responsible for defining and coordinating capability checks of manufacturing equipment during the line release phase, including cross-section analysis, capability report collection, and collection of process quality parameters.
- Authorize the restart of production lines after confirming resolution of quality issues, ensuring equipment meets required standards.
- Perform Layered/Line Process Audits and Product Audits.
- Update PFMEA as needed.
- Your Qualifications : Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Manufacturing, or a related field.
- Relevant experience in quality assurance within a manufacturing environment, preferably in automotive or another high-volume, process-driven industry.
- Working knowledge of quality planning and problem-solving methods, such as Control Plans, PFMEA, 8D, root-cause analysis, and corrective and preventive action (CAPA).
- Experience assessing control plan effectiveness, identifying process weaknesses, and coordinating timely implementation of improvement actions.
- Ability to apply Lessons Learned and Read Across practices across plant processes.
- Experience monitoring and interpreting quality KPIs, such as IFC, FPY, and slow-moving inventory.
- Knowledge of manufacturing approval and component introduction processes, including quality requirements for production readiness and product launch.
- Experience with nonconformance management, production documentation, Layered/Line Process Audits, and Product Audits.
- Ability to define and coordinate manufacturing equipment capability checks, including cross-section analysis, capability reporting, and process quality parameter collection.
- Strong understanding of production release and restart requirements, including authority to stop production and approve restart after verifying that quality concerns have been resolved and required standards are met.
- Experienced with SAP, MES, Power BI and miniTAB.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without employment visa or other sponsorship. Salary Classification: 9-10 We look forward to your application. Schaeffler is an equal employment opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified candidates will receive equal employment opportunities and consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. Your Contact Schaeffler Motion Tech US Ilse Gonzalez