Product Quality Engineer (Automated Vehicle Engineering)
Job Location
US-MI-Novi
# of Openings
1
Company Division
APUS
Overview
Daifuku Airport America Corporation is a subsidiary of Daifuku North America a group company of Daifuku in Japan - the largest material handling company in the world. Our advanced systems move everything from car bodies at auto plants to luggage at airports to packaged goods at warehouses. We are known as experts in engineering, manufacturing, and servicing innovative automated materials handling systems including conveyors, automatic guided vehicles, automated storage & retrieval systems, and integrated controls.
The company is currently seeking an experienced Product Quality Engineer.
Position Summary/ Primary Purpose
The Product Quality Engineer reports to the Executive Manager, Smart Handling. This role focuses on total process and production quality for Daifuku's Smart Handling products. This role creates quality process
This role creates, directs, and participates in the quality process(es) associated with the design, manufacture, and deployment of semi-complex Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) products and systems with a multidisciplinary team including engineering, project management, sales, and manufacturing disciplines.
This position coordinates with management, supervisors, project management, sales, manufacturing, and customers to produce, maintain, analyze and verify processes associated with creation of a quality Smart Handling product. This position also participates in improvement recommendations related to productivity, quality, cost reduction, and customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities
Major Areas of Responsibility
Responsible for creation, leadership, and participation in DFMEA
Participation in creation, leadership, and participation in PFMEA
Responsible for creation and maintenance of quality processes and documentation associated with product design
Responsible for leadership and management of field quality issues, including root-cause analysis and corrective actions
Responsible for leadership and management of containment plans related to quality corrective actions
Responsible for engaging in corporate quality process(es) for manufacturing feedback and engineering changes
Accountable for design and documentation quality
Participate in Design for Manufacturing review(s)
Schedule and perform periodic reviews of design, deployment, and manufacturing processes to ensure compliance
Engage internal and external stakeholders in collection and analysis of data and feedback on product quality
Provide structured and creative data analysis of manufacturing, customer, and product data to identify quality and process performance improvement opportunities
Identify and raise any issues that may impact project or product quality
Create material and present to external and internal teams
Ensure Smart Handling quality process compliance with corporate guidelines
Create and propose process and design improvements in accordance with company guidelines
Recommend and implement quality process improvement
Knowledge
English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of quality concepts to product and system design and manufacturing. Development of engineering process is not a requirement of this position, but active and value add participation in engineering process impact on quality is expected.
Production and Processing - Knowledge of manufacturing concepts and techniques, including process and material flow. Development of production process is not a requirement of this position, but active and value add participation in production process impact on quality is expected.
Quality Techniques - Knowledge of the theory and practical application of DFMEA, PFMEA, and Design for Manufacturing concepts.
Qualifications
Skills & Abilities
Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of you, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Verbal and Written Expression and Recognition - The ability to listen to, understand and communicate information and ideas presented through spoken or written words and sentences.
Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Drive and participate in product build process
Determine and provide maintainability of product
Education & Experience
Bachelors Degree in Engineering or equivalent work experience in engineering management role preferred
Experience with Project Management preferred
2+ years of related experience, direct experience in quality process development and execution preferred
Proficient in Microsoft Office - MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Experience in product design... For full info follow application link.
Jervis B. Webb Company is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, and federal sub/contractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, gender, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, veteran status or medical condition.
