Job Title: Quality Engineer
Company:TRW Automotive
Location: Portland, MI
Status: Full Time, Employee
Job Category: Engineering
Relevant Work Experience:1+ to 2 Years 
 
TRW Automotive is a $13.1 billion dollar company with over 63,000 employees and 209 facilities in 28 countries. Among the top suppliers globally, TRW is the world leader in automotive safety, developing and producing the industry's widest variety of active and passive systems. Number one in both after-market chassis and after-market braking, they serve all major OEM vehicle manufacturers worldwide, with operations covering every main vehicle producing region and growing at a pace that matches the future needs of customers.

At the core of TRW Automotive's culture is a value system that thrives on a highly skilled, global, and diverse workforce. TRW Automotive's ability to serve its customers depends upon the skill, experience and dedication of each employee. TRW Automotive is a company of great minds, and new hires join a world-class group of business leaders, innovators, and engineers committed to making a difference in society and in their communities. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career opportunity in an environment that lets you demonstrate - and be rewarded for - your best efforts, start your career search here.
 
Quality Engineer
This position is responsible for manufacturing quality.  The position is intended to assure and improve the manufacturing of defect-free material, manage the disposition of nonconforming manufacturing material, and interface with plant personnel for corrective action and quality improvement.

Position Responsibilities (Essential functions):

• Ensures manufacturing quality systems are implemented and maintained.
• Lead the development and implementation of process controls.
• Develop and maintain process control plans.
• Coordinate and investigate quality issues on the shop floor, from start to permanent corrective action
• Respond to internal and external customer complaints.
• Coordinates and assists with tear down of quality defective parts to locate problems.
• Writes procedures for repairing and sorting material.
• Writes instructions and trains operators to use gauging equipment.
• Performs capability studies on equipment.
• Communicates with operators, other departments, suppliers, to resolve quality issues.
• Completes necessary reports and paperwork.
• Assist manufacturing in problem solving techniques
• Establish parameters and conduct machine and process capability studies on new and existing machines and processes
• Conduct “Design of Experiments” studies to determine prime causes of problems and corrective actions
• Manage failsafes within the plant to assure proper control
• Review and update procedures, acceptance standards, and control plans as necessary
• Perform analysis and prepare reports on machine & process capability, Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility (Gage R&R), and Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Provide educational product training information to manufacturing personnel
• Comply with all Company policies

Additional Responsibilities:

• Prepare and conduct quality training programs for employees
• Serve as a backup for other Quality Department positions

Qualifications:
Education:  B. S. degree in Engineering or related technical field is preferred.
Certification:  ASQ Certified Quality Engineer status required (or expected to be achieved)
Experience: One plus years of Quality Engineering work preferred. Six Sigma Green Belt Certification preferred.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Trained in AIAG APQP process / Customer launch process preferred.

Additional Skills, Knowledge or Abilities (non-physical):
1. Knowledge of SPC and process capability methods.
2. Knowledge of statistics and probability.
3. Working knowledge of geometry and trigonometry methods.
4. Knowledge of manufacturing operations.
5. Product drawing, specification, and data interpretation skills.
6. Ability to analyze problems.
7. Ability to define customer requirements.
8. Knowledge of hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power.
9. Knowledge of physical properties and selection of material.
10. Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerance. (GDT)
11. Knowledge of DOE.
12. Knowledge of mistake proofing methods.
13. Knowledge of gage R & R.
14. Knowledge of process or design FMEA.
15. Knowledge of engineering procedures and systems.
16. Ability to work in a multi-task environment.
17. Problem solving ability.
18. Ability to remain flexible in regards to job responsibilities.
19. Ability to perform tasks expediently.
20. Safety oriented.
21. Time management skills.
22. Excellent planning and organizational skills.
23. Understand task within GDPIM process
24. Working knowledge of Quality Systems.  (e.g. ISO9000, TS16949, etc.)
25. Basic computer skills (Personal computer proficiency with Microsoft applications - Word, Excel and Access)

Preferred Additional Skills, Knowledge or Abilities (physical)
1. Ability to work in Manufacturing Environment as required.
2. Ability to visually monitor work operation and perform tasks.
3. Eye/hand coordination.
4. Excellent visual acuity.
5. Ability to travel.
6. Ability to continuously move around plant and withstand lab and shop conditions.
7. Manual dexterity.
8. Hearing proficiency to facilitate communications.
9. Ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines.
10. Ability to work under extreme stress.
11.Some level of foreign language fluency.

Strong computer skills (Personal computer proficiency with Microsoft applications, MiniTab, Statistical Packages, CMM Software, GageTrak, Internet skills, etc.)
    
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To Apply:
http://www.trw.com/careers/home/0,,7^1^7^7,00.html.