Quality Resident Engineer

at  Aisin World Corp of America

Job Title: Quality Resident Engineer (QRE)
Company: AISIN World Corp. of America
Department: Quality / Quality Planning
Location: Princeton, IN (TMMI)

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Essential Skills and Experience:

• 5 years of automotive experience - preferably related experience with a Tier 1 automotive supplier working directly with automotive OEMs
• Ability to work in a team to resolve issues
• Ability to be assertive while always maintaining a positive and professional approach
• Ability to interpret blueprints and inspection standards
• Ability to use basic geometry and statistics
• Ability to use inspection tools such as calipers, micrometers, and height gages
• Ability to interpret boundary samples
• Ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines
• Strong communication and negotiation skills are essential
• Ability to perform statistical analysis / measurement analysis
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to function well independently

BENEFICIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Previous direct Toyota experience is a plus
• Practical experience with ASQ Certification (CQT, CQE, CQM, etc.) preferred

EDUCATION/TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS

• Technical degree preferred (Bachelor or Associate degree)
• ASQ Certification (CQT, CQE, CQM, etc.) preferred
• Formal training in the Quality Assurance Field
• Intermediate level or greater skills with MS Office Tools
  Requirements:

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Approximately 20 %
• Must be willing and available to travel to such locations and with such frequency as is necessary and desirable to meet business needs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

With reasonable accommodation:

• Must be able to operate a personal computer, telephone, and other office equipment.
• Must perform job duties onsite, when necessary, except those duties that are customarily or by their nature performed offsite (for example, offsite customer visits).
• Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to work on multiple assignments at once, and complete assignments within deadline and budget (if applicable) with satisfactory quality.
• Must be able to operate as an effective team member.
• Must be committed to a high standard of safety and be willing and able to comply with all safety laws and all company safety policies.

ATTENDANCE/WORK HOUR REQUIREMENTS

• Must maintain an acceptable attendance record.
• Must be willing and available to work weekends and holidays as necessary and desirable to meet business needs.

The incumbent is expected to perform the following functions that the company has determined are essential to this position:

• Represent Aisin at the customer’s location (prompt response to issues/concerns)
• Support of all Aisin products
• Follow up / confirmation of Customer quality condition, verify defect occurrence, and ensure clear problem description is captured on document as well as the applicable standard per Inspection Standard and/or print specification
• Investigate quality issues at customer site and facilitate communication between customer regarding all matters of concern related to quality and shipping (KPI) utilizing applicable Inspection Standards, print specs, boundary samples and/or vehicle condition confirmation
• Work closely with Quality Management and Quality Specialists (Customer & North Aisin Plants (NAP)) to spearhead/support Customer Quality concern resolution
• Support corrective action development with goal of eliminating repeats of occurrences, assist in QPR/QIR closure, address past due sort resolution, PCR coordination, scrap investigation/monitoring and support investigation at Customer and NAP location as needed (deep dive)
• Assist in determining countermeasure effectiveness and next steps to address gaps between NAP performance and actual
• Recognize and escalate quality issues appropriately within organization and according to severity
• Conduct receiving part inspection of product within RI as allowed (regular product audits with feedback)
• Ongoing update of QRE/QRS reports and other reports assigned (daily, weekly, etc.)
• Hands on rework may be required (time and situation dependent - depending on scope and availability - primary goal is onsite management, oversight of this activity by customer approved third party - confirmation of related work instructions is key)
• Responsible for supervising temporary personnel and/or team members deployed from NAP’s during sorts and/or rework
• Coordination of courier shipments as needed
• Function as liaison, primary window person keeping lines of communication open between Aisin and Customer
• Support best practices deployment
• Regular visits to NAP’s to continuously develop/improve understanding of part and processes
• Other tasks and duties as assigned