Quality Engineer

Brief Description

Quality Engineer

Location: Derby United Kingdom.  

Contract Type: Permanent.  

Role. 

As part of the quality team the primary roles will involve working directly with customers.  

Achieve finished product approval by generating and compiling automotive PPAP / ISIR documentation and reviews to AIAG standard and customer specific requirements. 

Achieve finished product approval by generating and compiling FAI reports to customer specific specifications. 

Manage customer concerns for designated customers carry out problem analysis/complaint investigation to Automotive 8D, CAPA (Corrective Action & Preventative Action) investigation and closeout. (Solid experience within a similar customer facing role in automotive industry, with a thorough working knowledge of the automotive industries requirements APQP, PPAP/ISIR TS16949.) 

Provide Quality Assurance support for APQP and NPI activities including, review of DFMEA, PFMEA Control Plans, MSA, etc. 

To track and report on KPI figures, identifying trends and produce and execute action plans to target trends in data. 

Participate in continuous improvement initiatives such as Lean and Six Sigma. 

Assist the quality manager and team in other quality related activities, as required. 

Perform internal process audits in order to improve efficiency and product reliability. 

The successful candidate will be a self-driven, decision maker and natural forward planning member of the quality team, able to work under own initiative.  

Knowledge Skills and Experience: 

• Solid experience within a similar customer facing role ideally within the automotive industry, with a thorough working knowledge of the automotive industries requirements APQP, PPAP/ISIR TS16949. 

• Attention to detail and the determination to insist on quality standards which meet customer requirements are essential personal attributes. 

• Experience developing and working with AIAG tools such as FMEA, MSA, SPC CP. 

• Good communication and negotiation skill with customers, both verbal and written with the ability to engage a senior-level audience. 

• PC literate, computing skills including Microsoft Office. 

• Must have excellent analytical and problem solving skills. 

The following experience would be an advantage  

• Experience of working in a similar quality role within the electronics industry. 

• Working Knowledge of Q-Pulse and Microsoft AX systems. 

• Experience to provide cover for, SQA, Goods Inward, Metrology, CMM, Customer concerns,  

• Performing Internal Auditing to TS16949, ISO9001, ISO14001, Q1 and Customer Specifics Requirements functions. 

• Proven experience of implementation of six sigma, Lean techniques and continuous improvement. 

• Higher Education Qualification in engineering in either manufacturing or electronics with proven experience.  

About us:

From our beginnings in 1964, we have evolved into a significant global force as an electronics design, development, and manufacturing partner for some of the world’s most recognisable brands. Today we are one of the largest privately owned electronics manufacturers in the world.

Location:

We are based in Derby (DE21 4AP), easily commutable from the Derby area, Nottingham, Mansfield, Burton, Loughborough, Ashbourne and the Peak District and East Staffordshire.

We have 5 purpose-built buildings at our Derby site including state of the art manufacturing facilities which have been recognised as being one of the most modern and well-equipped electronics design, development and manufacturing plants in Europe.

To find out more about this vacancy, please call 01332 832424 or email your CV directly using the form below.