Quality Engineer, General Assembly Quality Audit & Factory Gate

In this role you will:

• Investigate and triage mechanical, electrical or electro-mechanical vehicle production issues. 
• Manage quality issue tracking and drive root cause analysis (RCA) and corrective actions (CA) for non-conformances identified during production quality audits.
• Use 6 sigma quality tools to setup, monitor, and analyze production vehicle quality.
• Perform production quality audits for both L3 & L5 vehicles and generate/review quality inputs to the factory gate process.
• Perform inventory containment and material disposition activities.
• Manage containment activities in WIP, receiving inspection, and work with responsible part owners and supplier quality engineers.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the production quality audit and factory gate processes.

Qualifications

• Technical degree such as electrical, mechanical, or industrial engineering
• 5+ years of applied quality tools and techniques
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated proficiency performing RCA & CA

Bonus Qualifications

• 2 years of product design experience (mechanical or electrical)
• Experience with bug tracking & inventory management systems (e.g., Jira & SAP)
• Formula SAE experience
• Automotive experience at the OEM or Tier I level