Role details
- Title: Quality Engineer
- Reports to: Quality Engineering Manager
- Location: Holland, MI or Pheonix, AZ
- Our Partner develops and manufactures large lithium-ion polymer batteries and packs for electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage applications. Come join the leader in advanced EV batteries!
Overview
This role drives continuous quality improvement by gathering and analyzing data, maintaining standards, proposing solutions, and communicating with all stakeholders, from operators to high-level management.
Responsibilities
- Oversee all quality inspections, including activity of off shifts
- Submit non-conformance reports if needed and follow up to ensure problems are corrected
- Ensure accurate and standardized collection of data
- Drive continuous improvement through data analysis and troubleshooting
- Work independently and also in collaboration with others
- Communicate with all stakeholders to ensure testing for changes in materials or dimensions occurs
- Provide data as requested by other work related team include HQ
- Track/monitoring SPC data of all inspections and drive future changes
- Write and maintain work instructions
- Train operators when any changes occur
- Maintain cleanliness at work-site in accordance with 5S3R Standards:
- Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain
- Right Location, Right Quantity, Right Container
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent, relevant experience (MS preferred)
- Chemical/Mechanical/Electrical/industrial Engineering / Computer science / or equivalent
- Knowledge Lean Six Sigma (Greenbelt or black belt holder preferred)
- Experience:
- 0 to 3+ years of experience in a quality engineer or related role
- Experience with complete core documents, including control plans and process failure mode effects analysis (PFMEA) helpful
- Experience with statistical process control (SPC) preferred
- Experience with 4M change process preferred
- Skills:
- Comfortable working independently and with others
- Results-oriented and perseverant
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Project and process management skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Technically proficient and motivated to continuously improve
- MS Office Suite
- Proficiency with Minitab preferred
Benefits
- Medical / Dental / Vision: 100% employer contribution starting on the first day of employment
- Paid Holidays: 17 days per year
- PTO: 15 days per year
- Relocation Bonus: $3,000–$5,000 depending on distance
- 401(k): 3% employer match
- Our Partner is an Equal Opportunity employer that values the diversity of its workforce. EEO