Plant Quality Engineer

About the Position:

We are looking for a Quality Engineer to join the Quality team, reporting directly to the Quality Manager.
 

This position is based at our office in Pulaski TN.
 

As the Quality Engineer at Marelli, you will be responsible for managing Customer Communication, Field Quality issues communication and organization. Manage and lead the lab structure. Ability to work in a process environment as a team player; some travel required, excellent interpersonal skills; excellent verbal communication skills; excellent work planning and work management skills; must be able to read and understand basic work instructions, product labels and bills of material, must demonstrated ability to use all position technical tools and technical computer software including Minitab Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint and Note. Strong knowledge of Quality tools used on the automotive industry (APQP, FMEA, Control Plan, SPC, MSA, Layered Audit process, IATF 16949).  Ability to work independently, excellent work management skills; familiarity with mechanical drawings and technical specifications; knowledge of automotive customer specific requirements and procedures.

Your Responsibilities will be:

• Maintain customer portals
• Ensure that customer complaints from the field and 0Km are being managed to ensure the correct root cause is found and the correct implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Monitor customer portals as well as the proper maintenance (loading information, responding, etc.)
• Ensure warranties and 0Km complaints are being properly managed to implement corrective actions to eliminate the sources of these problems and/or determine if Marelli is not the source of the problem and act accordingly.
• Ensure that lessons learned are being communicated through the proper Marelli portal as well to the internal QA team.
• Responsible to monitor and communicate warranty and non-quality costs (sorting, customer chargebacks, & scrap) to the organization.
• Ensure CQI-14 is properly maintained every year
• Maintenance and optimization of warranty costs prognosis file.
• Knowledge and application of quality indicators applied inside and outside the organization.
• Ensuring the application of standard processes, tools, KPI's and related audits.
• Knowledge and application of quality tools
• Handling of critical issues line/but not exempt to risk evaluation, field/service actions, etc.
• Knowledge and application on product conformity in input/output phase.
• Support QA shop coordinator to implement the statistic process control and drive kaizen activity to improve characteristics
• Responsible to organize and monitor sorting activities, internal and external containment actions and coordinate teams in case of customer complains/yard holds and service/recall campaigns.
• Responsible to deploy customer complaints using Fast Response (QRQC) methodology and track actions until full closure.
• Control the non-quality costs and conduct internal teams to attack issues and eliminate the costs.
• Lead the team to eliminate external firewall activities from the plant by improving plant QA gate performances
• Support to implement error proofing and poka-yokes on the process with focus on scrap reduction.
• Develop preventive and proactive systems to reduce and eliminate sources of quality risks and potential issues
• Supervise and coordinate lab and continues improvement activities.

What Qualifications you will bring:

Education

• Bachelor / Engineering 
  (preferably in Manufacturing, Industrial, Automotive Systems) and / or equivalent work experience

Experience

• 5 years of experience in the automotive industry
• 3 years of experience in a similar position (preferably)
• 3 years of experience Core tools management and it’s maintenance.

Other skills that we would welcome:

• Knowledge of Six Sigma, previous experience with Plastic injection, assembly, electrical testing and/or Exterior lighting
• Familiar with Stellantis (OEM)

What does this position offer you:

• Fast-paced yet supportive and high-performing international team with an inspiring ambition to transform the future of mobility.
• Support in onboarding and further training that will set you up with Marelli's speed.

Take the next step:

Together, we will drive the world towards a safer, greener, and better-connected future. 
 

Are you ready to make your mark, shape the future of the automotive industry, and drive the growth of the [Division] business?
 

Talk to us! To apply, submit your application via [Website, such as LinkedIn].