Engineer, Supplier Quality Assurance

Location Type: On-site

 

Job Description
The Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for the quality assurance of parts that are supplied as accessory or service parts to Mazda ports, dealers, and for all Mazda vehicle programs.

Assures that parts quality satisfies design specifications and customer expectations with the experience of quality, manufacturing, engineering, financial and regulatory knowledge. Resolves quality concerns through investigations and manufacturing process reviews/audits. Improves supplier quality systems through MNAO processes and system audits. Responsible for the administration and enforcement of Quality Operating System (QOS) processes used within MNAO.

Application of Mazda Quality Standard Requirement for Suppliers (QRS) 20%

• Promotes and applies procedures stated in the manual of Mazda Quality Control Standards (QCD) for suppliers.
• Executes Mazda QCD training to assure supplier has a thorough understanding of Mazda’s quality requirements and expectations.
• Trains, assists and supports suppliers to maintain proper compliance of Mazda QCD for all production stages (pre-production through mass-production).

Manufacturing Site Assessment (MSA)20%

• Performs Manufacturing Site Assessment (MSA) audits to ensure the effectiveness of Quality Operating Systems (QOS) on all potential supplier contenders and makes recommendations in line with Mazda requirements and development needs.
• Performs Mazda MSA audits on current suppliers to ensure quality expectations are met.
• Provides feedback and reports audit results to Mazda groups/departments when determining supplier suitability for business awards.

New Parts Launch and Change Control (APQP & PPAP) 20%

• Project Management Tracking: Monitors progress (MNAO Tracking list, APQP Tracking Sheet) of schedules, objectives and targets for development and continuous improvements implementation. Reports results to applicable Mazda Departments and takes appropriate recovery actions when the progress/objectives are not achieved.
• As a part of (CFT) Cross-functional Team, collaborates with suppliers and Mazda Engineers during design reviews to ensure the design is appropriate for manufacturability and assembly.
• Reviews design drawings / component drawings / engineering standards to properly address Critical Characteristics (CC) and Significant Characteristics (SC).
• Reviews high impact characteristics for correct dimensions to ensure manufacturing, processing, measuring, and testing feasibility.
• Performs production readiness assessment process audits (PPAP reviews) at suppliers manufacturing facilities.
• Reports assessment readiness status results and identifies deficiencies, corrective action plans.
• Supplier Production Readiness: Conducts on-site manufacturing trial run process reviews to assess supplier manufacturing capabilities and quality systems effectiveness. Reports results and corrective actions to be implemented.
• Trains, supports, and assists suppliers to effectively execute Mazda QCD’s, APQP, PSW, and PPAP activities.
• Promotes and implements the use of Statistical Process Control (SPC) with added safety margins in an effort to reduce process variables for achieving and maintaining process control.

Corrective Actions and Continuous Product Improvement 20%

• Trains, supports, and assists supplier corrective actions and continuous improvement activities.
• Initiates and tracks corrective actions 8D reports. Identifies both “root cause” and “systemic root cause” to drive systems and manufacturing processes improvements, using tangible objective evidence (Statistical data) to prioritize actions/work to be taken.
• Initiates quality defect notifications to suppliers for corrective actions, continuous improvement activities and warranty concern improvement to prevent reoccurrence.

Supplier Improvement 20%

• Identifies focus suppliers and conduct intensive continuous improvement activities.

Qualifications and Other Requirements:

Required Experience:

• 2 – 4+ years of experience in manufacturing, quality assurance, quality engineering, quality control, or another related field
• Microsoft Office proficiency
• Production process audit experience
• Experience with Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
• Project management
• Technical training and presentation skills
• Effective communication, both written and verbal
• Experience reading and writing technical reports
• Analytical and conceptual thinking using logic, reason, creative and strategic thinking

• Strong negotiation skills

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Quality Assurance, or another related field is preferred. Equivalent work experience may be substituted in lieu of degree (Bachelor’s Degree working equivalent = 4 years).

Preferred Experience:

• Bilingual (English /Japanese or English/Spanish)
• Automotive experience highly desired, preferably from another OEM.
• Manufacturing process and quality system audit experience
• IATF16949quality system requirements
• 8D Team Problem Solving
• 6 Sigma Problem Solving
• Database skills such as Access, Mini-tab and/or Business Objects
• Quality Operating System (QOS)
• Geometric Dimension and Tolerance (GD&T)
• Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
• Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
• Process Flow Diagram (PFD)
• Evaluating and writing Control Plan (CP) documents
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)

Travel:

• Monthly domestic travel will be required.

We support Remote work in the following states:

Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin

Pay Range
$74,400.00 – $107,850.00
Salary to be determined by education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Learn more about MNAO’s comprehensive benefits package here