Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Description

About the team:

ZF is a global technology company supplying advanced mobility products and systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology. Its comprehensive product range is primarily aimed at vehicle manufacturers, mobility providers and start-up companies in the fields of transportation and mobility. ZF electrifies a wide range of vehicle types. With its products, the company contributes to reducing emissions, protecting the climate as well as enhancing safe mobility. You will work in an environment where innovation and continuous improvement are fundamental, which will motivate you to propose ideas and solutions.

What can you look forward as SQA Engineer:

• Supports and complies with established Company’s Corporate Principles and goals.
• Understand and comply with Quality requirements such as automotive requirements
• Provide technical expertise related to specific commodities in support of supplier readiness activities, such as technological feasibility studies, evaluation of suppliers, discussion, and definition of criteria for the approved supplier list.
• Provide technical expertise related to specific commodities in support of supplier audits and problem solving/escalation.
• Develop and maintain documents and procedures related to quality standards, risk analysis, lessons learned from product recalls, product audits, field returns and repairs, complaints, scrap, and rework, and retain documented information as evidence.
• Interpret prints and measurement tools (GD&T).
• Provide guidance to suppliers in the proper application of manufacturing methods and quality systems/tools. 
• Utilize basic quality tools along with problem solving and lean manufacturing techniques in the support of continuous improvement, root cause analysis, corrective/preventive actions promoting lessons learned process at suppliers.
• Initiate, complete, and ensure proper conformity of engineering changes to quality standards.
•  Trigger additional escalation levels as needed in order to protect internal and external customer.
• Have an auditor perspective including being part of the solution.
      

Your profile as SQA engineer:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering 
•  5-6 years of professional experience in Quality, Production, Logistics, Cost/Process Planning.
•  Extensive expert knowledge of production methods of one or more commodities.
• Strong functional/product knowledge in problem solving methodology and techniques.
• Ability to train others.
• Proven ability to make recommendations to effectively resolve problems or issues, by using judgment that is in consistent with standards, practices, policies, procedures 
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (e.g. Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Proven creativity and analytical methods (i.e. Six Sigma) with a high-level of attention to detail
• Extensive knowledge of automotive quality core tools, including Statistical Process Control (SPC), PFMEA, and Control Plans, GR&R and MSA.
• Ability to interface with cross-functional teams and all levels of personnel and management
• Excellent English language competency – both written and verbal.

What we offer:

• Medical insurance
• Vacation premium
• Christmas bonus