Quality Resident Engineer

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As a Gold Level Veteran Friendly Employer, Prestige Group has been supporting the transportation industry since 1998. We have placed thousands of employees, created hundreds of future vehicles, and developed multiple US Military Veteran employment initiatives. From original concept to creation, Prestige Engineering specializes in Product Development and staffing services. Join our team where employees are at the heart of everything we do.
Description: The Quality Resident Engineer assures customer satisfaction and excellent relations and supports quality assurance strategies and objectives by acting as the resident liaison between manufacturing, quality, engineering, and commercial entities. Acting as the voice of the customer, continually monitors product and service performance and customer expectations on site at the manufacturing site and related Tier 1 customers, assumes responsibility for immediate containment actions in the event of product and/or service concerns, and provides the technical and functional expertise necessary to identify technical root causes and assure precise, timely and effective countermeasure implementation, up to and including sustainability of lessons learned.
Responsibilities:

• Promotes and projects the standards of excellence and integrity established by Assurance in alignment with company and departmental objectives and quality targets.
• As a customer-facing representative at a key customer manufacturing location, assures compliance to customer requirements and expectations, and coordinates relations between companies' functions/members and management/staff.
• Continually monitors trial and mass production activity at the customer site and assures the quality of product and services provided to customers by proactively identifying emerging issues and engaging applicable sections (including all manufacturing sites) for drawing/product/process improvement, and reports, monitors and assures effectiveness and sustainability of corrective actions through effective use of quality alerts and standard quality tools.
• Promote a customer-focused business environment throughout the network by acting as quality liaison and "voice of the customer" for quality and service-related topics that drive the achievement of customer expectations.
• Closely monitor customer quality results and perceptions and make judgements regarding necessary actions. Provides feedback to the responsible organization and assures required improvement activities.
• Develop and execute product tests and validations, analyze resulting data, and document results.
• May participate in the creation and/or interpretation of Quality-related documentation for project design history files (APQP Plan, essential requirements checklist, FMEA, PPAP, first piece inspection plans etc.)
• Lead/participate in teams that identify risks/hazards associated with product designs, processes, and applications, apply lessons-learned, and assist in the generation of FMEA's and associated Control Plans.
• Administer rework/repair methods and processes in compliance with engineering and quality standards as necessary to provide rapid, effective, sustainable clean points and provide rework personnel training and oversight as necessary.
• Performs short range, tactical planning and execution of actions required to deliver provided Quality Assurance strategies and objectives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Quality or related field, or equivalent industry-specific experience in automotive Quality Assurance or engineering.
• Wire Harness experience is a must.
• ASQ, CQE level certification and/or equivalent is helpful but not required. Certification or demonstrated equivalent ability in a technical problem-solving discipline (Six Sigma, Shainin, Kepner-Tregoe, etc.) and knowledge of corrective actions process is preferred.
• Moderate to advance knowledge of automotive OEM Structure, manufacturing and technical demands and customer requirements and relationships and procedures demonstrated by 3 or more years' experience in Quality, Engineering and/or Design/Product Development Engineering in the automotive industry.
• Working knowledge of automotive EDS systems and components and reasonable proficiency in automotive technical troubleshooting/failure analysis is strongly preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, product specifications, procedures and standards.
• Strong organization and communication skills, as well as presentation proficiency to all levels of customer management and staff are expected.
• Able to travel domestically and international. Some on-call and/or off shift work is necessary and expected as necessary to support customer requirements.
• Able to inspect precise electrical components, manipulate a variety of complex products and accurately discern colors, dimensions, and product specifications.
• Ability to analyze complex problems, work independently as well as in a team environment, and organize and execute multiple work tasks simultaneously in a high-volume automotive production environment.
• Proficient in standard MS office PC/software applications and automotive OEM web applications.

Second shift position
Prestige Engineering offers all full-time employees a competitive benefits package which includes:
* Medical Insurance * Dental Insurance * Vision Insurance * Paid Holidays * Paid Vacations * 401K plans * Tuition Reimbursement * Company-paid Life insurance * Voluntary Short & Long Term Disability Insurance * Flexible Spending Accounts
Prestige Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.