Job Description
The Quality Engineer at Aurora will be responsible for creating and managing test and inspection plans, ensuring product quality through collaboration with engineering and manufacturing teams, and leading continuous improvement initiatives in automotive manufacturing processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Create test and inspection plans based on program plans and product requirements.
- Coordinate calibration of data acquisition, inspection, and testing equipment.
- Design custom inspection and test fixtures and sensors for quality control.
- Manage non-conforming products and return material authorization activities.
- Support inspection and testing activities for continuous compliance.
- Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing teams on quality standards.
- Develop and validate critical quality controls across production lines.
- Lead qualification of new production lines and processes.
- Work with suppliers to establish requirements and ensure product quality.
- Investigate and resolve product complaints and quality problems.
- Utilize lean tools and statistical techniques for problem solving.
- Track quality performance metrics and drive continuous improvement.
- Assist with the development of quality objectives aligned with organizational goals.
- Provide technical support and mentorship to junior engineers and technicians.
- Lead initiatives to support business and quality objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering, or related fields or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5 years in automotive manufacturing, electro-mechanical assembly operations, robotics or equivalent field experience.
- Excellent data analysis skills, using simulation modeling tools.
- Excellent written and verbal communication of status and results, including writing formal reports.
- Ability to interpret regulations and test procedures.
- Ability to operate and use diagnostic scan tools, scopes, meters, and other test equipment.
- Ability to read design wiring schematics and operate data acquisition systems for data collection.
- Understanding of test equipment maintenance, calibration, upgrades and improvements (mechanical, electrical or software-based) required to optimize resource up-time.
- Investigates, debugs, and resolves quality inspection or test problems in the manufacturing process and assists with failure analysis and or root cause analysis, as required.
- Excellent analytical abilities, technical writing ability and comprehensive understanding of the quality toolbox (SPC, 8D root cause analysis, tolerancing, control and inspection standards, etc.).
- Knowledge of Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, 5S, Six Sigma Process, APQP, PPAP, DFMEA, PFMEA.
- Experience with Google Sheets, Docs, Slides and Gmail.
- Experienced in ISO-9001.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range: 135,000 - 216,000 per year
Annual bonus
Equity compensation
Benefits
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