Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Battery
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QUALITY PLANNING
- Apply solid understanding of quality control and manufacturing concepts to provide assistance to develop specific Product Quality Plan (PQP) appropriate to program and commodity.
- Coordinate all Quality Engineering functions for a program, serving as project manager to lead efforts at supplier locations.
- Actively participate in the program planning and monitoring process assuming responsibility for key work you're doing at all breakthroughs.
- Provide technical direction and guidance to other Quality Engineers supporting the implementation of the PQP.
- Collaborate with different internal and external groups to ensure proper definition of quality expectations and appropriate assurance techniques are used for the product.
- Assist to assess measurability and creatively address concerns directly with partners. Identify and direct studies to implement improvements in measuring method where appropriate.
- Assist to establish audit procedures appropriate to program and supplier to ensure alignment to Apple quality standards.
- Implement FAI and Cp/Cpk reviews of mechanical parts.
SUPPLIER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
- Assists supplier selection process for new products and second sourcing activities supporting qualification/disqualification decisions.
- Assess supplier production control and quality programs, identify shortfalls to expectation, and directly secure agreement to correct.
- Review PQP with supplier and other Apple functional groups to optimize supplier quality programs.
- Assists to evaluate supplier readiness and alignment to PQP at all development and qualification stages.
- Supervise each supplier & apposes performance through measurement of production line statistics, company inspections, and audits. Prepare summary of performance and
- Communicate to appropriate management to ensure effective corrective action plans can be promptly implemented.
- BSME/IE required (MS a plus) with demonstrated ability in a SQE role supporting high volume manufacturing.
- Experience developing quality plans, leading supplier quality audits, and driving corrective actions and failure analysis efforts required.
- Must have proven understanding of quality and reliability concepts, supplier management, and general manufacturing operations and GDT
- Project management experience and a solid understanding of DFx and DOE principles preferred.
- Knowledge on Data Science, including Statistics, Machine Learning, Regression are preferred