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Description
The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for recommending and establishing tests and procedures for assuring product reliability. Also determine reliability factors pertaining to products where a considerable amount of creativity and involved initiative are as well as a high level of independent judgment. May supervise and direct a medium size group of employees engaged in specialized or varied tasks.
- Facilitates reliability testing, quality analysis, and solves validation problems. - Analyzes product design to assure quality and reliability. - Developing queries to sort through large amounts of testing and validation raw data - Data quality analysis and summary reporting of validation test results - Understanding customer usage and creating test scenarios to stress component software and measure key performance metrics - Identify, measure, and report key system performance testing metrics from field data that is important to the customer experience and to the business - Improving product reliability by improving the supplier's ability to validate product design, demonstrate manufacturing process capability, and to select components/Tier II suppliers with outstanding field performance. - Working closely with the hardware supplier's Development Engineers to test and identify corrective actions required to improve system performance - Assist the hardware supplier's quality team in finding root cause for systemic hardware component defects and software failures. - Assist RIBO Product Development, RIBO Supplier Quality, and RIBO Purchasing in improving the Tier I supplier's product development, validation, safe launch, and field performance (warranty/reliability) - Serves as a liaison between engineering, purchasing, and manufacturing to assure quality and reliability. - Keeps abreast of current product developments and trends in areas of expertise. - Actively identifies new areas for learning and takes advantage of learning opportunities. - Auto parts specific field/customer satisfaction Key Performance Indicators (KPI) improvement and monthly reporting (auto parts, shops, supplier). - Field technical report collection, analysis, registration and communication. - Support auto parts specific problem solving teams, (External and Internal). - Warranty reduction special program administration (Warranty Cost Share Change Request, Standard Work Chart Sheets, etc) cost and claim allocation and recovery. - Support special projects as assigned.
Qualifications
Basic Required: - Validation testing experience - Strong Microsoft Access database skills to analyze large amounts of validation test data - Strong computer skills (Excel, Word, Powerpoint), Web Page design and maintenance. - Knowledge of and ability to effectively use computer software as it pertains to engineering preferred. - Strong problem solving skills, ability to diagnose a symptom and determine potential sources of variation, construct confirmation tests - Working knowledge of automotive electronic and electrical products - High level of analytical ability where problems are unusual and difficult. - Well developed oral and written communication skills. - Excellent interpersonal skills, including a good telephone manner - High level of knowledge of product engineering and manufacturing processes. - Knowledge of Corporate and divisional quality and reliability, standards, policies and procedures. - Demonstrated technical and professional skills in job-related area required. - Bachelor degree with a major in engineering or equivalent training. - Excellent Time Management skills required to multi-tasks, be flexible with assignments and changing priorities. - Must have a good working knowledge of field warranty information processing, data mining and analysis experience. - Proven leadership and problem solving skills are essential. - Automotive components knowledge, any automotive mechanical knowledge skills is an asset. - Expertise with Warranty Administration Information Systems.
Basic Preferred:
- 3+ years related experience, preferably in the auto parts industry (Warranty Data Analysis Reporting) - Advanced database skills: Cognos, ReportNet, SQL Server, PL/SQL, SQL Plus - University Degree or College Diploma in Engineering (Preference in Mechanical or Industrial)
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