Remote Quality Engineer

Summary

Join our growing team at Fictiv, a leading technology company transforming the $350 billion manufacturing industry. As a Supplier Quality Engineer, you will support and drive improvements with our growing network of manufacturing partners in Mexico.

Requirements

• 7 years of experience working with suppliers in Sheet metal and Injection Molded parts
• 2 years of experience in other areas of Quality management e.g. in-house Quality Engineer
• You are a results-oriented, self-directed QE who uses a process approach when collaborating with manufacturing partners for win-win solutions to issues
• Strong knowledge of APQP and product launch processes including PPAP development
• Expertise in reading and comprehending part prints with a detailed understanding of GD&T fundamentals. And skilled with the use of, at a minimum, various forms of hand metrology and inspection methodologies to ensure conformance to specifications. Knowledge of CMM operation would be beneficial
• Although developing good relationships with manufacturing partners is essential, you will be very comfortable holding them accountable whenever necessary
• You have a record of data-based decision-making, demonstrating the ability to make timely decisions with limited data that is available
• Your excellent verbal and written communication skills allow you to collaborate successfully with manufacturing partners at all levels in their organization as well as working with customers remotely and face-to-face
• Since you will often be working remotely at manufacturing partners’ sites, your time management and organizational skills will drive efficient and effective work behaviors, especially in coordinating activities with other Fictiv team members while being out of the office
• You are fluent in written and spoken business English
• You will have a good knowledge of quality management system requirements such as ISO 9001:2015 and awareness of other standards such as AS9100, IATF 16949, and ISO 13485

Responsibilities

• Onboarding new manufacturing partners – in collaboration with Fictiv’s Strategic Sourcing Team you will ensure that prospective manufacturing partners are effectively assessed for their ability to dependably deliver quality parts, on time to the customer’s needs
• Development of existing manufacturing partners – responsible for the following areas of development: Establishing processes to meet customer-specific requirements Establishing control plans to build quality in Using Fictiv’s supplier maturity model and manufacturing partner scorecards to plan improvement activities
• Nonconformance resolution with manufacturing partners – coach manufacturing partners in effective root cause analysis, and the execution of robust corrective and preventive actions
• Continual improvement – in addition to the activities with individual manufacturing partners above, you will: Collaborate with Strategic Sourcing to strengthen the network of manufacturing partners, including disseminating best practices Improve Fictiv’s quality management system to give customers confidence that we have robust processes for the management of manufacturing partners Work with your counterparts in China, India, and the US to standardize on best practices and leverage lessons learned
• Although our Supplier Quality Engineers’ priority is developing Manufacturing Partners so Fictiv ultimately doesn’t need to perform inspection, as necessary, you’ll perform inspections on-site at our Manufacturing partners for high-risk orders
• Customer advocacy - representing the voice of the customer at manufacturing partners