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Sensata Technologies, Inc. Product Quality Engineer in Sofia, Bulgaria
POSITION SUMMARY
The Product Quality leads product development Quality continuous improvement initiatives for a specific product technology/family with the goal to improve product robustness and quality performance at our customers. The Product quality engineer is or becomes a subject matter expert on engineering quality aspects of a specific product family / technology.
The product quality engineer supports product engineering roadmaps and customer product selections together with the cross functional teams at Sensata. The product quality engineer will critically evaluate the proposed product technology and supports implementation of Lessons Learned and best practices.
The product quality engineer will need to posses a strong technical understanding of Sensata’s products and their applications, a strong understanding of manufacturing processes, and the motivation and ability to independently reach across geographical and cultural boundaries to solve problems.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Setup and/or contribute to continuous improvement roadmap for assigned product family to reduce Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ)
Setting up, maintaining, and deploying Lessons Learned & best practices
Supports product engineering roadmaps and application product selection with cross functional team
Become Quality SME for a specific product family and supports NBO/customer projects.
Apply DFSS concepts and risk mitigations to assure development of zero-defect designs
Perform project quality tasks for Tech development projects.
Obtain deep understanding of product CTQs and application/system knowledge.
Understands reliability aspects of a specific product family and can contribute or lead reliability analyses of the specific product family / technology and contributes to FA strategy.
Understands product safety aspects of the product family and related applications and supports safety risk analysis.
A product Quality engineer can also be or become an expert on a specific Field as Reliability, FUSA, FMEA, etc. and act as an SME in this Field.
EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATION
General
A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience.
Ability to lead, coach, and develop team members
Holds self and others accountable to achieving goals and standards
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment to handle multiple competing tasks and demands
Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation
Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results
Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity
Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
Strong interpersonal & collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization including suppliers and/or external customers
Good English language ability in reading, writing, and speaking.
Job specific
Ideally a minimum of 3 Years of working experience in quality functions, and good knowledge of Quality Systems (ISO 9000 / TS16949 / VDA 6.3).
Be familiar with quality management and manufacturing processes; also familiar with AIAG manual: APQP, FMEA, MSA, PPAP and SPC a plus. Experience in process / product engineering is a plus.
Ability to develop unique, differentiated solutions to complex problems strong problem-solving skills (8D/5Why/Fishbone/Minitab)
Preferred 6 Sigma Green Belt or above
Experience with automotive / off-road industry
Experience with common Quality tools: PPAP, SPC, MSA, DFM, GD&T, APQP, FMEA, control plan, and 8D.
Additional job description details
The Product Quality engineer is a highly technical/engineering focused quality role and gives the opportunity to work on complex products and system for our Vehicle business unit at Sensata.
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