Quality Assurance Engineer

Hitachi - Greenfield, IN

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - Greenfield, IN

Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

About the position

The Quality Assurance Engineer at Hitachi Astemo Indiana, Inc. is responsible for ensuring that manufacturing processes and products meet quality standards and customer requirements. This role involves confirming process requirements, maintaining quality systems, and leading corrective actions to address any quality issues. The engineer will work closely with various teams to support the development and implementation of quality controls for electric vehicle (EV) products, ensuring a smooth production start-up and compliance with industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Confirm process requirements are met both internally and for customer
• Confirm Product to Requirements are met (Trials, 1st time shipment, Change Points, Design Changes, Reliability Testing, Strain Testing, Cross Sections, PV test etc.)
• Maintain Procedures, review Drawings and Documents to ensure Quality Systems/IATF Requirements are met (Document audits: WI, PQCT, PFMEA etc., Customer Audits)
• Manage change point control with customer and suppliers for PPAP/IPPAAR
• Identify Root Cause, Institute Corrective Action, internal and external reporting for Customer complaints/ assist with Supplier defect root cause analysis activities
• Review Cost of Poor Quality, Quality Trends, PPH, Determine Problem Causes for Customer and Suppliers (Defect Situational Analysis)
• Work within small team to develop manufacturing location and processes to support smooth mass production start-up of EV products
• Support Design team in development of quality controls mechanisms for manufacturing location and process for EV products
• Support PE test in development of equipment controls and installation of equipment to meet design and specification requirements
• Develop testing set-up to ensure production specification are maintained and adequate testing is in place for production/market product analysis
• Typical NPI duties as detailed by internal Astemo and customer requirements for start-up of new product/location

Requirements

• 4-year College Degree in Electrical Engineering or other engineering disciplines
• Knowledge for Quality Systems (PPAP/IPPAAR part approval, CAPA corrective/preventive actions, APQP)
• Ability to understand and explain component and product functions in relation to overall product design
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes
• Excellent communication skills to prepare and present technical information to all levels of management and customers verbally and written
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally (30%)
• Work experience in automotive industry, with emphasis in electro/mechanical devices
• Knowledge of EV components such as motors and inverters
• Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance (GD&T), interpretation
• Experience dealing with automotive customers
• Knowledge of Quality Systems such as IATF16949, NPI (New Product Introduction), FMEA, Control Plans, etc.
• Experience with project planning, Control Plans, FMEA's, Process Operations Standards, etc.
• Sound knowledge of mechanical and electrical engineering to assist with decisions related to Electro-Mechanical Processes
• Well organized, attention to detail and able to handle multiple deadlines and projects simultaneously
• Ability to lead projects obtaining the support of multiple departments
• Analytical skills to understand product and process change points impact
• Knowledge with problem solving tools, such as 5 Principles of Problem Solving, 5-why, DOE, FTA etc. with strong aptitude toward root cause analysis

Nice-to-haves

• Bilingual Japanese language/translation
• Intermediate experience required in Windows, MSWord, PowerPoint, and Excel

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities