Quality Engineer - NPD (APQP Engineer)

Description

Sportech is a rapidly growing company in Elk River, MN. We are looking for talented people who wish to join a values-based company that desires to help our people and customers win. We design, manufacture, and assemble cab components and systems for the powersports, golf and turf, industrial and agricultural end markets. Our design and engineering capabilities allow us to provide complex components and assemblies to our original equipment manufacturer customers. We are always on the gas and seeking dynamic, enthusiastic, and motivated individuals to join our extraordinary team. 

Job Summary

This position fully supports product development activities and manages advanced product quality planning (APQP) projects and programs within their respective value stream. It is a strategic and key team member providing quality guidance, training, influence, collaboration and partnership. Ensures successful prototype sample approval, pre-production approval, PPAP approval (supplier & customer), and flawless project hand-off to production. This position includes the ability to use metrology and statistical methods to analyze and problem solve including use of DFMEA’s, PFMEA’s, and quality control plans.

Essential Job Functions

• Serves as the primary quality partner supporting new product development value stream teams.
• Cross functional team member working with supply chain and suppliers to ensure Sportech quality standards are achieved and maintained including all supplier PPAP submissions.
• Promotes prevention tools and techniques through process discipline and first-time conformance.
• Direct customer interface and interaction on a high frequency basis to ensure customer requirements are agreed upon in the acceptance stages and built into the project scope. This also includes supporting packaging test and shipping expectations (i.e. ISTA requirements as applicable).
• Ability to read engineering drawings, including GD&T dimensioning applying ASME 14.5Y requirements.
• CMM programming, CMM use and CAD software knowledge. (Verisurf a plus)
• Project management functions and ability to manage dates and key milestones.
• Document data and effectively communicate lessons learned back into future projects and design reviews.
• Miscellaneous projects and duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree strongly preferred with 5 years related experience
• ISO 9001 and TS16949 automotive related quality systems requirements and knowledge
• Excellent internal and external customer services skills
• Proven supervision and leadership experience
• Demonstrated understanding of quality tools, techniques and root cause corrective action
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes