Quality Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop, maintain and improve processes and systems to ensure compliance with customer and internal quality standards and expectations, and identify and assist in the resolution of systematic and incidental quality problems
• Plan and implement systems and processes to ensure maintenance of quality standards in the initiation of new products, collaborating with suppliers and customers throughout all stages of new product launch
• Collaborate with suppliers and/or customers to develop, implement and improve quality standards and practices
• Collaborate with suppliers and/or customers to establish concerted and systematic understanding of quality standards and expectations for materials, components and goods produced
• Translate customer needs and expectations into actionable and measurable terms
• Interact with internal and external Customers, Engineers, and Suppliers to investigate and analyze complex quality issues, verify countermeasures, and follow up on issue resolution process within a timely manner
• Apply solid knowledge of problems solving techniques and root cause analysis to resolve moderately complex issues
• Should be familiar with a variety of problem solving / quality tools and act as point of contact for all Customers
• Coordinate the investigation of customer claims in order to identify and resolve systematic and incidental quality problems with respect to both internal production processes and supplier inputs
• Develop and implement improved sampling and testing procedures for both supplier inputs and TRMI goods in process and finished products
• Develop, submit for customer approval, and monitor the implementation of technically sound and cost efficient changes in processes, systems, procedures and other factors required to resolve quality problems and/or improve compliance with quality standards and expectations
• Participate in the design, development, modification and maintenance of information collection, storage, retrieval and analysis systems
• Collaborate with production team leaders and Associates, technicians and other engineers to develop and implement modifications to work areas, processes, component and product specifications, materials specifications, and testing and inspection procedures which improve compliance with quality standards
• Collect, compile, analyze and evaluate quality data, including claims and test data, and prepare standard and special reports and presentation materials for internal and external audiences
• Provide technical advice and assistance to suppliers and to other TRMI engineers and technicians in identifying and resolving quality problems and meeting customer needs and expectations
• Provide training in quality principles and the application of quality tools
• Perform other work as assigned by the Manager and/or Section Manager
  
  
  
  

Benefits Include:

• Competitive pay
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Prescription
• Vision
• 401K Company match
• Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Education Assistance
• Flex Spending
• Employee Assistance Programs
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
  
  
  
  

TAC Manufacturing, Inc. is a Japanese owned automotive parts supplier, serving the Japanese Transplants (Toyota, Nissan, Subaru, etc.) as well as the domestic OEMs (Ford and GM). Located in Jackson, MI, TAC Manufacturing, Inc. is a subsidiary company of Tokai-Rika Co. LTD, which is located in Nagoya, Japan.

TAC was founded in 1991 and currently employs 700 people at our Jackson, MI location.

We manufacture security and safety-related products: shift levers, shift-by-wire, steering wheels, exterior mirrors, steering column locks, key cylinders, mechanical and remote keys, and more.

Shift your career into drive and help TAC Manufacturing make the driving experience an intuitive connection between the human body and the vehicle.

TAC Manufacturing, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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