Quality Engineer

As an essential link between automotive manufacturers and suppliers, the Resident Quality Engineer holds a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth functioning of the manufacturing process, maintaining product quality, and promptly resolving any technical issues that may arise.

This position involves acting as a liaison with various Methode engineering departments, providing technical insights during product development, and ensuring that capabilities align with the manufacturer's requirements.

With a strong focus on quality assurance, problem-solving, and continuous improvement, the Resident Engineer plays a vital part in fostering effective communication between all stakeholders involved in the automotive industry, optimizing production processes and adhering to industry standards.

Position Responsibilities:

• Interface directly with customer’s engineers, processes, systems, labs, test facilities and customer sites as required and relay the information effectively to Methode.
• The three main points of contact inside the Methode system will be Samaya Electronics plant in Egypt, GEU warehouse in Belgium and Methode Electronics plant in Malta.
• Prioritize customer satisfaction by providing on-site support to address quality issues and provide efficient sorting and rework.
• Conduct Routine visits to customer sites to enhance customer relationships.
• Develop and maintain a schedule of visits and prioritize visits based on need and urgency
• Implement effective containment measures in the warehouse and at key customer sites to minimize the presence of defective parts.
• Provide an efficient first level root cause analysis and facilitate return process for defective parts to the manufacturing plants.
• Define product requirements during concept development stage and through product development cycle, support design, verification and evaluation as well as support the customer through the product life cycle
• Develop and review product designs for compliance with engineering principles and company standards as well as customer contract requirements and related specifications
• Lead all aspects at the customers site as seen from the customer’s perspective
• Thoroughly analyze and understand the customer’s requirements
• Interfaces with various customer departments/groups such as electrical, mechanical and software engineering, purchasing, quality, project management, product validation and manufacturing to support all aspects of the customer’s internal processes
• Integrate with the customer at the customer’s site. Actively uses all customer systems that support the Engineering process
• Assist Methode’s Systems Engineering team to develop Product Design requirements used by Methode’s engineering teams
• Perform primary engineering evaluation of software/hardware release candidates at customer’s site, both bench and vehicle
• Support customer reviews, builds, launches and production at Methode’s and customer plants
• Drive to resolution any technical issues encountered by the customer during their development process including on-vehicle and on-bench
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (ME or EE preferred)
• Ability to travel 40% both domestic and international
• 2+ years of combined product experience at an automotive OEM and/or Tier 1 automotive supplier
• Experience with a structured approach to problem-solving (e.g., 8D)
• Hands-on experience with test and measurement equipment
• Experience troubleshooting and debugging electromechanical systems and issues
• Ability to prioritize tasks effectively and handle various tasks at the same time
• Strong interpersonal technical, organization, presentation, and motivational skills
• Proven ability to overcome obstacles and get results

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience with automotive interior electronic products with emphasis on products that are electro-mechanical that interface with vehicle communication systems
• 2+ years of experience as a Resident Engineer with one or more OEM customers
• Experience with OEMs Supplier Portals such as COVISINT/WERs for Ford, GM.
• Thorough understanding of all engineering disciplines through a combination of education and on-the-job training from past experience highly preferred
• Knowledge of embedded C and/or CAN and LIN bus low level CAN driver configurations, embedded module implementation of CAN
• Experience with VectorCANdriver, KWP2000, and CAN analysis tools (Canoe, CANylzer)
• Solid knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and software design
• Experience with software configuration management tools, experience with SVN a plus