Plant Vehicle Team Engineer - Optimal Staffing

Position Description:

Plant Vehicle Team (PVT) Engineers are part of Company's North American Engineering organization and are co-located in the Vehicle Assembly Plant with the vehicle production team. The PVT Engineer is the 'first line of defense' regarding Functional system quality for the products produced at the assembly plant. The PVT Engineer has several responsibilities associated with analyzing and fixing quality issues on components shipped into the assembly plant, and processes within the Vehicle Assembly Plant and integrated remote build centers.

Responsibilities:

• Work with Body Engineering team to deliver quality objectives heavily focused on wiper systems, windows/glass, and exterior lighting.
• Conduct a daily review of incoming warranty claims data, review customer and dealership comments and bin claims into accurate binning categories.
• Contact dealership/s for parts and repair diagnoses, participate in customer call back to ensure proper understanding of customer feedback.
• Review returned parts for root cause analyses and develop Interim Containment and Permanent Corrective Actions.
• Support assembly plant with Stop Ships/Stop Builds, Campaigns, Audits, Root Cause Analysis and other Quality related tasks.
• Lead engineering trials and the implementation of running changes for the sub-system.
• Issue engineering Alerts and initiate and/or pursue authorization of engineering concerns for product changes to support Quality objectives.
• Engage technical experts and functional team members for driving resolution and in developing corrective actions to improve product quality.
• Create presentations for various levels of upper management report out, Vehicle Quality Reviews, and Engineering Managers reviews.

Skills Required:

• Strong understanding of exterior lighting or washer/wiper systems.
• Ability to establish a System Engineering approach to problem solving.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools for documentation and presentation.
• Demonstrated Technical Problem-Solving Skills.
• Engineering Problem Solving; root cause identification and analysis, developing Containment Actions and Permanent Corrective Actions.
• Success working in a fast-paced challenging environment.
• Warranty systems knowledge of ECB, BSAQ, GSAR is preferred.

Experience Required:

• 2 years of experience working with exterior lighting or wiper washer systems
• 2 years of experience in an automotive manufacturing environment.

Education Required:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering