Warranty Engineer - $85-95K + 15% Bonus Automotive Components Mfg Will coordinate and perform warranty data analysis & charting, teardown & inspection reporting. Identify failure modes and causes, as well as correlation to application and/or customer usage profile. Communicate between cross-functional teams in product engineering, manufacturing, assembly and supplier quality departments, working with the team members, suppliers and customers to coordinate product and process improvements. Reports to the manager of product engineering. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Analyze failure modes of returned parts; determine root cause(s); Propose improvements to products and processes for warranty cost reduction; Chart, summarize & present warranty data to internal and external customers in report format and in recurring teleconferences; Work with suppliers and manufacturing teams (quality, manufacturing, assembly engineering) to improve quality, processes and address non-conformance to drawings; Mark up drawings for design improvement; Analyze data; provide process capability analyses and apply statistical process control.
Strong Analytical ability and experience in statistical analysis is required. 1. Four year degree in engineering required. Mechanical engineering preferred. 2. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications - Word, Excel and Powerpoint required. 3. Professional verbal and written communication skills essential. 4. Experience with warranty analysis and product / process improvement. 5. Engineering training and/or experience in tolerance stack-up, fastening systems analysis, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing preferred 6. General metallurgy knowledge preferred. Past experience with steel, aluminum and magnesium preferred. KEY COMPETENCIES: Customer Focus Action Oriented, Decision Quality Ethics and Values Priority Setting Problem Solving Informing Process Management
Strong Analytical ability and experience in statistical analysis is required. 1. Four year degree in engineering required. Mechanical engineering preferred. 2. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications - Word, Excel and Powerpoint required. 3. Professional verbal and written communication skills essential. 4. Experience with warranty analysis and product / process improvement. 5. Engineering training and/or experience in tolerance stack-up, fastening systems analysis, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing preferred 6. General metallurgy knowledge preferred. Past experience with steel, aluminum and magnesium preferred. KEY COMPETENCIES: Customer Focus Action Oriented, Decision Quality Ethics and Values Priority Setting Problem Solving Informing Process Management