Full Description

What we offer you Medical, Rx, Dental, Disability, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts Retirement Savings Plans with Company Match/Contributions

What you will be doing

SCOPE

• The Senior Quality Engineer is responsible for leading advanced quality engineering activities to ensure product and process compliance, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement across Hydro Precision Tubing manufacturing operations.
• This role serves as the primary technical quality authority for assigned customers, products, and processes—driving systemic corrective actions, risk mitigation, process capability improvement, and supplier quality performance aligned with IATF-16949 and automotive OEM requirements.
• The position operates with a high level of autonomy and is expected to influence plant strategy, customer relationships, and operational excellence initiatives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Customer Quality Leadership
• Serve as primary quality interface for key automotive and industrial customers (e.g., Mahle, Denso, Sanhua, GM).
• Lead customer claim management, including containment, root cause analysis, and permanent corrective action implementation.
• Drive closure of 8D reports to customer acceptance within required timelines.
• Lead customer visits, audits, and performance reviews.
• Manage escalation processes including TSIP / MSIP or equivalent supplier performance programs.
• Advanced Problem Solving & Risk Mitigation
• Lead cross-functional root cause investigations using DMAIC, 8D, A3, and Shainin methodologies.
• Drive systemic corrective actions focused on prevention, not containment.
• Conduct Lessons Learned deployment across plants and programs.
• Lead risk assessments tied to field performance, warranty, and product safety.
• APQP & Product / Process Launch
• Support APQP activities for new programs, transfers, and engineering changes.

Develop and approve

• Process Flow Diagrams
• PFMEA / DFMEA reviews
• Control Plans
• Inspection Plans
• Work Instructions
• Submit and approve PPAP packages to customer requirements.
• Validate process capability (Cp/Cpk, Pp/Ppk) and MSA studies.
• Manufacturing Process Quality Engineering
• Establish process controls for extrusion, drawing, cutting, and value-add operations.
• Drive scrap and CoPQ reduction initiatives.
• Lead statistical analysis of process performance.
• Implement poka-yoke, error-proofing, and automation validation.