USADesign Quality Engineer - Accessories
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USASenior
design validationquality assurancemanufacturing
Engineer role focused on ensuring visual quality and craftsmanship of automotive interior and exterior components throughout product development.
Обязанности
- Design Quality & Craftsmanship Validation
- Ensure Class-A components meet visual quality, craftsmanship, and design intent requirements
- Evaluate vehicle and accessory components against appearance and quality standards
- Support development and maintenance of craftsmanship expectations across programs
- Drive alignment between design intent and production execution
- Mold & Grain Approval Activities
- Review molded parts prior to grain application to ensure tool quality meets approval requirements
- Assess tooling and molded surfaces for cosmetic defects and quality concerns
- Validate supplier pre-grain approval documentation
- Approve tooling readiness prior to grain application activities
- Appearance Approval Process (AAR)
- Review and evaluate appearance approval parts including:
- Painted components
- Wrapped components
- Chrome components
- MIC components
- Other Class-A appearance parts
- Verify parts meet visual quality standards and dimensional stability requirements
- Support approval activities required for PPAP signoff and production readiness
- Issue Identification & Resolution
- Document visual, cosmetic, tooling, and craftsmanship concerns
- Generate visual reports supporting issue identification and resolution
- Work directly with suppliers and engineering teams to address identified concerns
- Support root cause investigations and corrective actions for appearance-related issues
- Supplier Quality Support
- Support supplier visits and on-site quality reviews as required
- Collaborate with Supplier Quality Engineers and supplier quality teams
- Assist suppliers in resolving tooling, grain, and appearance concerns
- Monitor supplier quality performance related to craftsmanship standards
- Program & Data Management
- Maintain documentation and records related to grain approvals, appearance approvals, and craftsmanship reviews
- Track program deliverables and approval status across multiple projects
- Support timeline management and milestone execution
- Maintain material development and craftsmanship databases
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate closely with CMF Design, Studio Engineering, Mastering, Manufacturing, and Supplier Quality teams
- Support plaque-to-part scaling and design execution activities
- Participate in design reviews and provide quality feedback throughout development
- Profile:
- Passionate about vehicle craftsmanship, visual quality, and customer-facing product execution
- Strong eye for detail and ability to identify subtle appearance concerns
- Comfortable balancing design expectations with manufacturing feasibility
- Highly organized and capable of managing multiple programs simultaneously
- Strong communicator who can effectively work with suppliers, engineers, and design teams
- Self-driven and capable of operating independently with limited supervision
- Process-oriented with a structured approach to issue identification and resolution
- Thrives in fast-paced development and launch environments
- Must Have:
- 8+ years of experience in Quality, Product Development, Craftsmanship, Design Validation, or related disciplines
- Minimum 5 years of automotive industry experience
- Experience evaluating appearance-sensitive or Class-A automotive components
- Experience working with suppliers and cross-functional engineering teams
- Strong understanding of craftsmanship, cosmetic quality, and visual acceptance criteria
- Experience documenting issues and supporting corrective actions
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Ability to manage multiple programs simultaneously
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools
- Good to Have:
- Tooling experience
Другое
- We’re , an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.
- As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.
- When you join , you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.
- Overview :
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Product Development, or a related technical field.
- Minimum 8+ years of experience in quality, product development, craftsmanship, supplier quality, or design validation environments, including at least 5 years within the automotive industry.
- This position is focused on ensuring the visual quality, craftsmanship, and design execution of Class-A interior and exterior components throughout the product development lifecycle.
- The role involves evaluating molded, painted, wrapped, chrome, and appearance-sensitive components to ensure alignment with design intent, visual standards, dimensional stability requirements, and production readiness expectations.
- The engineer will work closely with Design, CMF, Mastering, Suppliers, Supplier Quality, Manufacturing, and Product Development teams to identify and resolve craftsmanship, tooling, grain, and appearance-related issues before production launch.
- This position requires strong attention to detail, visual assessment expertise, supplier collaboration experience, and the ability to balance design intent with manufacturing reality in a fast-paced automotive development environment.