Launch Quality Engineer

General Motors•Concord, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Onsite: This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the GM Defense Production Facility (Concord, North Carolina) on a full-time basis (shift is four 10's, Monday - Thursday). The role may occasionally require off shift or weekend coverage to support operations and critical investigations. About GM Defense GM Defense (GMD) continues a 100-year legacy of designing, validating, and manufacturing vehicles and equipment in support of defense and other government customers. Within GM Defense, the recently created Autonomous Driving and Robotics group is charged with adapting, integrating, and enhancing GM’s automated driving capabilities to the needs of GM Defense customers.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of experience as Quality Engineer, Process Engineer or Reliability Engineer or related engineering profession.
Experience with launch and/or manufacturing environments, with a focus on quality engineering.
Candidate must either be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, asylee or refugee) or a non-U.S. Person who is eligible to obtain any required export control authorization.

Nice To Haves

Experience in multiple commodity quality or engineering experience
Familiar with 7-diamond process
Teamcenter utilization experience
GVDP experience or knowledge
3D scanning experience
Excellent communication and organizational skills, with the ability to manage complex, cross-functional deliverables.
Detail-oriented mindset with strong problem-solving and data analysis capabilities.

Responsibilities

Become familiar with the new Product / Parts and Assembly Processes that will be used to build vehicles.
Function as part of the Launch Team, Working easel board issues, Issuing DIT's (Defense Issue Tracking) and Leading all quality issues through the Diamond 1-4 assessment for Launch related builds and GCA issues
Problem solve and validate utilizing Teamcenter
Participate in Diamonds 5-7 tracking Launch issues to resolution
Support Plant Launch Team problem solving, identifying error proofing opportunities and developing Product Quality Standards
Write Launch related SPPSs
Critically review design for manufacturing robustness and issue DITs as needed to drive change
Visit local production suppliers to review key process control plans and gaging strategies to prevent issues Commonly missed through launch process.
Participate in DIT and PDT meetings.
Filter and support escalation of issues to Engineering
Participate and report for Launch Quality in MQRR, PQRR and Launch Wall.
Support Launch team in developing standardized work (Atlas SQS screens/JES)
Participate in the Change Management Process for the assembly plant.
Support repair, rework and containment activities for identified spills and B&H yard sweeps.
Provide standardized work, PQS, and IRC methods.
Participate in High Risk Supplier phone calls
Support APQP and Supplier Readiness including PPAP (Understand and support SQE on specified commodities / understand status of assigned commodities).
Support quality function for Launch related TWOs
Ensure compliance with program timing, quality standards, and safety requirements.
Monitor launch progress and escalate critical issues to leadership with clear communication and data-driven