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United States

Wyoming, Minnesota

Wyoming, Minnesota

Coordinate distribution of work across team of Supplier Quality Engineers throughout product development cycle including the transition of safety critical part management to product assurance.Manage and develop employees, using formal and informal coaching, including communication of job expectations, planning, monitoring and appraising job results, and ensuring standards, systems, policies, and procedures are upheld.Interface with leadership in operations, engineering, and procurement to ensure alignment on quality issues.Direct the execution of standards according to established supplier quality processes and procedures.Partner with cross-functional leadership in the development of new and existing product manufacturing and quality recommendations.Ensure team deliverables are executed. Ensure team successfully executes against supplier readiness responsibilities and launch control responsibilities.Manage creation, implementation, documentation, and execution of centralized core supplier quality standards.Collaborate with technology experts on advanced technology process development.Drive collaboration among supplier quality engineers and other functions to ensure effective solutions to any issues.

Wyoming, Mn

Manage a team of supplier quality engineers. This includes goal setting, performance review, employee development support.Work closely with international teams (India and China) for overseas supplier support. Serve as on road lead for supplier quality team on all new on road powertrain projects. This includes reporting on supplier readiness during gate reviews.Review designs/components determined as high risk for correct identification of key Inspection Characteristics (KICs) and correct application of GD&T principles to ensure measurement and manufacturing feasibility.Collaborate with suppliers and Polaris engineering during design reviews to ensure Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).Assist suppliers to maintain 100% PQR compliance for all preproduction and production builds.Train suppliers in execution of PPAPs, PQR system, and corrective actions.Promote the use of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and continuous improvement techniques at suppliers.Perform production readiness assessments (PPAP reviews) at supplier facilities for high risk suppliers/components. Report to Polaris project team on readiness status.Provide support/feedback to product groups when determining existing supplier suitability for future business.

Wyoming, Mn

Review designs/components determined as high risk for correct identification of Key Inspection Characteristics (KICs) and correct application of GD&T principles to ensure measurement and manufacturing feasibility.Collarborate with suppliers and Polaris engineering during design reviews to ensure Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).Assist suppliers to maintain 100% PQR compliance for all preproduction and production builds.Train suppliers in execution of PPAPs, PQR system, and corrective actions.Promote the use of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and continuous improvement techniques at suppliers.Perform production readiness assessments (PPAP reviews) at supplier facilities for high risk suppliers/components. Report to Polaris project team on readiness status.Perform quality system audits on potential suppliers and make recommendations for suitability to Polaris requirements.Provide support/feedback to product groups when determining existing supplier suitability for future business.

Decherd, Tn

Track and report CP/CPK results from CMM checks for casting and forging plants.Work with manufacturing groups to determine root cause and effective countermeasures for any rejects.Develop and implement quality confirmation plans for new models.Insure that quality technologists for casting and forging plants are working efficiently and effectively.Work with Forging Manufacturing to develop defect catalog with procedures on how to handle each defect to improve handling of quality issues.Develop quality procedures for Casting and Forging QA.

Participate in line audits at suppliersWork with suppliers to improve process flow for productionReview and approve/reject PPAP documents for part changesParticipate in line trials for new programs and help make improvements to equipment for new model enginesWork with suppliers to solve quality issues for partsWork with suppliers to improve process and quality of partsInstruct manufacturing on how to handle parts to prevent damage during installationResponsible for returning warranty parts to suppliers for investigation.

Participated in assembly line rebalances to reallocate jobs on assembly line for better process flowWritten spec packages for new equipment installed on assembly lineTraveled to suppliers for equipment buyoffsDeveloped and maintained process sheetsWorked with manufacturing to solve line issues and improve equipment functionalityWorked with part suppliers to solve quality issues

Troubleshot and fixed In-Circuit Test fixtures for all control units (ACU, BCM, Memory Seat, Keyless Tuner, ADP)Created In-Circuit Test programs for all new model productsMaintained In-Circuit Test programs for current productsDebugged programs for automated insertion machines for ACU processCreated automated insertion programs for new model products

Troubleshot suspect parts to find root cause of any defectsDesigned and built bench tester and wire harness used to test 5 different productsResponsible for determining the cause of failure in customer returnsResponsible for issuing Quality Progress Reports on customer returnsAssisted with the debugging of the programming for a durability tester