[Hiring] Customer Quality Engineer @Fictiv

Role Description

The Customer Quality Engineer communicates with customers on quality-related issues and coordinates with regional Quality Teams to efficiently and effectively resolve concerns and to drive continual improvements to proactively avoid issues from arising. This is a technical role.

As the Customer Quality Engineer you will have a significant impact on maintaining and improving customer satisfaction on our major programs. You will ensure that Quality is recognized as an order-winning proposition by our customers, with early engagement to ensure that their requirements are fully understood, our manufacturing partner capabilities are aligned, and our execution is optimized. Post sale, you will coordinate with the customers on any quality issues, acting as the subject matter expert supporting Program Managers and coordinating with Quality Team members in the regions where parts are being manufactured to ensure quick resolution of problems without unnecessary back and forth with delays resulting from time differences across our regional offices.

What You Will Be Doing

• Report to the Head of Global Quality and assist with various duties as needed and assigned.
• Review customers’ quality requirements, integrating them into MISUMI Americas Quality Management System.
• Support APQP and PPAP activities as required by customers, including the implementation of optimized measurement plans for mechanical parts.
• Ensure analytical and manufacturing techniques are consistent and meet agreed customer specifications through alignment with regional Supplier Quality Engineers.
• Provide subject matter expertise to program managers to solve problems and develop structured problem-solving capabilities within the Program Management team and other MISUMI Americas functional groups.
• Act as the bridge between customers and regional Quality Teams.
• Identify opportunities for improvement in MISUMI Americas Quality Management System and manufacturing partner network.
• Implement performance indicators to assess customer quality.
• Ensure customer-initiated supplier corrective action requests (SCARs) are responded to correctly, completely, and in a timely manner.
• Establish a compelling story for MISUMI Americas Quality as an order-winning proposition.
• Serve as a customer advocate for quality issues, tactfully pushing back when customer demands are unreasonable.
• Maintain and contribute to the QMS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical subject (Master's preferred).
• Fluency in English (Chinese language fluency is a preferred additional skill).
• Minimum of 3 years Quality Engineering or Program Management experience in mechanical part manufacturing.
• Experience working in a global organization and influencing colleagues in different time zones.
• Fully conversant in GD&T principles.
• Strong understanding of Injection Molding, 3D printing, or Sheet Metal preferred.
• Strong understanding of quality principles and manufacturing processes (metrology expertise is preferred).
• Strong foundational mindset in risk identification and mitigation.
• Data-driven, detail-oriented, and pragmatic.
• Structured problem solving with a multi-strategy approach.
• Six Sigma certification preferred.
• Ability to evaluate customer requirements and standards and convert them into executables.
• Understanding of ISO9001:2015 requirements.
• Understanding of other QMS standard requirements e.g. ISO13485, IATF16949 (preferred).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively at all levels in an organization.

Desired Traits

• Collaborative: Partner with various functional groups within MISUMI Americas and collaborate with customers and manufacturing partners.
• Excellent collaboration skills and the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to build strong trust-based relationships internally and externally.
• Subject Matter Expert for resolving quality issues identified by customers.
• Ability to influence without having direct authority.
• Advocate: Solicit and listen to customer requirements and concerns, actively avoiding problems and resolving them when they occur.
• Strong in identifying customer requirements.
• Adept at shifting priorities while maintaining a strong sense of urgency.
• Good listener comfortable with ambiguity, asking questions, and providing clarity.
• Strong customer service skills with a demonstrated service mentality.
• Build and maintain credibility with customers and within MISUMI Americas.
• Passionate and Empathetic: Commitment to people and empathy for supporting individuals leads to a stronger company culture.
• Exhibit a high level of initiative and integrity.
• Empathetic to the needs of customers, manufacturing partners, and MISUMI Americas.
• Able to make decisions without all available information and course correct when new information becomes available.
• Learn from situations and drive improvements as a result of thorough lessons learned analysis.
• Able to exercise good judgment within broadly defined practices and policies and work in a self-directed manner.

Physical Demands

• Routine requirements include sitting, walking, talking, hearing, using hands to keyboard, handling, feeling, stooping, kneeling, crouching, twisting, crawling, reaching, and stretching.
• Ability to travel up to 50% annually in the US and/or other regions globally.

We’re actively seeking teammates who:

• Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company.
• Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team.
• Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.
• Have an ‘always learning’ mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins.
• Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates.