QA Engineer

• Ensure quality assurance of parts supplied to Mazda and the MTMUS plant
• Oversee manufacturing and engineering processes, ensuring proper use of tools, materials, and procedures
• Create and maintain standards for MNAO products
• Create and present quality reports analyzing internal and external quality standards
• Evaluate customer feedback to identify product flaws and implement necessary changes
• Work with suppliers to ensure components and raw materials meet MNAO quality standards
• Resolve quality concerns through investigations, manufacturing process reviews, and audits
• Improve supplier quality systems through system audits
• Administer and enforce Quality Operating System (QOS) processes within MNAO and Mazda manufacturing affiliates
• Promote and apply Mazda Quality Requirements for Suppliers (QRS) procedures
• Execute QRS training and support supplier compliance from pre-production through mass production
• Perform Mazda System Assessment (MSA) audits for potential and current suppliers
• Report audit results and provide supplier-selection recommendations
• Track new-part launch and change-control schedules, objectives, and targets through APQP and PPAP
• Collaborate with suppliers and Mazda engineers in design reviews to ensure manufacturability and assembly suitability
• Review drawings, engineering standards, and critical/significant characteristics
• Perform PPAP reviews and production-readiness audits at supplier facilities
• Conduct on-site manufacturing trial-run process reviews and report corrective actions
• Promote Statistical Process Control (SPC) with safety margins
• Train and support supplier corrective actions and continuous-improvement activities
• Initiate and track corrective actions using 8D reports and identify root and systemic root causes
• Support Mazda production plants with rejection notices, defect information, corrective actions, warranty concerns, and continuous improvement
• Use Lean Quality and PDCA tools to improve process efficiency and effectiveness
• Identify focus suppliers and conduct continuous-improvement activities
• Negotiate with suppliers and support warranty-issue investigations and corrective actions

Supplier Quality Engineer

• Support supplier quality initiatives to achieve operational and strategic supplier quality goals
• Build relationships with external suppliers, external customers, and internal stakeholders including Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Engineering
• Execute APQP and support VPI quality activities for internal Engine Business suppliers
• Learn and apply APQP, AIAG, and Cummins specialty tools to develop or improve supplier manufacturing processes
• Participate in external supplier audits and potentially lead low-complexity, low-risk audits after certification
• Participate in resolving supplier-related quality challenges through root cause analysis, corrective actions, and effectiveness verification
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects using lean and Six Sigma methodologies
• Participate in quality performance planning and improvement for assigned product types or supplier segments
• Support Product Problem Solving (PPS) activities and successful product launches
• Evaluate supplier product design, manufacturing process design, and product validation for reliability expectations

• Establish, control, and audit baseline configurations for product documentation, bills of materials, engineering drawings, specifications, and related artifacts throughout the product lifecycle
• Facilitate and administer Engineering Change Order/Engineering Change Notice and Change Control Board processes
• Ensure revisions are reviewed, validated, and approved before implementation
• Maintain traceability and integrity of configuration items across PLM, PDM, and ERP platforms
• Perform Functional Configuration Audits and Physical Configuration Audits
• Monitor, support, and audit adherence to the Quality Management System
• Lead non-conformance management workflows with engineering and operations teams
• Execute root cause analysis and Corrective and Preventive Actions
• Plan, schedule, and execute internal and supplier audits
• Document non-conformances and track remediation milestones
• Collect, analyze, and present quality and configuration management metrics to leadership

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

• Develop, document, execute, and maintain comprehensive test plans and test cases from component-level testing through User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Perform manual smoke, sanity, regression, and UAT testing
• Build and maintain automated test scripts using Selenium or Playwright
• Test new and existing application functionality for reliability, defect-free operation, and intended performance
• Perform back-end and database testing, including creating test data and writing and executing SQL queries
• Review business and technical requirements to identify gaps, inconsistencies, risks, and testing requirements
• Partner with software engineers, business analysts, business stakeholders, and QA professionals throughout the development lifecycle
• Identify, document, report, troubleshoot, and verify software defects and fixes
• Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies and support testing throughout the software development lifecycle
• Develop and report QA metrics, including test coverage and test confidence
• Advance test automation practices and determine when manual testing provides the most effective coverage
• Serve as a senior technical resource by providing QA automation guidance and coaching
• Work directly with the Engineering Manager and help provide leadership and direction across QA activities
• Manage multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

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