Hitachi
Supplier Quality Engineer
Tallapoosa, GA, United States · Full-time · Posted Jun 11, 2025
- Experience
- 4 years of related work experience in manufacturing.
- Education
- 4-year College Degree in Electrical Engineering
About the job
Supports supplier quality for electric-vehicle drive units, ensuring supplied materials and components meet requirements and helping manufacturing teams with new product launches, production, and supplier-related complaints.
What you'll do
- Verify supplier processes and products through audits, measurements, trials, and reports; manage supplier change points and customer approvals.
- Lead corrective-action activities for supplier complaints and provide daily customer and plant support.
- Support EV product and manufacturing-location start-ups, including quality controls, testing procedures, and production readiness.
What they ask for
- Four-year college degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Four years of related manufacturing work experience.
- Knowledge of quality systems, including PPAP/IPPAAR and CAPA; GD&T and print interpretation; electrical and mechanical schematics and component specifications.
- Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally, up to 35%.
Nice to have
- Automotive experience, especially with electro/mechanical devices; knowledge of EV components such as inverters and motors.
- Supplier experience; Japanese bilingual ability; knowledge of IATF16949, APQP, FMEA, Control Plans, SAP, IPC-A-610, or root-cause tools.
Tools
PPAP/IPPAAR, CAPA, GD&T, IATF16949, APQP, FMEA, SAP, IPC-A-610
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