Essential Duties:
- AIAG Core Tools Application: Apply AIAG Core Tools, including but not limited to:
- Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP): Collaborate with cross-functional teams to plan and execute quality processes throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring proactive risk assessment and mitigation.
- Production Part Approval Process (PPAP): Implement PPAP to verify and validate product and process designs, ensuring they meet customer requirements and industry standards.
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA): Conduct FMEA to systematically assess potential failure modes, prioritize risks, and develop robust mitigation strategies.
- Measurement System Analysis (MSA): Perform MSA to evaluate measurement systems, ensuring accurate and reliable data for quality decisions.
- Statistical Process Control (SPC): Apply SPC techniques to monitor and control manufacturing processes, maintaining consistent product quality.
- Control Plans: Develop comprehensive control plans to ensure critical product and process characteristics are controlled and maintained.
- IATF 16949 Knowledge: Utilize your in-depth understanding of IATF 16949 standards to ensure quality management system compliance. Participate in audits and contribute to maintaining certification.
- Risk Management: Identify potential quality-related risks and implement effective risk mitigation strategies, leveraging your AIAG Core Tools expertise.
- Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives based on data analysis, root cause analysis, and corrective/preventive actions derived from AIAG Core Tools.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with engineering, manufacturing, and other departments to ensure AIAG Core Tools are seamlessly integrated into product development and manufacturing processes.
- Quality Data Analysis: Analyze quality data to identify trends, areas for improvement, and opportunities to enhance product quality.
- Documentation and Reporting: Maintain accurate records of AIAG Core Tools implementation, audit findings, improvement actions, and compliance status.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Requirements:
- To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a requirement for some roles at PENA and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.
The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.
Education:
- Required: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related field.
- Master's degree or higher education in a relevant discipline can be advantageous.
Essential Qualifications:
- Quality Experience: Demonstrated experience in quality management, quality engineering, or a related field, typically around 5+ years.
- AIAG Core Tools Expertise: Proficiency in AIAG Core Tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC, Control Plans), including their application and integration into quality processes.
- IATF 16949 Knowledge: In-depth understanding of IATF 16949 standards and their application to ensure compliance.
- Risk Management: Proven experience in identifying and mitigating quality-related risks.
- Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical skills with the ability to conduct root cause analysis and develop effective solutions.
- Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills to interact with cross-functional teams, senior management, and external stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Alignment to Panasonic’s seven (7) core principles (contribution to society, fairness and honesty, cooperation and team spirit, untiring effort for improvement, courtesy and humility, adaptability, gratitude)
- Quality Experience: Demonstrated experience in quality management, quality engineering, or a related field, typically around [X] years.
- AIAG Core Tools Expertise: Proficiency in AIAG Core Tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, SPC, Control Plans), including their application and integration into quality processes.
- IATF 16949 Knowledge: In-depth understanding of IATF 16949 standards and their application to ensure compliance.
- Risk Management: Proven experience in identifying and mitigating quality-related risks.
- Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical skills with the ability to conduct root cause analysis and develop effective solutions.
- Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills to interact with cross-functional teams, senior management, and external stakeholders.
Preferred Certification(s):
- Certifications related to quality management, AIAG Core Tools, IATF 16949, and Six Sigma are beneficial in demonstrating specialized expertise.
Physical Activities: (Percentage of time (equaling 100%) during the normal workday the employee is required to)
- Sit: 40%
- Walk: 30%
- Stand: 20%
- Lift: 10%
Required Lifting and Carrying: (Required frequency is: Not required (0%), Occasional (1-33%), Frequent (34-66%, Continuous (67-100%)
- Up to 10 lbs.: Occasional
- Up to 20 lbs.: Occasional
- Up to 35 lbs.: Occasional
- Team-lift only (over 35 lbs.): Not Required
About Us:
As part of Panasonic’s expansion strategy, it is now constructing a very large Li-ion battery factory near Kansas City, Kansas. In this new green-field factory, Panasonic will manufacture cylindrical lithium-ion cells for various electric vehicle makers. This role is for a full-time position in the new factory being built in Kansas.
Our mission at PENA is to make the vision of affordable Electric Vehicles a reality by producing the world’s safest, high quality, and lowest cost batteries. Through this effort we will create a clean energy society and our products will change society’s use of and perceptions of electric power.
In addition to an environment that is as innovative as our products, we offer competitive salaries and benefits.
Supplemental Information:
Pre-employment drug testing is required. Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. without restriction.
Panasonic is an Equal Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
Thank you for your interest in Panasonic Energy of North America.
