JOB DESCRIPTION:
- Liaison between Manufacturing and Engineering areas to address any issue related to Powertrain electrical components function / performance / assembly.
- Prompt communication to Part Owner from Powertrain Electrical to inform on issues reported by the Assembly Plant.
- Validate implementation in Assembly Plant of Engineering Changes from Powertrain electrical owned parts.
- Coordinate and follow up execution of tests to be performed at Assembly Plant to confirm part conformance to customer’s requirements.
- Perform proposed changes for part design are implemented into Assembly Plant; evaluate with Resident Engineer feasibility before Engineering Change processing.
- Ensure to Assembly Plants that parts with pending validation are OK to be shipped and assembled into saleable vehicles.
- Address & communicate to appropriate DRE Quality related issues from Root Cause definition until Permanent Corrective Action implementation.
- Define rework procedures and obtain quotes from 3rd party suppliers for on-site containment.
- Create and evaluate requests for component’s functional testing in assembly plants before implementation into normal production. (Production Evaluation Request).
- Release temporary approvals for part validation on assigned vehicle families. (Interim Approval Authorization).
- Support to Assembly Plants on the usage and application of specifications and design changes according to Engineering Changes.
- Approve or reject documents for Temporary Substitution on components in Assembly Plant.
- Request prototype parts manufacturing to solve warranty issues.
- Obtainment of product changes information, implementation dates, service and/or recall technical bulletins, Product Engineering standards, bill of material and Engineering graphs.
- Verify product manufacturing process before mass production release.
- Request and obtainment of concurrencies on validations, temporary and definitive product deviatio