Quality Assurance Engineer - Carson, United States - Porsche Cars North America

Description

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Position overview

At Porsche, we are driven by dreams.

Porsche Engineering Group (PEG) is an international technology services provider to the automotive industry with locations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, Romania, China, and now in the United States.

Porsche Engineering Services North America, Inc. will have its operational base at the Porsche Experience Center, LA in Carson, California near Los Angeles.

The mission of this newly formed teamwill be to take on engineering evaluation of market-specific vehicle functions and digital services, including connectivity and infotainment.

The Quality Engineer, within the Quality Assurance at Porsche Engineering, is responsible for Complete Vehicle Validation and Assurance in the metropolitan area of California on public roads,according to Porsche's proprietary testing systems and methodologies.

The vehicles descend from Porsche's development process and reflect the current quality and development levels of the corresponding model ranges.

As the vehicles mature, it is necessary to update the vehicles, especially with regards to the software and hardware, in order to ensure that any findings and/or complaints occurred are arising from the latest, released versions and are thus relevant.

The main task is to coordinate and manage the Quality Assurance activities including the corresponding updates, validations, assessments and analyses of the vehicles.

This also includes documentation and communication of performance records, anomalies, complaints, findings, analysis results and performed activities.

Roles & responsibilities

Support of the Project Management in ensuring the budget-, result- and resource-oriented practicability for the market-specific Quality Assurance activities

Monitor vehicle quality by analyzing development maturity level based on various sensors, including repetitive failures/findings reported by market-specific drivers, the Quality Assurance teams worldwide and other sources of Quality and Engineering topics and complaints

Collaborate with PAG and PEG Departments responsible for Complete Vehicle Quality and Engineering to facilitate and expedite countermeasure development and validation

Perform root cause analysis utilizing tools and software, such as Vector CANape, Vector CANoe, ETAS Measure Data Analyzer and other data acquisition means

Analysis of traces and fault memories (consolidated measurement data) with Porsche's proprietary testing systems and software in cooperation with PAG and PEG Departments

Plausibility check of the results of the measurement data analysis from the vehicle and implementation of validation tests

Operational coordination and performance of complaint management in an interfacing function to the cross-departmental stakeholders at PAG and PEG

Management and coordination of Analytics- and Workshop-Team for Quality Assurance

Creation of Quality Assurance documents, reports, error analyses and its process documentation

Provide guidance and direction for technical personnel at Complete Vehicle - Quality Engineering

QualificationsQualifications


Required qualifications include:
Bachelor's degree in Automotive, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Five+ years of automotive industry experience in an Engineering or related role

Expert knowledge of Complete Vehicle systems and automotive technologies

Expert knowledge with associated diagnostic tools to analyze problems in vehicles

Excellent and confident proficiency in data analysis and engineering validations

Excellent analytical skills and keen attention to detail

Strong communication skills; ability to present complex subject matter to a wide range of audiences

Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment

Fluent German speaking


Preferred qualifications include:
Experience in Project Management (resource- and budget-oriented sense of responsibility)

Prior experience with the German language and culture

Experience with Porsche's proprietary testing systems and methodologies is a plus, such as PIDT, PUDiS, PPN, FAZIT, Cluu, etc.

Confident to work in an intercultural and interdisciplinary environment

Ideal candidates are tenacious, persistent, well-organized, flexible to adapt to various forms of challenges, process oriented and work well within a group

Percentage of required travel: 10 %


Schedule/Shift:
regular business hours

Physical requirements

Comfortable with physical exertion for - 5 hour intervals

Comfortable standing and walking for - 5 hour intervals

Ability to travel long distances in aircraft or via automobile (5+ hours)

This job operates in an automotive workshop and office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, cameras, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, automotive parts at operational temperature and vibration.

The noise level in the work environment and job site can be loud.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, sit, stand, move, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must occasionally climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and lift.

The applicant will receive a salary range $110, $140,000.00 commensurate with the candidate's experience.

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