Skills

Leadership Problem Solving Quality Assurance Decision-making Programming Software Development

Job Specifications

Akkodis is seeking a Quality/Reliability Engineer for a contract position with a client in Windsor, ON (Onsite), and ideally looking for experience with AIAG APQP, Quality Assurance / Control, and PPAP Processes

Position: Embedded Software Development

Location: Windsor, ON (Onsite)

Position Description

As a Quality/Reliability Engineer – Powertrain, you will be responsible for ensuring supplier performance and quality in alignment with corporate standards.

Key Responsibilities:

Implement commodity-specific business plans, ensuring suppliers exceed all corporate launch, quality, capacity, warranty, and delivery metrics.
Lead cross-functional decision-making with Client and supplier leadership to resolve open issues.
Implement corrective actions to achieve zero vehicle losses from suppliers.
Act as principal contact for on-site troubleshooting and emergency supplier situations.
Ensure adherence to client standards (e.g., Q1).
Lead Critical Supplier Process improvements to drive Quality Reject (QR) performance.
Participate in Whiteboard reviews and subsystem VRT (Variability Reduction Team) meetings.
Support QR procedures including concern binning, threshold QR reviews, and dispute resolutions.
Assist Incoming Quality (IQ) with non-responsive suppliers and maintain QR/PPM data accuracy.
Drive manufacturing feasibility assessments at supplier sites.
Execute PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) and APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning).
Use data and metrics to inform sourcing decisions for improved quality.
Coordinate quality confirmation for suppliers with repetitive containment failures.
Lead containment of supplier process issues (BSAQ projects) and align with VRT on glidepath values.
Provide early notification on potential stop shipments and assist in containment and release tracking.
Monitor daily production reports and alert management to issues requiring intervention.
Serve as the resident supplier representative within the Plant Vehicle Team (PVT), supporting daily plant quality meetings and supplier preparation for Vehicle Quality Reviews (VQRs).

Skills Required

AIAG APQP
Quality Assurance / Control
PPAP Processes
Problem Solving
Machining

Experience Required

Minimum 5+ years in one or more manufacturing processes:
Casting
Machining
Welding
Brazing
Sintering
Automated/Manual Assembly
Controls Automation Programming

Experience Preferred

Experience managing multiple assignments with demanding timelines
Background in manufacturing, maintenance, and quality operations

Education Required

Bachelor’s Degree (Engineering or related discipline)

About the Company

Akkodis is a global digital engineering company and Smart Industry leader. We enable clients to advance in their digital transformation with Talent, Academy, Consulting, and Solutions services. Our 50,000 experts combine best-in-class technologies, R&D, and deep sector know-how for purposeful innovation. We are passionate about Engineering a Smarter Future Together. With a shared passion for technology and talent, 50,000 engineers and digital experts deliver deep cross-sector expertise in 30 countries across North America, ... Know more