Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer / Body Process Engineer
ONSITE
Location: Smyrna, TN
 

• Provides engineering support for the development, production, and quality of new and current manufactured vehicles within assigned area at NNA manufacturing plants. 
• Communicates with suppliers, manufacturing plants, and other Nissan affiliates to propose and implement countermeasures for quality, manufacturing, and field concerns within assigned area. 
• Assists manufacturing plants and suppliers in identifying cost saving methods while improving quality. 
• Contributes to building brand value and achieving enduring profitable growth. 

Job Functions 

• Communicates with suppliers to ensure assigned parts meet Nissan quality standards; reviews supplier s assembly and offers improvement suggestions; works with suppliers to eliminate repetitive quality concerns and establish permanent countermeasures; rates suppliers based on response to quality issues. 
• Produces and maintains equipment and manufacturing process sheets describing installation of assigned parts; determines and approves optimum process equipment for assigned area; reviews and updates process sheets or inspection standards for part changes or manufacturing concerns within assigned area; conducts cost studies for new processes or equipment; performs audits in assigned area to resolve any open issues. 
• Analyzes various quality and warranty reports to investigate production and customer satisfaction concerns; determines root cause and assists in developing solutions; ensures countermeasures are successfully adopted. 
• Attends functional trials to review part design changes for potential customer and manufacturing concerns, and coordinates with design engineers, NTC and NTC-NA to resolve design concerns; conducts engineering trials on new model launches to identify equipment and part fit issues; participates in plant trial for current and new models to develop and improve material and process aids or new process equipment. 
• Works with suppliers to ensure required or recommended design changes do not have a negative impact on quality or manufacturing process; communicates any concerns attributed to parts design or recommended changes to NTC-NA and NTC personnel to improve part function and fit; recommends design changes which would lower cost and aid in manufacturing of parts for new and existing models; implements design notes including functional approvals, new part approval, and final authorization for initiating shipping. 
• Provides support for new model launches by developing tooling specifications, conducting trials, and following production and quality concerns in assigned area; represents assigned area during new model development trials in Japan and U.S.; provides new vehicle information and system training for new quality inspection items. 
• Assists in trouble-shooting quality concerns and equipment or tooling problems in assigned area; recommends tooling modifications as required; submits and follows-up on purchase requisitions and work orders required to set up and maintain production in assigned area. 
• Reviews and becomes thoroughly knowledgeable about current model Dispersion Control DCC and process control parameters within assigned area; monitors data to recommend corrective action and implement changes to process as required. 
• Reviews part, sub-assembly and complete body or system layout data for potential countermeasures for improvement of quality. 
• As necessary, performs other related duties of which the above are representative. 

Minimum Qualifications 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Knowledge of mainframe, parts arrangement, warranty, inventory control and purchasing systems. 
• Ability to use PC based software to modify and develop programs for warranty and specialized reporting. Knowledge of Nissan corporate policies, and ISO14001 requirements. 
• Experience: Minimum of one year of related experience at a professional level. 
• Education: A four-year degree in Engineering, or Engineering Technology