Quality Assurance Engineer jobs in Glendale, CA

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 Assurance Analysis Engineer is responsible for analyzing complaints, malfunctions, findings or anomalies, arising from the 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 analyze and manage the events occurring throughout the Quality Assurance activities, including the corresponding validations, assessments, updates and analyses of the vehicles. This also includes documentation and communication of anomalies, complaints, findings, analysis results and performed activities.

Roles & responsibilities

• 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
• Analysis of traces and fault memories (consolidated measurement data) with Porsche's proprietary testing systems and software in cooperation with PAG and PEG Departments
• Perform root cause analysis utilizing tools and software, such as Vector CANape, Vector CANoe, ETAS Measure Data Analyzer and other data acquisition means
• Plausibility check of the results of the measurement data analysis from the vehicle and implementation of validation tests
• Collaborate with PAG and PEG Departments responsible for Complete Vehicle Quality and Engineering to facilitate and expedite countermeasure development and validation
• Operational coordination and performance of complaint management in an interfacing function to the cross-departmental stakeholders at PAG and PEG
• Integration and commissioning in regard to software- and hardware-updates, considering the entire vehicle cross-section architecture
• Manage and provide support in regard to service-/maintenance-/repair-works in collaboration with the workshop
• Creation of Quality Assurance documents, reports, error analyses and its process documentation
• Provide guidance and direction for technical personnel at Complete Vehicle - Quality Engineering

Required qualifications include:

• Four-year Engineering or technical-based degree in automotive related sciences or technologies
• Minimum requirement is a certification as an automotive service-/master-technician
• Two years of work experience in fields related to automotive technologies
• Additional graduate studies in Automotive Engineering can be used toward experience requirements
• Expert knowledge of Complete Vehicle systems and automotive technologies
• Expert knowledge with associated diagnostic tools to analyze problems in vehicles
• Advanced proficiency with data analysis and engineering evaluations
• Advanced analytical skills and keen attention to detail
• Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment
• Fluent German speaking

Preferred qualifications include:

• Graduate Degree in Automotive Engineering
• 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.
• 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 3 - 5 hour intervals
• Comfortable standing and walking for 3 - 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 $90,000.00 - $110,000.00 commensurate with the candidate's experience.