Electronic Product Engineer - PA 1416 at Volkswagen Group South Africa

Job Description and Responsibilities

• Supporting Production and respective Cross Functional Teams (CFT) in resolving Electrical related failures through the Shop Floor Management (SFM) forums.
• Definition, coordination and implementation of corrective actions to reduce Electrical Flow-out and the impact on the CP6 Direct Run rate (DRR).
• Review action progress, standardisation over shifts and the results thereof.
• To advise production and quality departments on product and process deviations, improvements to be implemented and monitored.
• Monitoring CP6 and End-of-Line quality results, analysing audit results and implementing sustainable containment and corrective actions ensuring actions that are implemented result in process stability, standard outputs and continuous improvements of processes and product quality.
• Establishment and coordination of the implementation of action plans with cross functional/departmental teams for product and process improvements.
• Continuously reducing internal and external faults by designing robust processes that provide consistent outputs.

Education and Experience

• National Diploma or higher in Electrical Engineering (excluding heavy current) or Bachelor in mechatronics.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in vehicle manufacturing or related field with key focus being vehicle electronics.
• Be experienced in and have extensive knowledge of the vehicle production process and the impact of the Product on the various processes.
• Experienced in vehicle build processes, specific to Assembly, which entails various part supplies, part fitment, electrical components and harness routings.