Warranty Technician

About the role

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Job Summary

Job Description Objective Ensure all customer warranty returns are analyzed/tested in detail to confirm the faults, identify liability. Determine root cause analysis and provide corrective feedback to resolve issues. Provide sufficient detailed analysis and escalate to a higher level to enable issue resolution. Work on many sub-tasks of warranty management, with results impacting on decisions taken to resolve component issue.

Essential Responsibilities Perform root cause analysis - electrical and mechanical - on failed product returns from automotive assembly plants and dealerships. Operate electronic laboratory test and measurement equipment - oscilloscopes, function generators, spectrum analyzers, digital multi-meter, and power supplies. Assist internal Quality Assurance and RTA deparments with root cause analysis on production line failures.

Program and operate temperature chamber, x-ray system, and other laboratory test and validation equipment to ensure product compliance with customer specifications. Maintain records of inspections, test data, analysis results, defects and properly enter information into the internal returns database. Generate detailed technical analysis reports for submission to Quality Engineering and upper management.

Design, modify, and/or fabricate various product test modules. Interact with Quality Engineering and Production staff members regarding root cause analysis and implementation of counter measures. Team with Design & Development Engineering and Engineering Test Laboratory team members to discuss technical issues, test procedures, and test results.

Support occasional tests and inspections at customer assembly plants and tier supplier locations Perform other duties as assigned. Analyze returned product from dealers and other production facilities to determine the cause of root failure. Generate detailed reports to upper management or failed components. Interact with Quality Engineers to discuss possible causes and solutions of failures.

Analyze production line to investigate failures. Utilize precision measuring devices and electronic equipment to ensure compliance of parts and product with established specifications. Maintain record of inspections and prepare list of defects. Interact with other departments to ensure compliance with specification and to facilitate the acceptance of parts. Maintain Failure Log.

Interface with outside test lab facilities to provide technical support for tests in progress, test rescheduling test coordination, test failures and test reports. Lead Nidec Mobility measurement sampling system. Perform critical first-article inspection and communicate the results to appropriate personnel. Analyze product trends and make corrective action. Apply specified sampling of parts.

Utilize the Kodex (Inspex X-90) X-ray Machine for inspection purposes. Identify causes of rejects and follow them through process of corrective action. Verify calibration of small equipment (i.e., calipers, micrometers, height gauges. Experience: 3+ years' inspection experience Experience with function generators and oscilloscope, multimeters, network analyzers.

3+ years' reading / understanding schematics Kodex (Inspex X-90) X-ray Machine experience a plus. Good Math Skills Education: High School or Equivalent Physical Demands (Special Considerations): While performing the duties of this job, the employee consistently is required to use hands to handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, talk or hear.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds. The employee is occasionally required to kneel, bend and crawl. The employee will on occasion lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds.

Keywords: Automotive, Electronics, TS16949, ISO9001, Warranty, Relay, Switch, Lab, Inspection, QMS, oscilloscope, multimeter, calipers, micrometers, height gauges, Kodex X-Ray This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position.

Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. This position description has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of essential job duties.

All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee will possess the skills, aptitudes, competencies and abilities to perform each duty proficiently.

Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers.

Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.