Quality Engineer

Our client, a global automotive manufacturer, is seeking two Quality Engineers for immediate contract opportunities at its Canton, Michigan facility. This hands-on role supports high-volume automotive manufacturing, with an emphasis on resolving quality issues, maintaining compliance, and improving manufacturing processes.

• Investigate internal, supplier, and customer quality concerns, identifying root causes and implementing effective corrective actions.
• Maintain compliance with IATF 16949 standards and customer-specific quality requirements.
• Coordinate containment activities, inspections, sorting, and quality alerts to address nonconforming materials.
• Support Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), including PFMEAs, process flow diagrams, control plans, and work instructions.
• Review supplier PPAP documentation and prepare customer PPAP submissions.
• Collaborate with production, engineering, and quality teams to resolve manufacturing issues and prevent recurring defects.
• Serve as a technical resource for customer quality concerns and corrective action follow-up.
• Support quality activities during production launches, process changes, and new product introductions.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives focused on reducing defects, improving process capability, and strengthening quality performance.
• Utilize dimensional inspection equipment to evaluate product conformance and support troubleshooting.

• 3+ years of previous quality engineering experience in an automotive manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of IATF 16949 quality management systems and automotive quality requirements.
• Experience with automotive quality tools, including APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, control plans, and corrective action processes.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and use dimensional inspection equipment, including calipers, micrometers, and height gauges.