Vehicle Production Quality Engineer

• Support vehicle quality initiatives within an automotive assembly plant environment.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve vehicle quality issues using warranty data, plant investigations, and structured problem-solving methodologies.
• Analyze warranty claim data and customer feedback to identify failure trends, emerging issues, and high-impact quality concerns.
• Perform daily triage and binning of warranty claims into appropriate categories to support prioritization.
• Conduct root cause investigations using plant-floor inspections, returned parts analysis, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Lead development and execution of Interim Containment Actions (ICA) and Permanent Corrective Actions (PCA).
• Support assembly plant activities including Stop Ships / Stop Builds, Quality Campaigns and Audits, and Engineering Trials and Running Changes.
• Work directly on the plant floor to investigate build issues and validate corrective actions.
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal engineering teams to resolve component and subsystem quality issues.
• Maintain and report on Vehicle Functional Group (VFG) quality metrics (Top 20 issues).
• Issue engineering alerts and documentation to support product changes and quality improvements.
• Present findings, status updates, and recommendations to cross-functional teams and leadership.

Design ownership of components is not required for this role; functional CAD usage for investigation purposes is what is essential.

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 3+ years of experience in automotive manufacturing, OR plant quality, product engineering, or warranty analysis roles.
• Hands-on experience in an OEM assembly plant environment is required.
• Proven experience performing root cause analysis and driving issues to resolution in a production environment.
• Strong experience with warranty data analysis using Excel (pivot tables, lookups, trend analysis, large dataset handling).
• Ability to navigate CAD models (NX, CATIA, or similar) for part-to-part interface analysis and root cause investigation; design ownership is not required, but functional CAD usage is essential.
• Demonstrated experience using structured problem-solving methodologies: 8D Problem Solving, 5 Why Analysis, and Fishbone (Ishikawa) diagrams.
• Experience implementing Interim Containment Actions (ICA) and Permanent Corrective Actions (PCA).
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-visibility plant setting.
• Effective cross-functional communication with engineering, production, and suppliers.
• Ability to own issues end-to-end and drive them to closure.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to train and support technical users.
• Onsite role at the assembly plant in Chicago, IL.

• Automotive OEM or Tier 1 supplier experience in body systems, closures, or vehicle structures.
• Experience with PLM tools (e.g., Teamcenter).
• Experience with warranty or quality tracking systems.
• Prior involvement in launch support or running product changes.