Automotive Quality Engineer

I’m looking for an experienced Automotive Supplier Quality Engineer to join an interior supplier quality team in the Dearborn area.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys being hands-on in a manufacturing environment
. This is not a desk-only quality role. You’ll be working directly with suppliers, walking the plant floor, evaluating manufacturing processes, troubleshooting quality concerns, and helping drive issues through containment, root cause, and corrective action.

• Supporting suppliers with quality, manufacturing readiness, launch, and ongoing production
• Leading/supporting APQP and PPAP activities
• Working directly on supplier plant floors to troubleshoot manufacturing and quality issues
• Driving root cause analysis, containment, and corrective actions
• Evaluating manufacturing processes and supplier readiness
• Helping prevent supplier-related production disruptions
• Working cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supplier teams
• Monitoring supplier performance and driving continuous improvement

3-5+ years of automotive manufacturing, supplier quality, advanced quality, process, or launch experience

Strong APQP & PPAP knowledge with the ability to speak to your hands-on experience

Hands-on plant-floor manufacturing experience

Experience with
stamping, welding, thermoforming and/or injection molding

Strong root cause analysis and corrective action experience

Ability to assess a manufacturing process and confidently identify potential quality concerns

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field

Experience with
Cross Car Beams (CCBs), carpets, NVH/acoustic insulators, heat shields, or similar automotive interior components would be especially valuable.

Frequent travel to supplier sites, potentially up to 70%

Someone who can walk onto a supplier's manufacturing floor, understand what's happening in the process, ask the right questions, identify where a quality issue may be coming from, and work with the supplier to implement a lasting solution.

If your background includes automotive interiors + supplier quality + APQP/PPAP + hands-on manufacturing
, I’d love to connect with you!