SR Quality Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead APQP activities in alignment with OEM requirements (GM, Ford, Stellantis)
• Develop and maintain:
  • Control Plans
  • PFMEA / DFMEA
  • Process Flow Diagrams
• Coordinate PPAP submissions and approvals with customers
• Support new product launches and engineering changes (ECNs)
• Monitor and improve quality performance in hot forming processes (press hardening, quenching), welding operations (resistance, MIG, laser), and assembly lines for underbody systems
• Ensure compliance with IATF 16949 and customer‑specific requirements
• Lead structured problem‑solving using 8D methodology, 5 Whys, Fishbone (Ishikawa) analysis
• Respond to customer complaints and warranty issues; implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)
• Act as primary quality contact for OEM customers; lead customer audits, visits, and quality reviews
• Manage customer scorecards and performance metrics; ensure timely response to SPPS/PRRs (Problem Resolution Reports)
• Identify and lead initiatives to reduce scrap, rework, and variation; apply Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies, improve process capability (Cp, Cpk) and reduce defects (PPM)
• Collaborate with Supplier Quality team on incoming issues; support supplier audits and development activities

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, or related)
• Experience:
  
  8–10+ years in automotive manufacturing quality, experience with Tier 1 suppliers and OEM customer interaction
• Strong background in hot forming / press hardening, roll forming, welding technologies, assembly processes
• Technical skills: APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 standards, statistical analysis and problem‑solving tools, blueprint reading & GD&T, familiarity with quality software (e.g., QMS systems)
• Soft skills:
  
  strong leadership and communication, ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment, customer‑focused mindset, analytical and detail‑oriented

• Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or Black Belt)
• Experience with OEM‑specific systems: GM BIQS, Ford Q1, Stellantis Customer Specific Requirements

• Customer PPM and internal PPM
• Scrap and rework rates
• Audit scores (internal, customer, IATF)
• On‑time PPAP approval
• Warranty performance

• Manufacturing plant setting with exposure to high‑temperature processes (hot forming), welding operations, shop floor conditions
• Occasional travel to customer and supplier sites

As part of our commitment to ensuring our employment practices are fair, accessible, and inclusive of persons with disabilities, recruitment‑related accommodations for disabilities are available upon request throughout the recruitment and assessment process for applicants with disabilities.