Quality Engineer – Automotive
Listed on 2026-10-04
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Quality Assurance - QA/QC
Quality Engineering, Production QC/QA
Location: St. Joseph, MI |
Schedule: Full-time, on-site |
Compensation: Competitive salary plus annual bonus potential
A profitable, long-established automotive manufacturer with over five decades of stability and a growing roster of OEM customers is seeking a Quality Engineer to join its team. Operating from a newly remodeled, technology-driven facility, this role partners closely with production, engineering, and a fellow Quality Engineer to drive customer quality, reduce issues, and support new model launches.
What you'll do- Serve as the direct point of contact for key customers on quality issues
- Determine root cause of quality issues and implement corrective actions
- Support the manufacturing floor with quality issues and concerns (up to 25% of time on the floor)
- Review control plans
- Complete weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for customers and management
- Assist operations and engineering with problem solving
- Monitor and update customer portals
- Champion formal problem-solving teams
- Improve gauge and SPC processes
- Support new model launch activities
- Deliver quality-related training
- Monitor and minimize scrap
- Utilize Minitab software
- Perform additional responsibilities as assigned by management
- Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent experience considered in lieu of a degree
- At least four years of quality engineering experience in a mass production machining environment or with a tier I or tier II automotive supplier
- Experience leading root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions
- Formal problem-solving skills such as 8D, 5
WHY, etc. - Document control experience, including control plans, APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, etc.
- Ability to read blueprints, ideally with GD&T experience
- Working knowledge of calipers, micrometers, gauges, and other quality tools
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- ERP system experience
- Lean/Six Sigma methodologies
- Strong customer communication skills
- Experience with product launches
- Strong continuous improvement background with proven examples of scrap reduction and efficiency improvements
- SPC experience, including SPC software
- Competitive salary with annual bonus potential
- 401K
- Multiple medical, dental, and vision plan options, available after 90 days
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Paid holidays and vacation
- Tuition reimbursement
- Life insurance
This is an opportunity to join a stable, growing automotive manufacturer with over 50 years of history, work in a newly remodeled, technology-driven facility, and take on a visible role with clear potential for internal career advancement.
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