Job Title: Senior Quality Engineer
Location: Warren, MI
Employment Type: Full-Time
Overview
The Senior Quality Engineer provides advanced quality engineering support to ensure product quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction while optimizing quality-related costs. This role serves as a technical leader in production quality, new program launches, and customer issue resolution. The Senior Quality Engineer acts as a primary quality interface for internal teams and external customers and leads complex quality initiatives focused on problem resolution, continuous improvement, and support of high-volume, just-in-time manufacturing operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive continuous improvement across production quality metrics, including RTY, RPPM, CPPM, SPPM, craftsmanship, warranty, and customer scorecards
- Prepare, submit, and support PPAP packages for customer approval, ensuring internal alignment prior to submission
- Lead customer and supplier quality issue resolution using structured problem-solving methodologies (8D, Kepner-Tregoe, 5-Why, etc.)
- Conduct and approve Measurement System Analysis (Gage R&R, Bias, Linearity, Stability)
- Develop, maintain, and update Control Plans, inspection plans, and containment plans
- Support Manufacturing Engineering with PFMEA development, updates, and risk mitigation
- Utilize customer-specific quality systems (e.g., Stellantis PRISM, GM PRR, Ford WERS, Honda NARS)
- Perform capability studies and ensure compliance with special characteristics and customer deviations
- Support continuous improvement of operational documentation and process controls
- Apply advanced statistical tools and mentor team members on quality methodologies and best practices
- Assess and approve post-SOP supplier PPAPs
- Serve as a primary quality contact for assigned customers, coordinating communication and issue resolution
- Support supplier Advanced Quality Planning (AQP) activities and deliverables
- Respond urgently to customer issues, coordinating containment, sorting, and rework activities as required
- Support quality execution in high-volume, sequenced, just-in-time manufacturing environments, ensuring rapid response and minimal disruption to production
- Complete all required internal and customer-mandated quality training
- Travel to customer or supplier sites as needed (approximately 10%)
- Perform additional duties as assigned by Quality Leadership
Safety & Compliance
- Promote and support safe work practices in coordination with plant leadership
- Support plant safety initiatives to maintain a safe, efficient manufacturing environment
- Ensure compliance with IATF 16949 / ISO standards and customer-specific quality requirements
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience
- Formal training in quality disciplines including IATF 16949, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, SPC, DOE, MSA, and Continuous Improvement
- Strong ability to read and interpret blueprints, GD&T, and technical documentation
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with a strong root-cause mindset
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency with standard quality and data analysis tools
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
Experience
- 5+ years of Quality Engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
- Automotive Tier 1 / Tier 2 supplier experience strongly preferred
- High-volume manufacturing experience required
- Assembly and/or welding process experience preferred
- Proven ability to work effectively in a team-based, fast-paced manufacturing environment
Company Benefits & Culture
- Competitive compensation based on experience
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits
- 401(k) with company match
- Stable automotive manufacturing environment
- Opportunity to directly impact quality performance and customer satisfaction
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