Automotive Quality Engineer, Continuous Improvement Leader

Rhythm Automotive; Portland (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Rhythm Automotive is seeking a quality engineer to lead customer quality initiatives, manage PPAP-related activities, and drive continuous improvement across manufacturing processes.

The role requires collaboration across functions to reduce scrap, improve productivity, and ensure compliance with quality standards while maintaining thorough documentation and timely corrective actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 3 years of automotive quality engineering experience.
• Knowledge of APQP, PPAP, 8D, ISIR, PPM, NCT, and quality systems.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer quality concerns and corrective actions (CARs) and 8D investigations.
• Monitor customer scorecards and metrics such as PPM and NCT.
• Investigate quality issues and identify root causes with effective actions.
• Maintain quality documentation including Work Instructions and ISIRs.
• Coordinate process capability studies for CC01 and CC02.
• Support APQP for new equipment and processes.
• Lead plant corrective actions and Layered Process Audits (LPA).
• Administer Intella Quest Audit Module, with training and reporting.
• Analyze and report quality performance, trends, and opportunities.
• Lead continuous improvement to reduce scrap and costs.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Organization

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or related field

Tools

Intella Quest

Quality management software

Job description

Rhythm Automotive is seeking a quality engineer to lead customer quality initiatives, manage PPAP-related activities, and drive continuous improvement across manufacturing processes.

The role requires collaboration across functions to reduce scrap, improve productivity, and ensure compliance with quality standards while maintaining thorough documentation and timely corrective actions.