Automotive Quality Engineer: Launch & Continuous Improvement

Adient US LLC; Battle Creek (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Adient US LLC in Battle Creek, MI is seeking a Quality Engineer to coordinate engineering and quality activities, ensuring product quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction while minimizing quality-related costs.

You will drive continuous improvement, lead quality initiatives, and manage customer/supplier quality through robust problem-solving methodologies and APQP/PPAP processes. Strong automotive quality experience is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field required; equivalent combination of education and relevant quality engineering experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a manufacturing quality environment, preferably within the automotive industry.
• Strong working knowledge of IATF 16949 / ISO 9001 Quality Systems, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, SPC, MSA, DOE, Root Cause Analysis and Lean Manufacturing principles.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, administering, and executing engineering and technical quality activities to ensure product quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction.
• Drive continuous improvement across key production quality metrics including Right First Time, warranty and customer satisfaction metrics.
• Lead customer concern investigations and coordinate containment, corrective actions, and verification activities.
• Prepare and submit PPAP packages to customers and ensure APQP requirements are met for new programs.
• Develop, maintain, and update Control Plans, Inspection Plans, Containment Plans, and related quality documentation.
• Perform MSA, SPC, and DOE studies and mentor team members in quality methodologies.

Skills

Root Cause Analysis

Lean Manufacturing

Problem-solving

Cross-functional Collaboration

Customer Focus

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Equivalent education + quality experience

Tools

Minitab

PPAP Tools

FMEA software

Job description

Adient US LLC in Battle Creek, MI is seeking a Quality Engineer to coordinate engineering and quality activities, ensuring product quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction while minimizing quality-related costs.

You will drive continuous improvement, lead quality initiatives, and manage customer/supplier quality through robust problem-solving methodologies and APQP/PPAP processes. Strong automotive quality experience is required.