Automotive Quality Engineer — Launch & Continuous Improvement

TRAK Group; Lebanon (OH); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

TRAK Group in Lebanon, Ohio is seeking a Quality Engineer to support automotive quality, new product launches, and continuous improvement efforts. You will act as the main quality liaison between customers, suppliers, and manufacturing, driving initiatives across multiple facilities in North America.

Responsibilities include leading customer quality activities, supporting prototypes and launches, coordinating corrective actions, and ensuring mass-production components meet requirements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in automotive quality.
• Experience with corporate-level Tier 1 automotive suppliers and OEM customers.
• Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of APQP, 5-Why, Six Sigma, and root cause analysis.
• Experience traveling over 50% depending on program and customer needs.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field with 3+ years of automotive OEM quality experience is preferred.
• Brake systems or other safety-critical automotive product experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary quality contact for assigned automotive customer programs.
• Develop and maintain relationships with customers, suppliers, and internal manufacturing teams.
• Support prototype reviews, new model evaluations, pre-production trials, and product launches.
• Attend customer and supplier build events to evaluate product and program readiness.
• Provide technical support to customer Quality Engineering and Production Engineering teams.
• Lead investigation and resolution of customer quality concerns.
• Analyze nonconforming products and coordinate containment, corrective action, and improvement activities.
• Coordinate quality improvement initiatives across North American manufacturing facilities.

Job description

TRAK Group in Lebanon, Ohio is seeking a Quality Engineer to support automotive quality, new product launches, and continuous improvement efforts. You will act as the main quality liaison between customers, suppliers, and manufacturing, driving initiatives across multiple facilities in North America.

Responsibilities include leading customer quality activities, supporting prototypes and launches, coordinating corrective actions, and ensuring mass-production components meet requirements.