Automotive Quality Lead for High-Impact Projects

ALTEN Technology USA; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ALTEN USA is seeking a Project Quality Lead – Automotive to strengthen quality assurance activities across engineering projects in the automotive sector. You will ensure adherence to the ALTEN Delivery Framework, client contracts, and applicable quality requirements while collaborating with project managers and engineering teams.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of project quality experience in engineering services for automotive customers, with hands-on QA process knowledge (APQP, PPAP, FMEA,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, or related field.
• 3+ years of project quality or QA experience in engineering services.
• Experience with automotive quality processes and tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, 8D).

Responsibilities

• Ensure projects meet ALTEN Delivery Framework and client quality requirements.
• Develop and monitor Quality Assurance Plans (QAPs).
• Track quality KPIs such as Right First Time, On-Time Delivery, and customer satisfaction.
• Identify quality risks, nonconformities, and drive corrective actions.
• Lead root-cause analysis using 8D, 5 Whys, Ishikawa, FMEA and 5M.
• Support APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, and other automotive quality processes.
• Participate in client quality meetings and serve as quality point of contact for projects.
• Support internal, client, and certification audits including ISO 9001 and IATF 16949.
• Maintain quality dashboards, project documentation, audit records, and corrective action plans.
• Coach Project Managers and teams on quality processes and requirements.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and share best practices.

Skills

Quality assurance

Communication

Project quality

Root-cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Quality

Tools

APQP

PPAP

FMEA

8D

ISO 9001

IATF 16949

JIRA

Office 365

SharePoint

Job description

ALTEN USA is seeking a Project Quality Lead – Automotive to strengthen quality assurance activities across engineering projects in the automotive sector. You will ensure adherence to the ALTEN Delivery Framework, client contracts, and applicable quality requirements while collaborating with project managers and engineering teams.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of project quality experience in engineering services for automotive customers, with hands-on QA process knowledge (APQP, PPAP, FMEA,