Automotive Systems & Software Quality Engineer II

Magna International; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Magna Electronics seeks a Systems and Software Quality Engineer to lead quality strategy across automotive electronics programs. You will drive quality planning, traceability, and risk management, ensuring robust evidence from concept through release.

The role emphasizes proactive quality governance, process improvement, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to enable successful product launches and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; master’s preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in engineering quality, system/software quality, or similar role within automotive electronics.
• Experience with audits, assessments, reviews, corrective actions, and quality reporting.
• Strong problem-solving skills and root-cause analysis methods (8D, 5-Why).

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the Engineering Quality strategy for assigned programs.
• Establish and maintain the Engineering Quality Management Plan.
• Lead quality planning activities: requirements reviews, work product reviews, audits, gate readiness, and executive reporting.
• Assess work product quality and process compliance to identify gaps and risks.
• Ensure end-to-end traceability and evidence for requirements and verification.
• Monitor defect trends and drive corrective actions to closure.
• Coach teams to meet Definition of Done and DoD criteria for gates.
• Provide independent quality readiness assessments and support ASPICE readiness.
• Monitor supplier quality performance and mitigate risks with suppliers.

Skills

Quality engineering

Systems engineering

Process discipline

Audits & assessments

Risk management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Codebeamer

Windchill

ALM/PLM tools

Requirements management

Configuration management

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Job description

Magna Electronics seeks a Systems and Software Quality Engineer to lead quality strategy across automotive electronics programs. You will drive quality planning, traceability, and risk management, ensuring robust evidence from concept through release.

The role emphasizes proactive quality governance, process improvement, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to enable successful product launches and customer satisfaction.