Lead Quality Engineer: E/E Architecture & Functional Safety

Stellantis; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis in Michigan is seeking a Quality Function Manager for Electrical Architecture, Diagnostic Strategy and Functional Safety to drive E/E quality and ensure design integrity across vehicle electrical systems.

You will lead cross‑functional reviews, verify DFMEA/System FMEA, release quality gates, and guide diagnostics and safety requirements from concept through launch and field monitoring.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of engineering experience in automotive E/E systems.
• Strong background in electrical architecture, diagnostics, or functional safety.

Responsibilities

• Lead proactive analysis of warranty data, diagnostic reports, and field feedback to identify risk patterns.
• Verify design integrity by applying standards, release processes, and safety work-product expectations.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to review architecture, diagnostic, and safety options and select robust solutions.
• Verify DFMEA, System FMEA, design reviews, and validation evidence.
• Release structured quality reports at each milestone with status and gaps.
• Drive root-cause analysis across architecture, software, hardware, diagnostics, and safety.
• Assess diagnostic strategy effectiveness and prevention of unnecessary part replacement.
• Support quality governance for safety requirements, traceability, and verification evidence.
• Manage risks, deviations, and open quality points with recovery plans and escalation.
• Capture Lessons Learned and best practices into architecture standards and gates.
• Support launch readiness with architecture maturity, diagnostics readiness, and field monitoring.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Quality management

DFMEA

System FMEA

Diagnostics

Functional safety

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PLM

Quantic

Lessons Learned

Teamcenter

Enovia

Job description

Stellantis in Michigan is seeking a Quality Function Manager for Electrical Architecture, Diagnostic Strategy and Functional Safety to drive E/E quality and ensure design integrity across vehicle electrical systems.

You will lead cross‑functional reviews, verify DFMEA/System FMEA, release quality gates, and guide diagnostics and safety requirements from concept through launch and field monitoring.