Lead Stamping Process Assurance Engineer

General Motors Company; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors Company in Warren, Michigan is seeking a Process Assurance Engineer to turn vehicle designs into production-ready stamped parts and dies. You will lead technical assurance, review designs and process plans, guide suppliers, coordinate across teams, and drive issues to closure.

The role requires hands-on stamping knowledge, travel to plants and suppliers, and a focus on quality, timing, and manufacturability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field; or high school diploma/equivalent with tool-and-die apprenticeship/recognised journeyman qualification.
• Hands-on stamping, tool and die, die engineering/construction, die tryout, formability, resident engineering, or stamping-plant manufacturing engineering.
• Strong understanding of sheet-metal stamping, dies, presses, automation, part handling, and die-to-press interfaces.
• Able to interpret engineering drawings, die layouts, process documents, technical specifications, and measurement results.
• Working knowledge of GD&T, critical characteristics, datums, dimensional requirements, and surface-quality requirements.
• Strong technical analysis, problem-solving, planning, communication, presentation, and meeting-facilitation skills.
• Ability to collaborate with suppliers, plants, engineers, designers, skilled trades, and leaders while managing multiple programs, parts, suppliers, and deadlines.
• Willingness to travel occasionally and valid driver’s license may be required for travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical assurance for assigned stamped parts, dies, and manufacturing processes.
• Provide design-for-manufacturing feedback and identify risks before die construction.
• Review part designs, die concepts, process plans, drawings, measurement data, and documentation for manufacturability.
• Evaluate forming, springback, surface quality, dimensional performance, materials, presses, automation, part handling, throughput, and die-to-press interfaces.
• Guide suppliers and die builders through design reviews, construction, tryout, part evaluation, buyoff, and shipment readiness.
• Coordinate actions across engineering, suppliers, tryout teams, stamping plants, quality, and launch teams.
• Support tryout, build events, plant launch, production readiness, quality gates, and post-launch reviews.
• Troubleshoot complex die, part, press, process, automation, material, dimensional, and surface-quality issues using measurements and data.
• Identify root causes; develop recovery plans, corrective actions, and follow-up plans; drive issues to closure.
• Respond to quality alerts and provide timely technical support when plant or customer requirements are at risk.
• Review blanks and handling requirements, and coordinate technical maps documenting critical surfaces, datums, characteristics, and part requirements.
• Track risks, decisions, timing, and actions; capture lessons learned; apply to future parts, dies, standards, and processes.
• Travel to plants, suppliers, tryout facilities, and other locations as needed, including occasional nonstandard hours during launches and buyoffs.

Skills

Stamping

Tool & Die

Die tryout

Sheet-metal stamping

Engineering drawings interpretation

GD&T knowledge

Problem solving

Communication

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

High school diploma + tool-and-die apprenticeship

Job description

General Motors Company in Warren, Michigan is seeking a Process Assurance Engineer to turn vehicle designs into production-ready stamped parts and dies. You will lead technical assurance, review designs and process plans, guide suppliers, coordinate across teams, and drive issues to closure.

The role requires hands-on stamping knowledge, travel to plants and suppliers, and a focus on quality, timing, and manufacturability.