Plant Quality Engineer - Electrical Wiring Systems

Stellantis; Sterling Heights (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis’ Sterling Heights Assembly Plant seeks a Plant Quality Engineer (PQE) for Wiring Systems to ensure unit and harness conformities across internal and external builds. The PQE will collaborate with plant and corporate personnel to drive quality projects and resolve issues.

The role emphasizes problem solving, KPI oversight, and leading corrective actions on the shop floor to protect the customer and sustain continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related engineering field.

Responsibilities

• Validate product changes and improve outgoing quality.
• Respond to manufacturing quality issues and manage changes.
• Support continuous quality improvement initiatives within the plant.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and drive action from stakeholders.
• Lead external KPI management and corrective actions to protect customers.
• Lead improvement activities to meet quality targets on the shop floor.
• Communicate requirements to all groups involved to ensure goals are achieved.
• Identify issues/risks using FMEA and other risk assessment tools.

Skills

Data analysis

Public speaking

Problem solving

Coaching

Team leadership

Multitasking

4M1D domain knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related engineering tech

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google applications

Job description

The Plant Quality Engineer (PQE) for Wiring Systems - Responsible for all aspects of product conformity for their systems / components (internal or external vehicle harnesses) at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant. The PQE reports directly to the Electrical PQE Lead and will build effective relationships with both salaried andhourly,assembly plant/corporate personnel,in order tocomplete projects within their area of responsibility.

Additional responsibilitiesinclude but are not limited to:

• Validating product changes, providing technicalexpertise, and improving outgoing quality that will meet or exceed our customers’ expectations.
• With unquestioned integrity and strength of conviction, the PQE responds to manufacturing quality issues and manages all product changes.
• Through the usage of advanced problem-solving methods and SPW kaizenmethodology, the PQE supports all continuous quality improvement initiatives within the plant.
• PQE must work collaboratively with cross-functional manufacturing teams andfacilitatesconsensus and drive action from the main stakeholders.
• Support external quality Key Performance Indicators (KPI) management for achieving targets, driving improvement/corrective actions and escalation
• Heavy focus on external metrics (GIMs / S2IRIUS) requiring leading a team to drive resolution on the shop floor to implement Interim Corrective and Permanent Corrective Actions (ICA & PCA) to protect the customer
• Review warranty/Customer Quality Insight (CQI) claims daily,maintainissue stratification andmaintaintheportionof Warranty Wall responsible for their area.
• Lead improvement activities in vehicle quality by addressing nonconformity to meet quality targets
• Support Corporate Quality objectives/deliverables and communicate requirements to all groups involved to ensure goals are achieved.
• Collaborate and lead internal and external resourcestoachieve project/program timing.
• Lead teams toidentifyissues/risks associated with product designs,processesand applications by utilizing FMEA’s and other risk assessment tools.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology from an accredited university (or other Engineering degrees, in combination with relevant experience)
• Well versed in both Microsoft and Google applications
• Ability to perform data analysistoidentifytop issues, summarize trends, distinctions, and effectiveness of corrective actions and continuous improvement activities
• Effective presentation/public speaking skills (comfortablepresentingto all levels of the organization)
• Experience with problem solving tools
• Able todemonstrateboth coaching and teaching
• Self-motivated and directed
• Ability to thrive in a high intensity environment while working on multiple projects
• A passion for spending time on the shop floor and fully understanding the build process from a 4M1D standpoint (man, method, machine, material, and design)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced Degree
• Reactive Green Belt / Black Belt Certification
• Previousexperience in resolving complexissues;including root cause, repairs, etc.
• Previousexperience in Product Engineering and/ or Vehicle Integration / Development at supplier or Tier 1 Automotive Manufacturer
• PreviousManufacturing and/or Quality experience within a vehicle/Component assembly plant