Proactive Supplier Quality Engineer: Defect Fixes

Stellantis; Dundee (MI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & well-being coverage

Family building benefit

Generous paid time off

Retirement savings plans

Income protection & insurance options

Company vehicle lease program

Tuition reimbursement

Volunteer hours

Job summary

Stellantis is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to improve plant metrics by driving defects back to suppliers and ensuring permanent corrective actions. Work with corporate SQ, Resident Engineering, and plant teams to meet FTC, FTQ, throughput, and other quality goals.

You will drive proactive supplier engagement and translate ideas into actions while guiding cross-functional teams toward results. You will verify supplier issues, manage containment, and coordinate with suppliers on part

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field.
• 5+ years of supplier quality/engineering experience.
• Master's degree in science or business preferred.
• Knowledge of World Class Manufacturing (WCM).
• Experience with powertrains components recommended.
• Experience with PPAP, FMEAs, control plans, capability studies.
• Dimensional Layout / GD&T knowledge.
• Greenbelt / Blackbelt certification beneficial.
• Bilingual English/Spanish a plus.

Responsibilities

• Verify out of spec conditions from the plant floor.
• Generate reports of out of spec conditions and contact vendors.
• Coordinate with production floor and finance on costs of non-conformances.
• Lead or support containment of supplier pass-thru defects to vehicle assembly plants.
• Manage communications with suppliers for part returns and investigations.
• Draft and manage non-conforming tickets (3CPRs, GIMs).
• Maintain daily supplier disposition table.
• Notify production floor of material defects and clean points.
• Follow up on supplier countermeasures per World Class Manufacturing.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Stellantis is seeking a Supplier Quality Engineer to improve plant metrics by driving defects back to suppliers and ensuring permanent corrective actions. Work with corporate SQ, Resident Engineering, and plant teams to meet FTC, FTQ, throughput, and other quality goals.

You will drive proactive supplier engagement and translate ideas into actions while guiding cross-functional teams toward results. You will verify supplier issues, manage containment, and coordinate with suppliers on part