Quality Engineer

MAHLE GmbH; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MAHLE, a leading automotive supplier, invites qualified professionals to join our Dayton quality team. The role focuses on sustaining our Quality Assurance System, training on line inspections, and driving improvements through data analysis and containment actions.

Required qualifications include a Bachelor’s in a related field, 4+ years in a high-volume automotive plant, and proficiency with GD&T, AIAG tools, and SAP/ERP systems. This is a full-time position located in Dayton, OH.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in a related field.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in a high-volume automotive manufacturing plant, preferably in quality.
• Working knowledge of GD&T, drawing characteristics, and statistical techniques.
• Proficient with AIAG core tools including APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plan, MSA and SPC.
• Experience with SAP or other ERP/MRP systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and train on production line inspection needs, including end of line.
• Generate non-conforming material reports and participate with customer complaints and returns.
• Conduct MSA studies for serial quality gauges.
• Complete PPAP/ISIR for changes during series production.
• Attend daily meetings and take actions on quality performance and scrap reviews.
• Develop Quality Alerts for production.
• Support rework procedures for non-standard work.
• Maintain control plans and inspection visual aids.
• Initiate and manage product containment actions and certification procedures.
• Support warranty investigations.
• Analyze data and implement corrective actions.
• Participate in customer drawing and technical specification reviews.
• Design and verify product test and detection plans; verify test capability.
• Perform capability studies and Run-at-Rate verifications.
• Contribute to product and process reviews and change management during new product development.

Skills

Organizational abilities

Communication skills

Analytical ability

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor Degree in related field

Tools

SAP

MRP/ERP systems

AIAG core tools (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plan, MSA, SPC)

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

8D problem solving

ASQ certification (Certified Quality Technician)

Job description

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Together, we move the world—we’ve been doing it for over 100 years. At MAHLE, as a leading international development partner and systems supplier to the automotive industry, we pursue the objective of making mobility more efficient, more environmentally friendly, more convenient, and more economical. As part of our dual strategy, we are working both on the intelligent combustion engine for the use of hydrogen and other nonfossil fuels and on technologies for fuel cells and e-mobility. MAHLE generated sales of €11.3 billion in 2025. Employing just under 65,000 people at 127 production locations and 11 technology centers, the company is represented in 28 countries. (as at: 12/31/2025). Join our MAHLE team! #weshapefuturemobility

Your Contribution

As our Quality Engineer, you will perform the activities that support our Quality Assurance System.

• Define and train on production line inspection needs, including end of line.
• Generate non-conforming material reports and participate with customer complaint and returns of goods during series production.
• Conduct MSA studies for serial quality gages.
• Complete customer product approval (PPAP/ISIR) for changes during series production.
• Attend daily meetings and take actions as needed, including quality performance and scrap reviews.
• Develop Quality Alerts for production.
• Support establishing rework procedures for any non-standard work.
• Prepare quality and inspection visual aids.
• Maintain control plans.
• Initiate and manage product containment actions and certification procedures for quality spills.
• Support warranty investigations.
• Analyze data, actively deal with problems and implement decisions.
• Ability to work independently at a professional level with minimal management direction.
• Participate in training specifically required by customer, including web portal use.
• Participate in customer drawing and technical specification review and examination.
• Participate with new product quality plan according to the production management level and quality management level of the company.
• Participate in the design of product test and detection plans, actively participate in verifying the detection and test capability.
• Perform capability studies and verification of product technological processes and participate in Run-at-Rate verification.
• Participate in the product and process reviews, change review and trial assembly during customer's new product development.
• Submit daily carryover communication following required guidelines to appropriate staff.

Your Experience & Qualifications

• Strong organizational abilities, self-motivated, energetic and able to perform duties with little management oversight.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are needed with ability to act as a team leader.
• Analytical ability and detailed skills proficiency with computer programs are required.
• Bachelor Degree in related field
• A minimum of 4 years' experience working in high volume automotive manufacturing plant, preferably in the quality organization.
• Working knowledge of basic GD&T, drawing characteristics, and statistical techniques
• Certified Quality Technician with ASQ a plus
• Working knowledge of Quality Management Systems, including [ATF 16949 and VDA • 6.3 • Proficient in AIAG core tools, including APQP, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plan, MSA and SPC
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office software Word, Excel, Power Point • Proficient in using 8D method to solve problems. • Trained in related OEM and Tier I-specific requirements.
• Experience with MRP/ERP systems, for example SAP, is preferred.

Our Offer

We will provide a collaborative environment working on exciting assignments, along with ongoing personal & career development opportunities.

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles!

#DiversityMatters with our inclusive culture, we welcome applications from all social, religious & ethnical backgrounds, disabilities both mental and physical, identities (gender) and neurodivergent people.

Facts about the job

Entry level: Experienced hires

Part- / Full-time: Full Time

Functional area: Quality Management

Department: BU2 Thermal and Fluid Systems

Location: Dayton, OH, US, 45404

Company: MTFS Dayton (US)

Closing date for applications

Your future at MAHLE

As a team player and someone who thinks ahead, you can deploy all your skills with us. In cooperation with colleagues from different countries and areas, you contribute in designing the mobility of the future. When selecting MAHLE, you choose trend-setting technologies and strategies. Are you interested in working with us and developing efficient and environmentally-friendly solutions, optimising existing products, and turning innovative ideas into reality? Then MAHLE is the right address for you.