Quality Engineer

AAM - American Axle & Manufacturing; Three Rivers (MI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Dauch Corporation in Three Rivers, Michigan seeks a Quality Engineer to drive improvements on the shop floor within automotive manufacturing. This is a fully onsite role focused on APQP, SPC, and data-driven problem solving.

You will lead quality investigations, develop sampling plans, analyze data, and report trends, with occasional travel (about 5–10%) as required. Strong collaboration with suppliers and customers and the ability to work overtime as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field required.
• 3–5+ years of quality experience in automotive manufacturing.
• 1+ year of APQP and process audit experience.
• Willingness to travel 5–10% as requested.
• Willingness to work overtime and weekends as requested.

Responsibilities

• Recommends quality improvement parameters by identifying statistical methods relevant to manufacturing processes.
• Researches statistical confidence by identifying sample size and acceptable error rate; determining levels of confidence.
• Analyzes quality data from plant processes or customer indicators.
• Provides feedback to customers based on quality projects (e.g., warranty, APQP, issues, etc.).
• Leads quality investigations and problem solving.
• Researches statistical reliability by using mean time before failure, Weibull distribution, reliability modeling, and tests.
• Develops quality improvement experiments by applying factorial techniques.
• Develops sampling plans by applying attribute, variable, and sequential sampling methods.
• Maintains statistical process controls by applying various charts and distributions.
• Analyzes data by completing hypothesis, normal distribution, and process capability tests.
• Prepares statistical information and reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
• Contributes to quality engineering and organization success by welcoming related, different, and new requests; helping others accomplish job results.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills

Quality engineering

Statistical analysis

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Job Posting Title

Quality Engineer

Job Description Summary

Dauch is looking for a Quality Engineer to join our team in Three Rivers, Michigan. This is a fully onsite role.

Job Description:

• Recommends quality improvement parameters by identifying statistical methods relevant to manufacturing processes.

• Researches statistical confidence by identifying sample size and acceptable error rate; determining levels of confidence.

• Analyzes quality data from plant processes or customer indicators.

• Provides feedback to customers based on quality projects (e.g., warranty, APQP, issues, etc.).

• Leads quality investigations and problem solving.

• Researches statistical reliability by using mean time before failure, Weibull 3-parameter distribution, reliability modeling, and reliability demonstration tests.

• Develops quality improvement experiments by applying full and fractional factorial techniques.

• Develops sampling plans by applying attribute, variable, and sequential sampling methods.

• Maintains statistical process controls by applying demerit/unit, zone charting, X2 charts for distributions and individual-media/range for multi-stream processes.

• Analyzes data by completing hypothesis, normal distribution, and process capability analysis tests.

• Prepares statistical information and reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.

• Contributes to quality engineering and organization success by welcoming related, different, and new requests; helping others accomplish job results.

• All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or other related field.

• 3-5+ years of Quality experience in an automotive manufacturing environment.

• 1+ year of APQP and process audit experience.

• Willingness and ability to travel ~5-10% as requested.

• Willingness and ability to work overtime and weekends as requested.

About Dauch:

Dauch Corporation is a premier Driveline and Metal Forming supplier serving the global automotive industry with a powertrain-agnostic product portfolio that supports electric, hybrid, and internal combustion vehicles. The company is headquartered in Detroit, MI, with operations that span 24 countries and more than 175 locations. Formed through the acquisition of Dowlais Group plc and its subsidiaries - GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy, Dauch unites deep engineering roots with global manufacturing capabilities and an entrepreneurial spirit to move mobility forward. Visit www.dauch.com to learn more.

Dauch will not discriminate against any Associate or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. Dauch will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that Associates are treated equally during employment, without regard to their age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. For the Disabled Job Seeker: We offer reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled individuals who are applicants for employment. To request assistance or accommodations, please e-mail [e-mail]. Dauch is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.