Quality Engineer

American Axle & Manufacturing; Three Rivers (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Dauch Corporation is seeking a Quality Engineer to join their Three Rivers, Michigan team. This fully onsite role focuses on ensuring products and processes meet standards, participates in quality-improvement projects, and conducts audits and data analysis to drive reliability and quality enhancements.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, 3-5+ years in automotivequality, and at least 1 year in APQP and process auditing. Travel of ~5-10% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related field.
• 3-5+ years of Quality experience in automotive manufacturing.
• 1+ year of APQP and process audit experience.
• Willingness and ability 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.
• Maintains statistical process controls and analyzes data to determine deviations from standards.

Skills

Quality engineering

APQP

Statistical methods

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

## Quality EngineerApplylocations: Three Rivers, MItime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JREQ-223672**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. The Quality Engineer ensures that products being built and processes being used adhere to all standards and requirements. They participate in quality-improvement initiatives and projects. They also perform quality reviews and internal audits; evaluates data and writes reports to validate or indicate deviations from existing standards. Quality Engineers analyze statistical data and product specifications to determine standards and establish quality and reliability objectives of finished product. They also recommend modifications to existing quality or production standards to achieve optimum quality within limits of equipment capability.**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.