Quality Engineer – Automotive

Software Placement Group; Saint Joseph (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Medical, dental, and vision plans (90+

Disability coverage

Paid holidays and vacation

Tuition reimbursement

Life insurance

Job summary

Software Placement Group in St. Joseph, MI, is seeking a Quality Engineer to join a profitable, long-established automotive manufacturer. This on-site role focuses on driving customer quality, reducing issues, and supporting new model launches.

You will partner with production and engineering, review control plans, and lead problem-solving efforts across the plant, including SPC and gauge improvements. A strong background in quality tools and GD&T is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of quality engineering in mass production machining or automotive tier supplier.
• Experience leading root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Formal problem-solving methods such as 8D, 5WHY, etc.
• Document control experience including control plans, APQP, PPAP, PFMEA.
• Ability to read blueprints, GD&T experience preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Serve as direct contact for customers on quality issues.
• Determine root cause and implement corrective actions.
• Support manufacturing floor with quality issues up to 25% of time.
• Review control plans.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly reports for customers and management.
• Assist operations and engineering with problem solving.
• Monitor and update customer portals.
• Lead formal problem-solving teams.
• Improve gauge and SPC processes.
• Support new model launches.
• Deliver quality training.
• Monitor and minimize scrap.
• Utilize Minitab software.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Quality engineering

Root cause analysis

8D / 5WHY

Reading blueprints (GD&T)

Problem solving

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Minitab

APQP

PPAP

PFMEA

Job description

Location: St. Joseph, MI | Schedule: Full-time, on-site | Compensation: Competitive salary plus annual bonus potential

Overview

A profitable, long-established automotive manufacturer with over five decades of stability and a growing roster of OEM customers is seeking a Quality Engineer to join its team. Operating from a newly remodeled, technology-driven facility, this role partners closely with production, engineering, and a fellow Quality Engineer to drive customer quality, reduce issues, and support new model launches.

What you'll do

• Serve as the direct point of contact for key customers on quality issues
• Determine root cause of quality issues and implement corrective actions
• Support the manufacturing floor with quality issues and concerns (up to 25% of time on the floor)
• Review control plans
• Complete weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for customers and management
• Assist operations and engineering with problem solving
• Monitor and update customer portals
• Champion formal problem-solving teams
• Improve gauge and SPC processes
• Support new model launch activities
• Deliver quality-related training
• Monitor and minimize scrap
• Utilize Minitab software
• Perform additional responsibilities as assigned by management

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent experience considered in lieu of a degree
• At least four years of quality engineering experience in a mass production machining environment or with a tier I or tier II automotive supplier
• Experience leading root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions
• Formal problem-solving skills such as 8D, 5WHY, etc.
• Document control experience, including control plans, APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, etc.
• Ability to read blueprints, ideally with GD&T experience
• Working knowledge of calipers, micrometers, gauges, and other quality tools
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Preferred qualifications

• ERP system experience
• Lean/Six Sigma methodologies
• Strong customer communication skills
• Experience with product launches
• Strong continuous improvement background with proven examples of scrap reduction and efficiency improvements
• SPC experience, including SPC software

Compensation and benefits

• Competitive salary with annual bonus potential
• 401K
• Multiple medical, dental, and vision plan options, available after 90 days
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Tuition reimbursement
• Life insurance

Why this role

This is an opportunity to join a stable, growing automotive manufacturer with over 50 years of history, work in a newly remodeled, technology-driven facility, and take on a visible role with clear potential for internal career advancement.