Quality Engineer – Startup Auto Manufacturing Plant

Marmon Holdings, Inc.; Apex (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AP Emissions Technologies, part of Marmon Holdings, is seeking a Quality Engineer to lead the site’s quality management system for a new manufacturing facility in Apex, NC. You will own ISO-based certification readiness, drive APQP/PPAP processes, and coordinate with R&D, engineering, operations, and suppliers to build quality into production.

You will manage audits, issue corrective actions, and lead continuous improvement initiatives to ensure product quality, process stability, and customer

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Quality, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Chemical, Materials, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of progressive quality engineering or quality leadership experience in automotive, chemical, catalyst, environmental, advanced manufacturing, or another highly controlled manufacturing environment.
• Experience implementing or improving an ISO 9001-certified quality system and leading audits.
• Experience with IATF 16949, customer-specific requirements, APQP, and PPAP strongly preferred.
• Start-up, equipment commissioning, process validation, or production ramp-up experience preferred.
• Relevant quality, auditor, or Lean Six Sigma certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain the site quality management system in alignment with corporate requirements, ISO 9001, applicable regulations, and the roadmap toward IATF 16949 readiness or certification.
• Lead certification, surveillance, customer, corporate, and internal audits, including preparation, findings, corrective actions, document control, records, and management-review inputs.
• Translate quality standards and customer‑specific requirements into practical procedures, training, controls, metrics, and accountability across the site.
• Lead quality readiness for equipment, processes, suppliers, and products, including APQP, PFMEA, control plans, MSA, capability studies, validation, PPAP, and safe‑launch controls as applicable.
• Partner with R&D, engineering, automation, and operations to define critical‑to‑quality characteristics, validate process windows, and approve changes across substrate forming, thermal treatment, catalyst coating, and assembly.
• Establish and maintain incoming, in‑process, final‑inspection, testing, traceability, calibration, sampling, nonconforming‑material, and product‑release controls.
• Analyze yield, scrap, rework, capability, defects, returns, and warranty data to identify opportunities and lead containment and corrective actions.
• Drive improvements that strengthen quality, cost, delivery, and process stability.
• Serve as the primary site quality contact for customer requirements, complaints, scorecards, audits, launch reviews, and escalations.
• Communicate quality risks, containment actions, corrective actions, and recovery plans to customers and internal stakeholders.
• Lead structured root‑cause analysis and supplier quality improvement efforts, verifying corrective‑action effectiveness and preventing recurrence.
• Develop quality technicians, inspectors, laboratory personnel, and cross‑functional teams in defect prevention, inspection, and problem‑solving.
• Report quality KPIs, customer metrics, cost of poor quality, capability, and corrective‑action effectiveness.
• Champion quality at the source and a culture of continuous improvement across the facility.
• Build the quality function and management system for a brand‑new 208,000‑square‑foot manufacturing facility.
• Have a direct impact on product quality, process stability, customer satisfaction, and the successful launch of the operation.

Skills

ISO 9001

IATF 16949

APQP

PPAP

PFMEA

Control plans

MSA

Capability analysis

Audit methods

Problem solving

Lean Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Quality, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Chemical, Materials, Industrial Engineering

Tools

ERP/MES systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

AP Emissions Technologies, part of Marmon Holdings, is seeking a Quality Engineer to lead the site’s quality management system for a new manufacturing facility in Apex, NC. You will own ISO-based certification readiness, drive APQP/PPAP processes, and coordinate with R&D, engineering, operations, and suppliers to build quality into production.

You will manage audits, issue corrective actions, and lead continuous improvement initiatives to ensure product quality, process stability, and customer