Senior QA Engineer, Engine Manufacturing (Onsite)

General Motors; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation benefits

Total Rewards package

Job summary

General Motors seeks a Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer to join the GPS engine manufacturing team at Flint Engine Operations.

This role drives quality improvements, protects customer requirements, and leads disciplined problem solving on the production floor, collaborating across production, engineering, supplier quality, and plant leadership. The ideal candidate demonstrates hands-on manufacturing experience, strong analytical thinking, and timely, fact-based decision making in a high-volume

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
• 5 years of experience in quality, manufacturing, engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience with root‑cause analysis, corrective action, and structured problem‑solving methods.
• General knowledge of engine or automotive manufacturing processes and quality systems.

Responsibilities

• Support monitoring of engine quality performance using key metrics such as FTQ, IPPM, scrap, rework, audit findings, customer complaints, and warranty trends.
• Facilitate structured problem solving via the Fast Response process, using tools such as Red X, 5 Whys, Fishbone analysis, fault‑tree analysis, and data‑based process investigation.
• Manage and perform internal audits, issue corrective action reports and validate/monitor responsiveness.
• Partner with production and manufacturing engineering to improve standardized work, error‑proofing, inspection methods, reaction plans, and process controls.
• Review and maintain quality documentation, including control plans, PFMEA inputs, inspection plans, layered audit results, and corrective action records.
• Support APQP, PPAP, launch readiness, engineering changes, process changes, and new‑product or major‑equipment introductions.
• Perform quality audits and layered process assessments, identify systemic gaps, and track actions to closure.
• Analyze trends and recurring issues to identify opportunities for defect prevention and variation reduction.

Skills

Root-cause analysis

Structured problem solving

Engineering prints reading

Cross-functional collaboration

Hands-on manufacturing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Job description

General Motors seeks a Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer to join the GPS engine manufacturing team at Flint Engine Operations.

This role drives quality improvements, protects customer requirements, and leads disciplined problem solving on the production floor, collaborating across production, engineering, supplier quality, and plant leadership. The ideal candidate demonstrates hands-on manufacturing experience, strong analytical thinking, and timely, fact-based decision making in a high-volume