Senior Quality Engineer - Automotive APQP & PPAP Lead

Minth North America, Inc.; East Tawas (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Minth North America, Inc. seeks a Sr. Quality Engineer to lead manufacturing quality initiatives in a dynamic automotive environment. This hands-on role interacts with customers and internal teams during process development and APQP for new products.

The candidate will drive continuous improvement through PPAP, FMEA, control plans, and flow diagrams, while reading blueprints/GD&T and facilitating corrective actions with cross-functional teams. Travel may be required to customers (20–25%).

Qualifications

• 10+ years of manufacturing quality experience.
• Experience with roll forming, bending, welding processes and testing requirements.
• Auditing certification for IATF16949, VDA, ISO14001 standards.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints / GD&T.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and maintain customer interface and support.
• Create/Update all APQP documents including FMEA, Control Plans and Flow Diagrams.
• Follow AIAG APQP procedures and Customer-specific requirements.
• PPAP submissions.
• Continuous improvement of plant scrap, process capability, and quality cost activities.
• Address customer concerns through corrective action activities, action plans, customer-specific reporting techniques, etc.
• Maintain a quality management system to ensure compliance with all relevant standards and customer-specific requirements.
• Partner with production and engineering on quality-related issues.
• Create quality reports and action plans for reporting to executive management as well as customers.
• Work closely with other Minth facilities to ensure read-across continuity of systems.
• Responsible for other duties or special projects as assigned.

Skills

APQP

FMEA

Control Plans

GD&T

MS Office

Minitab

AutoCAD

Tools

Plex

Minitab

AutoCAD

Visio

Project

Job description

Minth North America, Inc. seeks a Sr. Quality Engineer to lead manufacturing quality initiatives in a dynamic automotive environment. This hands-on role interacts with customers and internal teams during process development and APQP for new products.

The candidate will drive continuous improvement through PPAP, FMEA, control plans, and flow diagrams, while reading blueprints/GD&T and facilitating corrective actions with cross-functional teams. Travel may be required to customers (20–25%).