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Quality Engineer - Automotive 
St. Joseph, MI area

Competitive Salary, Bonus, 401K, and More! 

Drive customer quality in a newly remodeled, tech-driven automotive facility backed by 50+ years of stability, incoming new business, and annual bonus potential!

50+ Years of Stability & Growing Business: Build your career with a rock-solid automotive leader backed by over five decades of success, long-tenured site leadership, and a surge of new customer contracts.

Modern, Tech-Driven Workplace: Work out of a newly remodeled office space right next to the plant floor, collaborating in a facility updated with cutting-edge manufacturing technology.

Customer Visibility & Teamwork: Partner closely with a fellow Quality Engineer in a supportive, team-oriented culture—serving as a direct quality point of contact for key clients who view the plant in excellent standing.

Internal Career Advancement: Join an organization that actively prioritizes growing internal talent, giving you a clear runway for long-term skill development and career progression.

Comprehensive Rewards & Bonus: Secure your health and financial future with annual bonus potential alongside multiple flexible medical, dental, and vision plan options to fit your needs.

Profitable, stable manufacturer is seeking a Quality Engineer to report to the Quality Manager, work with another Quality Engineer and partner closely with production and engineering.  Candidates will be assigned to specific automotive OEMs and will work to reduce quality issues and support operations and production launches.  Responsibilities will include:

• Communicate with key customers and serve as the point of contact for quality issues
• Determine root cause of quality issues and implement corrective actions
• Assist the manufacturing floor with quality issues and concerns
• Review control plans 
• Complete weekly, monthly and quarterly reports for customers and management 
• Assist operations and engineering with problem solving 
• Monitor and update portals 
• Champion formal problem solving teams  
• Improve the gauge and SPC process 
• Support new model launch activities  
• Deliver related quality training 
• Monitor and minimize scrap
• Utilize Minitab software
• Additional responsibilities as delegated by the manager

The qualified candidate will enjoy spending up to 25% of their day on the manufacturing floor, be a good problem solver, able to work in fast-paced automotive environments, thrive on driving continuous improvement, able to work within a team and independently, be professional, and hit the ground running.  

The company offers EXCELLENT medical benefits (including dental and vision) available after 90 days, short-term and long-term disability, 401K, paid holidays and vacation, tuition reimbursement, life, and BONUS potential.  

REQUIREMENTS for the Quality Engineer:
1. Ideally a Bachelor's degree; experience will be considered in lieu of a degree 
2. At least four years of quality engineering experience in a mass production machining environment OR with a tier I or tier II automotive supplier

3. Experience leading root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions 

4. Formal problem solving skills, such as 8D, 5WHY, etc. 
5. Document control experience, such as control plans, APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, etc.  

6. Ability to read blueprints, ideally with GD&T experience 

7. Working knowledge of calipers, micrometers, gauges and other quality tools 

8. Microsoft Office

Skills preferred but NOT required:
1. ERP system experience 
2. Lean/Six Sigma methodologies 
3. Customer communication 

4. E xperience with product launches

5. Strong continuous improvement background with proven examples of scrap reductions, efficiency improvements, etc. 

6. SPC experience, including SPC software 

Reasons to work for this organization:
Multiple plans for medical, dental and vision 

Annual bonus potential 
Stable organization in the automotive industry and adding new business

Remodeled office space

A plant with cutting edge technology 

This company grows internal talent 

Candidates are preferred to be local to the St. Joseph, MI area.  There is a conservative relocation package for regional candidates meeting the requirements.  

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