Durability and Quality Engineer

Stellantis•Auburn Hills, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The North America Quality organization is currently seeking a Durability Engineer to join the Field Quality team at the Quality Engineering Center (QEC) in Auburn Hills, MI. The Durability Engineer is responsible for identifying and resolving emerging durability issues through end-to-end ownership, from initial detection through root cause identification, corrective action implementation, and validation of solution effectiveness. The selected candidate will lead issue identification and definition through warranty data, field inputs, and analytics, while managing part procurement, root cause analysis, and documentation within GIMs and Sirius systems. This role requires full cradle-to-grave ownership of assigned topics, including coordination of cross-functional teams to drive timely and effective solutions that address both engineering root cause and field service needs. The Durability Engineer will assign and coordinate engineering deliverables, ensuring accountability across stakeholders, while partnering with Engineering, Supplier Quality, and Mopar TSO teams to integrate Lessons Learned and prevent recurrence. In parallel, the role will support repair optimization efforts to reduce warranty spend while maintaining customer satisfaction and product integrity. This position requires strong collaboration across Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Service organizations to ensure alignment on priorities, execution, and outcomes. The candidate will validate solution effectiveness through data-driven analysis and provide regular reporting to senior leadership on open issues, escalations, and key performance indicators.

Requirements

Bachelor Degree in Engineering or an equivalent technical field
7+ years of experience in a related role
Detailed technical understanding of automotive systems and components
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills
Working knowledge of automotive systems, warranty analytics, and issue management processes.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree in Engineering
Black Belt certified
Previous experience as Design Release Engineer
Background in Lean/Six Sigma methodologies

Responsibilities

Identifying and resolving emerging durability issues through end-to-end ownership, from initial detection through root cause identification, corrective action implementation, and validation of solution effectiveness.
Lead issue identification and definition through warranty data, field inputs, and analytics.
Manage part procurement, root cause analysis, and documentation within GIMs and Sirius systems.
Full cradle-to-grave ownership of assigned topics, including coordination of cross-functional teams to drive timely and effective solutions that address both engineering root cause and field service needs.
Assign and coordinate engineering deliverables, ensuring accountability across stakeholders.
Partner with Engineering, Supplier Quality, and Mopar TSO teams to integrate Lessons Learned and prevent recurrence.
Support repair optimization efforts to reduce warranty spend while maintaining customer satisfaction and product integrity.
Collaborate across Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Service organizations to ensure alignment on priorities, execution, and outcomes.
Validate solution effectiveness through data-driven analysis.
Provide regular reporting to senior leadership on open issues, escalations, and key performance indicators.