Lead Quality Engineer

Clarios•Tampa, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Clarios is hiring a Lead Quality Engineer to provide hands-on quality leadership at its fully integrated manufacturing plant in Tampa, Florida. The role focuses on customer quality, structured problem solving, launch readiness, and continuous improvement. It partners with Operations, Engineering, Supplier Quality, and other cross-functional teams to protect customers, improve manufacturing quality, and support strong customer performance through robust APQP/PPAP execution, effective corrective actions, and automotive quality systems and tools. The position leads customer-quality activities, including complaints, warranty analysis, 8D responses, scorecards, audits, and escalations. It drives root-cause investigations and effective corrective actions; leads APQP reviews, PPAP submissions, PFMEA reviews, Control Plan development, and launch readiness; and improves plant metrics such as scrap, First Pass Yield, internal PPM, rework, and process capability. The role also provides technical leadership and mentoring, supports audit and IATF-aligned quality-system execution, addresses supplier-quality issues, and applies advanced quality tools and statistical methods. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. The Tampa plant manufactures batteries for cars, boats, motorcycles, and heavy-duty trucks, and decorates or labels batteries into finished products for customers. The plant opened in 1958, employs more than 280 people, and operates six days per week.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
Demonstrated quality experience in an automotive or manufacturing environment.
Strong hands-on experience with APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, 8D/root-cause analysis, MSA/SPC, and IATF 16949 quality-system requirements.
Demonstrated ability to lead customer-quality activities, manufacturing-quality improvements, audits, corrective actions, and cross-functional problem-solving initiatives.
Strong leadership, communication, analytical, and mentoring skills, with the ability to influence teams and translate quality data into sustainable improvements.
Authorization to work in the U.S. without employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

Quality-related certification or formal training, such as CQE, Six Sigma, or IATF/ISO auditor certification.
Experience with supplier quality, DOE, statistical validation, process capability analysis, layered process audits, and customer-specific automotive requirements.

Responsibilities

Manage customer complaints, warranty analysis, 8D responses, customer scorecards, audits, and escalations; drive timely resolution and customer satisfaction.
Lead 8D investigations and root-cause analysis, verify corrective-action effectiveness, and eliminate recurring defects through follow-up.
Lead APQP reviews, PPAP submissions, PFMEA reviews, Control Plan development, and launch-readiness activities.
Drive improvements in scrap, First Pass Yield, internal PPM, rework, and process capability using data and statistical quality methods.
Mentor Quality Engineers, provide technical guidance and training, lead quality projects, and participate in quality councils and cross-functional initiatives.
Support and lead internal, process, layered process, customer, and certification audits; ensure corrective actions are completed and sustained in alignment with IATF requirements.
Review supplier PPM, manage SCARs, support supplier development, and analyze incoming quality issues to improve supplier performance and reduce manufacturing risk.
Apply PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, GR&R, Cp/Cpk, Pp/Ppk, DOE, and statistical validation to improve process control, capability, and decision-making.