Quality Control Engineer – Automotive Manufacturing

Great Bay Staffing Group•Rockford, IL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Control Engineer will serve as the key Quality Engineer for an automotive components manufacturer, ensuring compliance with IATF 16949, customer requirements, and internal standards. This role involves partnering closely with engineering, production, and customers to drive quality outcomes across the organization. This is an immediate opening with a growing company that is actively investing in people and equipment.

Requirements

B.S. in a technical, quality, manufacturing, or related discipline
Proven experience as an Automotive Quality Engineer working with metal manufacturing, powder metals, or similar automotive components
Strong working knowledge of IATF 16949 or ISO-based quality management systems
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and GD&T
Experience with PPAP, control plans, and PFMEA development
Proficiency in 8D and 5-Why root cause analysis methodologies
Familiarity with CMM operation or programming
Experience with statistical software systems
Direct customer contact experience in a quality capacity

Responsibilities

Own quality engineering for the facility, maintaining compliance with IATF 16949, customer specifications, and internal quality standards
Lead and support investigation and resolution of customer complaints, including full root cause analysis
Partner with engineering and production teams to develop and maintain control plans and PFMEAs
Manage PPAP submissions and customer-facing quality communications
Apply 8D and 5-Why methodologies to drive corrective and preventive actions
Read, interpret, and validate engineering drawings using GD&T principles
Utilize CMM and statistical software systems to support inspection and data-driven quality decisions