Quality Engineer 3

Denso • Maryville, TN

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About The Position

The Quality Engineer supports quality activities and concerns, including managing quality changes to products and processes initiated by customers or internal initiatives. The role leads cross-functional technical reviews, risk assessments, and approval meetings, and presents change validation results and recommendations to stakeholders, including executives. It analyzes the effects of proposed changes on products and manufacturing processes and supports laboratory validation testing, troubleshooting, and equipment procurement for future technologies or testing needs.

The position identifies, quantifies, and leads engineering, system, and quality improvement projects with significant business-unit impact. It maintains FMEAs, control plans, and quality documentation in alignment with approved changes and provides technical input for new model launches, engineering change initiatives, VAVE, and machine modifications. The role coordinates with multidisciplinary teams to support automotive quality-system compliance and requires occasional domestic and international travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline; electrical experience is a plus.
• 1–5 years of engineering experience, or equivalent co-op experience, in manufacturing, quality, or a related field.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to develop and maintain FMEAs and control plans.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed.
• Demonstrated analytical skills for risk assessment and continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading peer-team projects.
• Experience working in a multicultural environment.
• Familiarity with automotive industry quality systems and requirements, including PPAP, APQP, and IATF 16949.

Responsibilities

• Manage Quality Management of Change for customer-driven and internally driven product and process changes.
• Lead cross-functional technical meetings for change review, risk assessment, and approval.
• Lead meetings with executives to review change validation and provide recommendations based on validation against requirements.
• Analyze the product and manufacturing-process impacts of proposed changes.
• Support laboratory validation testing, troubleshoot test failures, and support procurement of equipment for future technologies or testing needs.
• Identify, quantify, and lead engineering, system, and quality improvement projects with significant business-unit impact.
• Maintain FMEAs, control plans, and quality documentation in alignment with approved changes.
• Provide technical input for new model launches, ECIs, VAVE, and machine modification projects.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to support compliance with automotive quality systems.
• Prepare and present change documentation and risk assessments to stakeholders.
• Travel domestically and internationally as needed to support projects and audits.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans.
• 401(k) with 4% company match.
• Vacation/PTO and 13 paid holidays.
• Bonus program.
• FSA/HSA and dependent care programs.
• Company-provided life, disability, AD&D, and business travel insurance.
• No-cost wellness and chronic condition management programs.
• Optional insurance programs, including legal, identity theft, and critical illness coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Career development and ongoing training.
• Employee assistance program.
• Employee spotlight and recognition program.
• Volunteer opportunities.
• Onsite fitness center (varies by location).
• Cafeteria and food markets (vary by location).
• Onsite health clinic and pharmacy (vary by location).
• Relocation assistance for candidates residing 50 or more miles from the work location.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level