Quality Engineer

Adient•San Antonio, TX

25d

About The Position

The Quality Engineer supports quality compliance, customer requirements, plant performance, and continuous improvement at the Avanzar San Antonio Facility. The role serves as the primary interface with assigned external customers for issue resolution, coordinates customer communications with the plant, and supports advanced quality planning, product submissions, process controls, and corrective actions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field.
Minimum of 3–4 years of experience as a Quality Engineer in the automotive industry.
Education and training in Quality disciplines, including at minimum ISO/TS 16949 or QS9000, Continuous Improvement, Total Quality Management (TQM), PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, DOE, and SPC.
Deep understanding of problem-solving methodologies such as 8D, Kepner-Tregoe (KT), and A3.
Experience with data analysis using Excel, Minitab, and Power BI.

Nice To Haves

Six Sigma certification is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensure compliance with BOS, ISO/TS 16949, and customer-specific requirements.
Understand plant and customer KPIs and work with the team to meet or exceed performance targets.
Participate as a Layered Process Auditor as instructed by the Manager.
Drive continuous improvement across production quality deliverables.
Support PPAP package preparation for product submissions and obtain approval from the Product Service Manager or Quality Manager before submission to the customer.
Develop and update Control Plans and support the Manufacturing Engineer in updating PFMEAs as required.
Create appropriate inspection and containment plans.
Use customer-specific systems effectively.
Conduct capability studies for special characteristics, ensuring documentation and compliance with customer and internal requirements, or obtain written customer deviations when necessary.
Support continuous improvement of Operation Description Sheets (ODS).
Identify and apply appropriate statistical tools and mentor team members on their application and techniques.
Serve as the primary interface with assigned external customers for issue resolution.
Ensure completion of customer-specific advanced quality planning requirements.
Prepare and submit 8-D reports to customers in a timely manner.
Visit customers as needed and facilitate communication between the customer and the plant.
Initiate Quality Alerts when concerns arise and follow through until resolution.
Verify customer return material analyses, including root cause identification and corrective actions.