IATF 16949 Quality Systems Engineer

Step into a day in the life

You start your morning reviewing SPC trends and overnight NCR activity, then huddle with QC Technicians to triage production concerns. A customer calls—you’re their quality point of contact—and you walk them through a PPAP update and safe launch status for a new program. Midday, you facilitate a 5-Why session to drive a CAPA to closure. Later, you fine-tune training content for production teams on product requirements, and wrap the day preparing evidence for an upcoming internal and external audit. Through it all, you’re safeguarding compliance to IATF 16949:2016 and ensuring every part meets customer and regulatory expectations.

Responsibilities

• Uphold and improve the Quality Management System to meet IATF 16949:2016 and all applicable regulatory directives.
• Coordinate and perform investigations of production issues with QC Technicians to ensure customer and regulatory needs are met.
• Own the full lifecycle of nonconformances (NCRs) and corrective/preventive actions (CAPAs) to verified completion.
• Verify and maintain adherence to customer-specific requirements.
• Serve as the primary customer-facing Quality contact; build and sustain strong customer relationships.
• Participate in internal and external audits; prepare documentation, evidence, and responses.
• Deliver training for quality and production teams on product specifications and requirements.
• Support APQP for new product launches, including PPAP creation/submission and safe launch activities.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in a product quality role with direct quality system compliance experience.
• Hands-on knowledge of APQP, Core Tools, and authoring full PPAP packages.
• Proficient with quality inspection methods and measurement tools.
• Working knowledge of blow molding, injection molding, and assembly processes (preferred).
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Exceptional analytical and computational skills; familiarity with structured problem-solving tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Creative, innovative, and confident decision-maker.

Technical proficiencies

• GD&T
• Continuous Improvement and Kaizen
• Troubleshooting
• Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Process FMEA (PFMEA)
• 5 Why root cause analysis
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Quality Control and Field Measurements
• PPAP process experience