Supplier Quality and PPAP Engineer - Automotive

Raise the bar for launch quality

Be the connector between Engineering, Production, Program Management, suppliers, and customers to ensure every launch, change, and production run meets rigorous automotive quality and environmental requirements.

What you’ll do

• Proactively assess new product launches and engineering changes to surface and mitigate quality risks.
• Own documentation in customer portals and internal systems: PPAPs, rejection records, engineering change logs, warranty tracking, supplier PPAPs, and supplier corrective actions.
• Lead APQP deliverables—PFMEAs, control plans, and process flow diagrams—with Program Management and launch teams.
• Define inspection criteria from drawings/specifications and embed them in the quality system.
• Program/support measurement and test equipment; validate reliable gauging.
• Publish robust work instructions with Engineering/Production, covering steps, measurement methods, and product handling.
• Train both plant and office staff on procedures and QMS requirements.
• Run corrective actions: launch, root cause (5‑Why, 8D, Fishbone), implement, verify, and close in customer/internal systems; report status to customers and leadership.
• Partner with customers and suppliers for launches, audits, on‑site reviews, and containment/corrective action.
• Lead nonconforming material disposition, contribute to MRB, and ensure full documentation and closure.
• Drive continuous improvement using DOE, Red X, and other statistical methods.
• Mine data to improve customer, supplier, and internal process performance.
• Support risk‑based FMEA, mistake‑proofing audits, and process enhancements alongside Engineering/Production.
• Develop suppliers: validate corrective actions, manage PPAP requests, review supplier changes, conduct supplier audits, and secure timely responses.
• Participate in all audits—customer, internal, surveillance, supplier, and quality/environmental system assessments (including CQI).
• Act as a key customer interface and collaborate across functions and organizational boundaries.
• Mentor peers across functions on quality methods and rigor.
• Administer the computerized quality system, including customer/supplier concerns and internal corrective actions.
• Ensure continuous compliance with internal systems, procedures, and customer-specific requirements.
• Work in full alignment with applicable quality and environmental management system standards and customer requirements.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Expertise in statistics, precision measurement, and process capability studies.
• Formal training in math, statistics, Six Sigma, and industrial/manufacturing processes.

Proficiencies

• Quality Inspection Experience; Quality Control Experience
• Continuous Improvement; Kaizen
• PFMEA; 5 Why (Root Cause Analysis)
• Manufacturing Instruction (MI); Blueprint Reading
• Mechanical Testing; Quality Control Data Analysis
• ISO 22000; AS9100 Experience

Tools you’ll use

• ERP Software (Oracle)