Advanced Quality Engineer
US Farathane
Advanced Quality Engineer
US Farathane is seeking an Advanced Quality Engineer at our Corporate Tech Center to join our growing team. This role is responsible for ensuring robust Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) compliance throughout the product development and launch phases. The Advanced Quality Engineer provides quality leadership during pre production builds, supports launch activities at manufacturing locations, and works closely with customers, suppliers, and cross functional teams to ensure all quality requirements are met prior to Start of Production (SOP). This position sits fully on-site at our office in Sterling Heights, MI.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for executing APQP with the cross functional program team and customer in pre-production or new program.
- Responsible for All ECNs in Launch phase or pre-production
- Actively participate in the Advanced Quality Planning process and ensure all quality requirements are properly adhered to during each phase of PPAP
- Maintain internal and customer-based tracking systems with required documentation on-time (Customer Portals)
- Participate in the development of the Process Flow/ PFMEA/ Control Plan and review of special/critical characteristics, including customer unique documents.
- Review updates to customer drawings, manuals, engineering standards/ specifications and customer specific requirements and ensure controls are in place to monitor on going compliance issues.
- Support problem solving activities and ensure timely feedback to the customer on product launch concerns from primary and subsequent plants.
- Develop the Measurement System Analysis plan for the programs assigned.
- Complete and submit PPAP documentation for initial approval and engineering changes in the launch phase.
- Track completion progress of PPAP documentation and ensure all due dates are met.
- Ensure PSW, or other customer specific document, is signed off by the customer prior to start of production.
- Monitor status of temporary interim customer authorization, following through until full approval is achieved.
- Ensure capability studies and Gauge R&R studies are properly performed and documented for new programs significant characteristics to ensure customer requirements are met.
- Responsible to submit IMDS to the customer for the programs assigned.
- Support and attend customer's meetings, builds, customer process review/ audits and provide quality support when needed.
- Communication of Quality Requirements with the customer and to ensure all USF teammates understand.
- Become a subject matter expert with customer specific Supplier Quality Manuals.
- Strong interpersonal skills to effectively interact with customer Engineering and SQE Customer Representatives.
- Strong ability to teach and coach teammates on managing the process as defined in our QMS.
- Positive attitude and strong cross functional teammate
Qualifications:
- Minimum 2–3 years of experience performing quality‑related activities in an automotive manufacturing environment
- Working knowledge of APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA, and customer‑specific quality requirements
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills for working with internal teams and OEM/Tier 1 customers
- Ability to coach and train cross‑functional team members on quality processes
- Detail‑oriented, organized, and capable of managing multiple program priorities
US Farathane Offers:
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Paid Holidays and Vacation
- Job Promotional and Career Growth Opportunities
- And much more!
About US Farathane:
US Farathane has been a leading plastics manufacturer serving the automotive industry for over 50 years. Through advanced research and development, a highly experienced management team, and a dedicated workforce, US Farathane continues to grow year over year. We provide customers with full‑service solutions ranging from black‑box design concepts to highly engineered composites, TPEs, TPOs, and specialized extrusion and compression technologies.
Additional Information:
- Interested applicants must submit their resume through our Applicant Tracking System for consideration.
- Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
- Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies will not be paid a fee and become the property of US Farathane.