Title: Body / Vehicle Quality Engineer
Description:
- STG is a Preferred Vendor of a major Automotive Firm in MI. The client is actively looking for multiple Body / Vehicle Quality Engineer. STG has a 98% repeat business rate from existing clients and have achieved industry awards and recognition for our services. Crain’s Detroit Business named STG to Michigan’s Fastest Growing Companies list in both 2020 and 2019, Top IT Services Company’s List in 2020, 2019, 2018, and Top Minority Business Enterprise List in 2020, 2019, and 2019. STG puts company CULTURE at the forefront of every business decision and employees are EMPOWERED and MEASURED for RESULTS. Both TEAMWORK and INDIVIDUAL Performance is recognized and rewarded. These positions are based in MI for a large Fortune 500 Automotive firm. STG will provide immigration and permanent residency sponsorship assistance to those candidates who need it.
Title: Plant Vehicle Team Engineer – Body / Vehicle Quality Engineering Position Overview We are seeking a Plant Vehicle Team Engineer (PVTE) to support vehicle quality initiatives within an automotive assembly plant environment. This role is responsible for identifying, analyzing, and resolving vehicle quality issues using warranty data, plant investigations, and structured problem-solving methodologies. This is a hands-on, plant-floor-focused role requiring close collaboration with manufacturing, supplier quality, and engineering teams to drive root cause analysis and corrective actions. Key Responsibilities Analyze warranty claim data and customer feedback to identify failure trends, emerging issues, and high-impact quality concerns Perform daily triage and binning of warranty claims into appropriate categories to support prioritization Conduct root cause investigations using plant-floor inspections, returned parts analysis, and cross-functional collaboration Lead development and execution of: Interim Containment Actions (ICA) Permanent Corrective Actions (PCA) Support assembly plant activities including: Stop Ships / Stop Builds Quality Campaigns and Audits Engineering Trials and Running Changes Work directly on the plant floor to investigate build issues and validate corrective actions Collaborate with suppliers and internal engineering teams to resolve component and subsystem quality issues Maintain and report on Vehicle Functional Group (VFG) quality metrics (Top 20 issues) Issue engineering alerts and documentation to support product changes and quality improvements Present findings, status updates, and recommendations to cross-functional teams and leadership
Skills Required:
Technical Skills Strong experience with warranty data analysis: Excel (pivot tables, lookups, trend analysis, large dataset handling) Ability to navigate CAD models (NX, CATIA, or similar) for: Part-to-part interface analysis Root cause investigation (Note: Design ownership is not required, but functional CAD usage is essential) Problem-Solving & Quality Tools Demonstrated experience using structured methodologies: 8D Problem Solving 5 Why Analysis Fishbone (Ishikawa) diagrams Experience implementing: Interim Containment Actions (ICA) Permanent Corrective Actions (PCA) Core Competencies Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills in a manufacturing environment Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-visibility plant setting Effective cross-functional communication with engineering, production, and suppliers Ability to own issues end-to-end and drive them to closure
Skills Preferred:
N/A
Experience Required:
3+ years of experience in: Automotive manufacturing, OR Plant quality, product engineering, or warranty analysis roles Hands-on experience in an OEM assembly plant environment is required Proven experience performing root cause analysis and driving issues to resolution in a production environment
Experience Preferred:
Automotive OEM or Tier 1 supplier experience in: Body systems, closures, or vehicle structures Experience with: PLM tools (e.g., Teamcenter) Warranty or quality tracking systems Prior involvement in launch support or running product changes
Education Required:
Bachelor's Degree
Education Preferred:
Additional Safety Training/Licensing/Personal Protection Requirements:
Additional Information :
***POSTION IS FULY ONSITE*** Other applicable experience could be considered 100% onsite role within an automotive assembly plant Requires regular time on the plant floor investigating active production issues Not a Fit If Experience is limited to design engineering without plant or quality exposure No hands-on involvement in manufacturing or assembly environments Limited or no experience with root cause analysis or warranty data Seeking primarily remote or desk-based analytical roles. This role is heavily focused on plant-floor issue investigation, production support, and vehicle quality containment activities rather than product design ownership. " focus is on urgent root cause analysis and action implementation in a high volume production environment." • high-volume production quality improvement • rapid root cause containment • issue triage under tight timing constraints Minimum 3 years experience in OEM automotive assembly plant quality, launch quality, vehicle quality, or manufacturing engineering environments. : Must have direct experience independently leading root cause investigations and corrective actions in a production assembly environment. Very important. - Functional CAD navigation capability for investigation purposes only. This is not a design-release ownership role. Suppliers may want to prioritize as follows: • seasoned plant quality engineers, • supplier quality engineers with assembly support, • resident engineers, • manufacturing quality leads, • warranty engineers, • launch quality engineers who stayed in plant operations multiple years. Suppliers please DO NOT prioritize: • advanced design engineers, • EV systems engineers, • highly launch-focused candidates, • DRE-track engineers, • candidates actively pursuing development engineering.
Resume Submittal Instructions: Interested/qualified candidates should email their word formatted resumes to Kavitha Shanmugham at [email protected] and /or contact at 248.712.6727. In the subject line of the email please include: First and Last Name – (QE) MI.