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Linamar

Manufactures automotive, industrial, and agricultural components

Junior Quality Engineer

Quality EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSouthfield, MI, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma is required.
  • Three years of related experience, including experience in quality assurance functions, is required.
  • Experience with Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Process Control Plans, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Gauge Planning, and all levels of Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) requirements is required.
  • Ability to read operating and quality assurance reports to understand technical and operational information about facilities, processes, and equipment is required.
  • Experience interpreting drawings and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing is required.
  • Knowledge and experience in gauging methods, calibration, and gauge repeatability and reproducibility (R&R) is required.
  • Ability to take precise measurements using specialized equipment and techniques is required.
  • Ability to train employees and organize and lead meetings with employees is required.
  • Experience writing and executing engineering test protocols is required.
  • Understanding of experimental design and statistics is required.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and computer-aided design (CAD) applications is required.
  • Familiarity with ISO/IATF 16949 quality standards is required.
  • Experience using statistical analysis software and computer-assisted design, manufacturing, and machining is required.
  • Ability to communicate verbally and in writing is required.
  • Ability to solve problems and resolve conflicts is required.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality of customer and company information is required.
  • Ability to move equipment weighing up to 50 pounds is required.

Responsibilities

  • Perform routine to moderately complex inspections and establish quality standards for in-process and finished products and materials.
  • Develop testing, sampling, and training methods; evaluate production and recommend improvements as appropriate.
  • Work with quality inspection supervisors to train and oversee inspectors in using control forms and procedures and correcting quality problems.
  • Collaborate with plant quality engineers and process engineering personnel to identify critical part features and review design manufacturability.
  • Recommend modifications to customer part specifications and tolerances as needed to support cost-effective production.
  • Support operations by ensuring consistent application of quality techniques.
  • Assist in resolving quality issues involving capability, tolerancing, and materials by identifying problems, examining solution options, and implementing action plans; notify appropriate personnel when needed.
  • Reinforce commitment to quality improvement efforts.
  • Assist with the PPAP process for new product launches to meet customer requirements.
  • Support process stability and capability studies, review and analyze results, recommend process changes based on findings, and follow up to verify effectiveness.
  • Participate in Advanced Product Quality Planning activities.
  • Assist engineering teams in coordinating pre-launch production trial runs.
  • Validate that Control Plan requirements are followed on the shop floor.
  • Use appropriate problem-solving techniques for root cause analysis and corrective action.
  • Apply statistical techniques and select and use appropriate Measurement System Analysis tools.
  • Provide statistical information for quality improvement by identifying testing methods and samples.
  • Assess statistical machine reliability using statistical methods.
  • Develop sampling plans using attribute, variable, and sequential sampling methods.
  • Analyze data by conducting normal distribution and process capability analyses.
  • Conduct product-line conformance audits to verify customer requirements, 5S principles, posted work instructions, and tagging processes are followed.
  • Conduct dock audits according to product requirements.
  • Prepare reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and making recommendations.
  • Train operators, and area supervisors when applicable, according to posted instructions; evaluate training effectiveness.
  • Evaluate end-of-line inspection effectiveness and recommend improvements.
  • Generate and distribute end-of-shift reports as required.

About the Company

Linamar

Manufactures automotive, industrial, and agricultural components

Linamar is a diversified manufacturer that builds automotive, industrial, and agricultural components and systems, organized around powering vehicles, motion, work, and lives. It designs and produces high-quality parts used in cars, trucks, machinery, and farming equipment, with customers including General Motors and other industrial clients. The company leverages a global manufacturing footprint, long-established customer relationships, and collaborations with partners like Alberta Innovates to ensure reliable supply across multiple markets. Its goal is to grow by delivering integrated components and systems at scale, expanding worldwide, and pursuing partnerships to meet evolving needs in transportation, industry, and agriculture.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Guelph, Canada
Founded
1966

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