Sr Advanced Quality Engineer
Adient · Plymouth, MI
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- Today
The role in 30 seconds
A senior quality role at Adient (automotive) in Plymouth, MI. Coordinate, administer and perform the quality function of an engineering and technical nature to ensure product quality and reliability at minimum quality costs.
- They ask for
- 4+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- SPC, FMEA, PPAP, APQP, Control plans, DOE
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Michigan: typical posted base $85k–$149k.
Median of the low and high ends of 21 live postings that list pay, out of 61 quality engineer openings in Michigan, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 60 other live quality postings in Michigan.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (4+ vs 3+)
Typical $85k–$149k, from 21 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 72%
- ✓ FMEA 54%
- ✓ PPAP 51%
- ✓ SPC 44%
- ✓ Control plans 44%
- New product launch 43%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for DOE, Stamping, Welding, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
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This plant: Adient in Plymouth
1 other open role at this site · 9 people we found in quality roles at Adient.
- Maintenance Tech · Reliability · Technician
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Responsibilities
- ◆Coordinate, administer and perform the quality function of an engineering and technical nature to ensure product quality and reliability at minimum quality costs.
- ◆Completion and documentation of all phases of the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) process.
- ◆Prepare and submit all necessary PPAP documentation per AIAG or VDA guidelines.
- ◆Develop gauge concepts and procure gauges for specific programs. Work with component and tooling/equipment suppliers to improve products and resolve manufacturing problems.
- ◆Participate in Simultaneous Development Teams (SDT’s). Participate in internal audits as required.
- ◆Support the Product Introduction Process through all phases of prototype fabrication and delivery.
- ◆Ensure that appropriate statistical methods are utilized throughout the Product and Process Development process and deployed into the Control Plan
- ◆Responsible for completion of all other Customer-specific Advance Quality requirements.
- ◆Ensure that Customer, internally identified, and supplier quality issues are resolved using the appropriate problem-solving methods (Kepner-Tregoe, 8-D, DOE, 5 Why, Red X, etc.).
Education and experience
- ✓Quality training in the core disciplines is required, including: IATF, ISO/TS 16949, VDA, Continuous Improvement, Total Quality Management, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plans, DOE, and SPC.
- ✓Experience being responsible for review of a customer PPAP.
- ✓A Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or a technical area.
- ✓Minimum 4 years Quality Engineering inside Manufacturing - Automotive Preferred.
- ✓Experience with stamping and welding a plus
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Summary
The Sr. Advanced Quality Engineer coordinates, administers, and performs the quality function of an engineering and technical nature to ensure product quality and reliability at minimum quality costs. There is up to 50% travel in this role.
Primary location
Central Tech Unit Plymouth MI