
Quality Engineer
General Motors · Pontiac, MI
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Preferred
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- Today
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at General Motors (automotive) in Pontiac, MI.
- They ask for
- degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, Casting
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Michigan: typical posted base $78k–$149k.
Median of the low and high ends of 19 live postings that list pay, out of 58 quality engineer openings in Michigan, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Michigan plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 57 other live quality postings in Michigan.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $78k–$149k, from 19 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 71%
- FMEA 53%
- PPAP 50%
- SPC 47%
- Control plans 45%
- New product launch 41%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Casting, Power BI / Tableau, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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This plant: General Motors in Pontiac
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The Role
The Lab Quality Engineer is a recognized technical contributor and resource in Engine Dyno Testing. The position requires the ability to address the broadest and most complex problems.
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
- ✓Bachelors Degree - Engineering degree preferred, other fields of study combined with appropriate experience may be considered
- ✓Red X, OPEX, DFSS certifications
- ✓Working knowledge of automotive vehicle systems
- ✓Knowledge of and application of statistical methods if applying data analysis
- ✓Working knowledge of lean engineering / quality systems and strong critical thinking skills
- ✓People skills to work effectively with others including global teams and strong oral/written communication skills to effectively interface with GPG leadership
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Job Description
At General Motors, our product teams are redefining mobility. Through a human-centered design process, we create vehicles and experiences that are designed not just to be seen, but to be felt.
We’re turning today’s impossible into tomorrow’s standard — from breakthrough hardware and battery systems to intuitive design, intelligent software, and next-generation safety and entertainment features.
Every day, our products move millions of people as we aim to make driving safer, smarter, and more connected, shaping the future of transportation on a global scale.
What You’ll Do
- •Provide guidance to the engineering team for the instrumentation, equipment and software required for compliant testing
- •Provide guidance and support to laboratory operations and quality teams to relative to the processes and procedures required to ensure compliant testing
- •Validate compliance of the measurement instrumentation, diagnostics and calibrations
- •Validate compliance of the test procedure and data collected for each required test or test sequence
- •Collaborate with teams to solve problems, improve FTQ
- •Collaborate with teams to develop tools and processes to improve efficiency
- •Lead innovation activities in the Quality Department
- •Complete Quality systems related activities
- •Train team members on tools and processes
- •Maintain documents related to Standard Work for projects
- •Review data and perform statistical analysis
- •Maintain status of department, projects, and Business Plan Deployment related tasks
- •Maintain quality reports related to laboratory and operations, issuing monthly reports for status
- •Perform data acquisition and database management using various PC computer software packages and keep records of status and changes
- •Refer to the employee training documents maintained and held by the supervisor for specifics as to required job training
Preferred Skills
- +Data and analytics experience: Three or more years in data analytics, data engineering, database development, predictive modeling, or a related field; bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- +Databricks and BI expertise: Advanced hands-on experience with Databricks and Power BI, including production workloads, large datasets, data warehousing, troubleshooting, and performance optimization; familiarity with Jira Cloud, Immuta, or Atlan is a plus.
- +Data engineering and AI/ML: Strong SQL and Python skills with experience in data transformation, reconciliation, predictive modeling, forecasting, regression analysis, machine learning, and developing or deploying AI/ML models and agents.
- +Governance and solution delivery: Practical experience with data quality, metadata, lineage, stewardship, controlled access, system dependencies, testing, version control, and translating business needs into reliable data solutions.
- +Architecture and operational insight: Experience designing data products, lakehouses or warehouses, APIs, workflows, or integrations; automotive, engineering, laboratory, manufacturing, DFSS, or related operational experience is preferred. Relevant Databricks, Power BI, cloud, data engineering, or AI/ML certifications are a plus.
GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).
This role is categorized as onsite. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location on a full-time basis.
This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.
About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources .
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
