Supplier Quality Engineer
Honda · Lincoln, AL
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Travel
- Includes overnights
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 6+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 3 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Honda (automotive) in Lincoln, AL.
- They ask for
- 6+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- FMEA, GD&T, Supplier quality, Stamping, Welding, Tooling
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage · overnight travel · relocation help
- Openings
- 3 with this title at this site
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Alabama: typical posted base $83k–$113k.
Median of the low and high ends of 6 live postings that list pay, out of 36 quality engineer openings in Alabama, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Alabama plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 35 other live quality postings in Alabama.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (6+ vs 5+)
Typical $83k–$113k, from 6 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 44%
- AS9100 31%
- Six Sigma 31%
- ✓ Supplier quality 28%
- Lean 28%
- New product launch 28%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Stamping, Tooling, CATIA / NX, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Honda
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Send a short, curious note
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- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
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 does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
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Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: Honda in Lincoln
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Full description from HondaAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
requirements
and demand.
Key Accountabilities
- ◆Review, access, and summarize supplier process including Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), Process Quality Control Table (PQCT), Operation Standards, and Manufacturing Quality Standard (MQS).
- ◆Prepare, develop, and manage approval of part conformance prior to sellable units.
- ◆Provide technical assessment and support throughout tool trials and crisis activity, as needed.
- ◆Collaborate with supplier to ensure resolution of any quality and/or tooling concerns.
- ◆Review, evaluate, and report initial part conformance through dimensional analysis and specification testing.
- ◆Evaluate and confirm that supplier is planning to correct volume and that process cycle time is achieved to support planned capacity.
- ◆Develop and support special projects for the department and work to implement improvement plans with other team members.
Average Experience: 0-6 years experience depending upon education
Other Job-Specific Skills: Measurement Systems (GD&T AND DNT), Stamping and Welding, CATIA OR CAD, Proficient in Microsoft, Ability to learn new tech.
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What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda
Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”
We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.
If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!
Job Purpose
Evaluate and summarizes New Model project activity with support and manage supplier part & process maturation to meet New Model project timing. Apply basic engineering knowledge to ensure part and process can meet mass production quality
Working Conditions
- •Office base + remote hybrid work with travel required approx 2-3 days/week often overnight / international - weekly duration may increase during critical development periods.
- •Potential for last minute travel (Crisis support).
- •Possible shift time adjustment to support trial builds during start-up periods.
- •Production Support
What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?
Total Rewards
- •Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
- •Paid Overtime
- •Regional Bonus (when applicable)
- •Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
- •Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
- •Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- •401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
- •Relocation assistance (if eligible)
Career Growth
- •Advancement Opportunities
- •Career Mobility
- •Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
- •Training and Development programs
Additional Offerings
- •Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
- •Lifestyle Account
- •Childcare Reimbursement Account
- •Elder Care Support
- •Wellbeing Program
- •Community Service and Engagement Programs
- •Product Programs