Senior Quality Engineer
Lear · Farwell, MI
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A senior quality role at Lear (automotive) in Farwell, MI. The Senior Quality Engineer will be responsible for: Communicating with and representing the needs of customers relative to product information, quality requirements, inquiries, complaints and corrective actions.
- They ask for
- 2+ years
- Tools it names
- Six Sigma, Root cause, SPC, FMEA, PPAP, APQP
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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 57 quality engineer openings in Michigan, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 56 other live quality postings in Michigan.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 4+)
Typical $78k–$149k, from 19 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 70%
- ✓ FMEA 53%
- ✓ PPAP 49%
- ✓ SPC 46%
- ✓ Control plans 44%
- ✓ Six Sigma 40%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Lear in Farwell
1 other open role at this site · 3 people we found in quality roles at Lear.
- Maintenance Supervisor I · Reliability · Supervisor
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requirements
between Lear Corporate and Lear Farwell.
- ✓Positively enforce company policies, procedures, and work instructions.
- ✓Positively assist in the development and achievement of company and departmental goals and objectives.
- ✓Some travel to customer locations for quality support required on as-needed basis.
Qualifications
- ✓Knowledge of automotive supplier
(experience in automotive industry)
- ✓Excellent customer interaction skills
- ✓Excellent oral and written communication skills
- ✓Six Sigma training preferred
- ✓Software – Advanced Excel and Access, Basic Word and Outlook
- ✓2 years supervisory experience
- ✓Team-oriented
- ✓Data-driven
- ✓Expert knowledge and application of Internal Force Deflection (IFD/ILD) growth process with the ability to teach the process
- ✓Advanced knowledge and application of Measurement System Analysis (MSA), Advanced Product Quality Planning/Control Plans (APQP/CP), Gage Control/Analysis (R&R), Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), Problem Solving, Statistical Process Control (SPC), and Internal Force Deflection (IFD/ILD) testing
- ✓Intermediate knowledge and application of 8D Database, Corrective and Preventative Action Process, Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Product development process, Quality alert process, Quality management
Lear Corporation is committed to fair, merit‑based employment practices and equal opportunity.
Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located. Unsolicited resumes from search firms, employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.
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Job Description
Farwell, mi – lear plant
As a member of the Quality team, the Senior Quality Engineer will be responsible for: Communicating with and representing the needs of customers relative to product information, quality requirements, inquiries, complaints and corrective actions. Transmit information from the customer to appropriate organizational functions. Ensure that product quality standards are met through the fulfillment of customer requirements. Establish and maintain internal quality system documentation necessary to satisfy customer requirements, including FMEAs, control plans, work instructions, etc.
Your work will include, but not be limited to
- •Assist in the development of FMEAs, Control Plans, Quality Standards, Packaging Plans, and other documentation as identified and required
- •SER activities – Perform dimensional/IFD inspection activities as requested.
- •PPAP activities
- •Perform customer and supplier PPAPs
- •Internal Auditing
- •Must possess strong knowledge of TS16949/IATF16949
- •Develop internal audit schedule and maintain internal audit process
- •Perform internal audits
- •Train internal auditors
- •Inspection activities
- •Perform monthly & daily inspections (dimensional, IFD) activities per control plans.
- •Communicate inspection results to necessary individuals.
- •Maintain part template storage system to ensure templates are easily obtained and stored.
- •Maintain test buck storage system to ensure bucks are easily obtained and stored.
- •Maintain/update inspection work instructions and data sheets.
- •Ensure all inspection measurements and test equipment is calibrated as required and stored properly.
- •Problem solving/Corrective & preventative action activities –
- •Assist in the investigation of and closure of customer/supplier 8Ds as assigned
- •Actively participate in the research/communication of engineering changes and