
Quality Engineer
Tenneco · Greenville, MI
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 13 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Tenneco (automotive) in Greenville, MI.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Root cause, FMEA, PPAP, APQP, MSA / Gage R&R, IATF 16949
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 9, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Michigan: typical posted base $87k–$149k.
Median of the low and high ends of 27 live postings that list pay, out of 85 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 84 other live quality postings in Michigan.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 4+)
Typical $87k–$149k, from 26 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 65%
- ✓ PPAP 49%
- ✓ FMEA 49%
- ✓ New product launch 38%
- Control plans 38%
- ✓ APQP 36%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Tenneco
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 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 did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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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.
- 5
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: Tenneco in Greenville
1 other open role at this site.
- Continuous Improvement Engineer · Lean / CI
Quality Engineer at Tenneco in other locations
Tenneco lists this title in 5 places. Pick the plant you can get to.
Full description from TennecoAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
About the role
The Quality Engineer supports manufacturing quality at the site, aligning plant strategic goals to Quality requirements. This role executes on improvement objectives consistent with Tenneco’s enterprise-wide standards. You will leverage your technical and operational knowledge in manufacturing quality control systems to ensure Tenneco products meet required customer standards.
Key responsibilities
- ◆Maintains necessary records and initiates required actions to minimize the long range, overall quality costs of the organization in the interest of maximizing profit.
- ◆Coordinates in-process and final inspection, dimensions, appearance and proper packaging of parts to assure quality parts at a minimum cost.
- ◆Completes at the required intervals all audits including layered process audits.
- ◆Reviews scrap and repair work to pinpoint problems and recommend corrective action to minimize scrap thereby improving plant profit.
- ◆Responds to customer quality concerns and maintains the required customer-vendor relationship.
- ◆Coordinates visits of customer representatives to our plant. Must be prepared to show conformance to their
requirements
regarding dimensions, appearance, packaging and labeling.
- ✓Coordinates the training and use of computerized data collection system.
- ✓Conducts and evaluates capability studies on both present and new equipment and processes. Provides documentation for production samples.
- ✓Provides necessary surveillance over sample parts to ensure customer satisfaction at a minimum cost.
- ✓Suggests areas requiring process improvement.
- ✓Actively uses G-8D, FM TIPS, or other customer-required problem-solving tools.
- ✓Maintains familiarity with Quality Management System
requirements
and works to maintain IATF and all customer certifications.
- ✓This position is authorized to make quality calls on non-conforming product up to and including stopping production to protect the customer.
- ✓Serves as a team member when required and represents the Quality function (on teams such as APQP, Quality Systems audits, new business opportunities, etc.)
- ✓Serves as Quality representative on product launch teams.
- ✓Prepares PPAP, PSO, and other quality documentation for product launches.
- ✓Acts as a liaison to customer.
- ✓Maintains records of customer quality concerns and PPM level for both OE and Aftermarket accounts.
- ✓Conducts and provides direction on Gage R & R studies.
- ✓Actively engage with operations in Poke-Yoke implementation and verification activity on the production lines.
- ✓Maintains customer portals as necessary.
- ✓Performs other duties as required.
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Requirements
- ✓Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
- ✓Min 3-5 years of experience in Quality Engineering function within a manufacturing environment . Experience in a Tier 1 automotive supplier environment preferred.
- ✓Knowledge of Quality Systems (FMEAs, PPaPs, IATF, Ford Q1, DCX, GM, APQP, MSA, etc.)
- ✓Gage R&R and Calibration experience a plus.
- ✓Communication skills both verbal and written
- ✓Problem Solving accumen
We don’t want average. We want exceptional. We want someone who’s hungry to build, unafraid to challenge, and bold enough to lead with empathy, speed, and precision. Sound like you? Let us know.
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At Tenneco, we don’t follow industry standards; we set them, and we don’t settle for being best-in-class because we hustle to be better than best-in-class. Whether it’s our Core Values – radical candor, simplify, organizational velocity, tenacious execution and win – or our Get Stuff Done (GSD) mindset, we’re determined to become the most trusted partner and best manufacturer and distributor to the transportation industry.
With a product portfolio as expansive as it is innovative, an obsessive commitment to quality and excellence, and a global presence, we’re all about getting stuff done, so we can win.
How do we make it happen? Through the Tenneco Way. Fueled by our Core Values, a winning mindset and a relentless commitment to excellence, the Tenneco Way is how we win. It’s what keeps Team Tenneco bold, driven, and unapologetically focused on pushing past limits and redefining success.
Here, you’ll work alongside a team of relentless problem-solvers who are committed to making a tangible impact. If you’re ready to break boundaries, deliver results, and enjoy the ride along the way, you’ll thrive here.
Want to learn more about who we are? Check out our website to discover the Tenneco Way
Job Description – Quality Engineer
About tenneco
At Tenneco, we don’t follow industry standards; we set them, and we don’t settle for being best-in-class because we hustle to be better than best-in-class. Whether it’s our Core Values–radical candor, simplify, organizational velocity, tenacious execution and win–or our Get Stuff Done (GSD) mindset, we’re determined to become the most trusted partner and best manufacturer and distributor to the transportation industry.
How do we make it happen? Through the Tenneco Way. Fueled by our Core Values, a winning mindset and a relentless commitment to excellence, the Tenneco Way is how we win. It’s what keeps Team Tenneco bold, driven, and unapologetically focused on pushing past limits and redefining success.
Here, you’ll work alongside a team of relentless problem-solvers who are committed to making a tangible impact. If you’re ready to break boundaries, deliver results, and enjoy the ride along the way, you’ll thrive here.
Want to learn more about who we are? Check out our website to discover the Tenneco Way .
