
Quality Engineer
Tenneco · South Bend, IN
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Preferred
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 12 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Tenneco (automotive) in South Bend, IN. Serves as the primary quality interface across customers, production, and suppliers.
- They ask for
- degree preferred
- Tools it names
- 5S, FMEA, PPAP, APQP, Control plans, 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 Indiana: typical posted base $90k–$135k.
Median of the low and high ends of 13 live postings that list pay, out of 53 quality engineer openings in Indiana, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Indiana plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 52 other live quality postings in Indiana.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $90k–$135k, from 12 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 68%
- ✓ FMEA 43%
- SPC 43%
- Team leadership 38%
- ✓ Control plans 38%
- ✓ Supplier quality 36%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for 5S, Machining, EHS / safety, 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 Tenneco
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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.
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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: Tenneco in South Bend
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Full description from TennecoAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Serves as the primary quality interface across customers, production, and suppliers.
- ◆Leads and coordinates customer, internal, and supplier quality concerns, including corrective action system activities.
- ◆Manages all quality-related communication and ensures timely escalation and resolution of issues.
- ◆Leads APQP activities and supports all new product launches.
- ◆Coordinates, compiles, and submits PPAP documentation (customer and supplier).
- ◆Defines, communicates, and ensures application of customer‑specific and supplier requirements.
- ◆Supports production as the quality representative; identifies quality risks, scrap trends, and drive reduction efforts.
- ◆Leads or supports investigation and disposition of nonconforming or questionable material.
- ◆Develops, maintains, and improves quality documentation (PFMEA, Control Plans, Process Flow Charts).
- ◆Leads PFMEA risk‑reduction and continuous improvement programs.
- ◆Ensures incoming inspection and supplier quality
requirements
are applied and effective.
- ✓Interfaces with Production, Engineering, Process Technicians, Purchasing, Corporate SQA, and external suppliers as needed.
- ✓Manages containment activities (e.g., GP12) and define exit criteria.
- ✓Ensures relevant quality information is accurately reported and effectively disseminated across the organization.
requirements
and operational controls established under its EHSMS, works towards achieving established objectives and targets, and conforms to procedures consistent with the ISO 14001 standard.
- ✓All team members will understand all the environmental aspects of his/her job. An employee should report, and if necessary, stop any activity that does not conform to the policy or may injure himself/herself.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in related field with five (5) years manufacturing experience (automotive industry a plus) desired and three (3) years in quality or relevant experience in a machining discipline preferred OR ASQ CQE with ten (10) years manufacturing experience with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in the automotive industry and a minimum of five (5) years in a quality related position.
Experience
- ✓Must be able to clearly communicate with em
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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
General summary
The Quality Engineer position analyzes engineering specifications and monitors operational processes to develop and install quality control and or assurance methods, practices and procedures for a designated area or operation. Recommends dimensions and characteristics to be inspected and techniques to be followed. Participates in developing and maintaining TS16949 policies and procedures and works with team members and customers on a regular basis. This position Is responsible for contributing to a safe workplace and minimizing negative environmental impacts by complying with the EHS policies, procedures, work instructions outlined in the EHSMS Training Assessment for this position.
Safety expectations
- •Promotes and actively supports a safety-first workplace culture, identifies and reports unsafe conditions, and stops work when necessary to ensure safety.
- •All team members abide by the location’s Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) policy which is enforced by the local leadership, complies with the legal and other
Performance expectations
- •Identifies and addresses non-conforming work, materials, or procedures within a timely manner
- •Each team member has the authority to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of non-conformities relating to the product, process and quality system and has the authority to stop further work on non-conforming suspect product until the deficiency or conditions have been corrected.
- •Takes ownership of work by demonstrating accountability for results and being honest and transparent when things do not go to plan.
- •Follows 5S principles by maintaining, cleaning, organizing, and improving the areas. Also, by making suggestions to get to the next level of excellence and then doing it again.
Core expectations
- •Consistently meets high standards of safety, quality, integrity, and performance.
- •Demonstrates a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
- •Maintains regular attendance and punctuality.
- •Demonstrates a willingness to hold tough conversations with others while seeking first to understand, speaking with respect, and with the purpose of making things better.
- •Supports the leadership team as needed to meet the plant and business unit objectives.
- •All other duties as assigned
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