Quality Engineer (Indianapolis)

Quality Engineer: This is a DIRECT Hire Quality Engineer – Production opportunity for an automotive manufacturing company in South Indianapolis, IN that is continuing to expand operations. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in supporting production quality, solving real-time issues, and driving continuous improvement within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

As a Quality Engineer – Production , you will be responsible for managing quality issues in active production, working cross-functionally to identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and ensure consistent product quality that meets automotive standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional 8D teams to identify root causes and resolve production quality issues.
• Analyze and perform breakdown investigations on claimed and suspected non-conforming parts.
• Manage supplier quality claims and follow-up activities.
• Monitor and follow up on Statistical Process Control (SPC) data to ensure process stability.
• Handle internal rejected, dropped, and deviating materials from daily production.
• Analyze, track, and report quality deviations to support corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate and oversee temporary sorting and containment activities when required.
• Manage the measuring room and cleanliness laboratory operations.
• Perform inspections, including receiving inspections of incoming materials.
• Handle measurement requests and prepare detailed reports.
• Conduct cleanliness testing, analysis, and reporting.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a related field.
• Automotive manufacturing experience or equivalent automotive quality training.
• Knowledge of Quality Core Tools including APQP, PPAP, FMEA, MSA, and SPC.
• Experience with dimensional inspection methods and measuring equipment including calipers, micrometers, height gauges, optical comparators, and CMMs.
• Experience operating and/or programming CMM equipment, preferably Zeiss CMMs utilizing Calypso software.
• Strong problem-solving skills with experience leading 8D investigations.
• Solid understanding of statistics and Statistical Process Control (SPC).