Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE)

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

Salary: $55,000 annually

Job Description:

The Body, Chassis, Interior (BCI) Quality Team is looking for a Quality Analyst Pilot to join our team focused on ensuring all project quality targets are met, managing launch timelines & deliverables and insure the transition to quality volume production.

Specific Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

Responsible for quality convergence, deploying quality management tools for the qualification of incoming parts and assemblies.

Responsible for issue Root Cause Analysis.

Updates supplier compliance dashboard and leads quality reviews, prioritizes supplier compliance actions consistent with expected vehicle quality.

Proposes pilots for issue resolution.

Responsible for escalation process based on the BCI business criteria for parts and assemblies.

Leads coaching for the strategic suppliers on the execution of complaint process and issue resolution.

Ensures root cause analysis and manages change requests to guarantee 100% quality at launch.

Manages correlation of measurements to KPIs and ensures data integrity.

Qualification and Skills:

Minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent (Materials /Chemical/ Civil/ Aerospace) from an ABET accredited university.

Minimum of 0-3 years' experience in automotive areas of Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality and/or Product Quality.

Knowledge of APQP/PPAP & Supplier Quality Manual.

Statistical data analysis and metrology principles, Root Cause Analysis methods.

Knowledge of defect resolution, escalation processes and follow up.

Understanding of vehicle design, assembly, and process control.

Understanding of tooling and in plant processes.

Strong analytical, problem-solving and communications skills with ability to work with cross-functional teams.

Ability to develop an action plan and drive the procedures for issue resolution.

Self-motivated. Able to meet deadlines with ability to work with cross-functional teams.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.

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