Manufacturing Quality Engineer -- Automotive Driveline

Job Description

Job Description

Step Into a Day Shaping Zero‑Defect Manufacturing

When you start your day, you’re the guardian of process integrity. You review overnight production data, confirm that controls are effective, and partner with operations to keep our machining and assembly lines stable and capable. By afternoon, you’re validating an inspection method for a new component, closing out a nonconformance with robust containment, and preparing a concise report that turns numbers into insight. If an urgent plant need arises (on average 1–2 times per month), you respond with agility—often resolving issues without stepping on site.

About Us

GKN Automotive is the global leader in conventional, all-wheel, and electrified driveline systems and solutions. With an extensive international footprint, we design, develop, manufacture, and integrate a wide range of driveline technologies for over 90% of the world’s car manufacturers. Our commitment to innovation, collaboration, and excellence drives us to deliver cutting-edge solutions that shape the future of mobility.

The Opportunity

Join us as a Manufacturing Quality Engineer and anchor first-time-right delivery. You will implement, sustain, and elevate our Quality Management System (QMS) to align with IATF 16949 and ISO 9001, embed lessons learned across processes, and lead continuous improvement that customers can feel.

What You’ll Do

• Ensure processes meet internal standards and customer expectations through disciplined control and verification.
• Create, maintain, and improve quality documentation, including PFMEAs, Control Plans, and Process Flows.
• Design, validate, and refine inspection and test procedures to assure capability and repeatability.
• Contain and disposition nonconforming material effectively to protect the customer.
• Conduct layered, process, and system audits; analyze capability and stability; drive corrective and preventive actions.
• Contribute to policy development and the ongoing maturation of our QMS; prepare clear, data-rich reports and dashboards.
• Support training that builds business capability and instills our values—ingenious, collaborative, principled, driven.

What You Bring

Required

• 2+ years in quality within automotive or manufacturing environments.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 and IATF 16949.
• Hands-on experience with machining or assembly processes (intermediate level).
• Proven ability to conduct audits and ensure compliance.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• Background in driveline or automotive manufacturing.
• Experience with PFMEA, Control Plans, and Process Flow documentation.
• Analytical strength with a proactive, solutions-first mindset.

Skills & Mindset

• Results-driven decision maker with a compliance-first approach.
• Fluent in data translation and data-driven choices.
• Comfort with systems-based quality management.
• Intermediate proficiency with IATF 16949 implementation and audit practice.
• Knowledge of manufacturing quality systems and documentation.

Travel & Flexibility

• Up to 20% travel to support plants and key quality initiatives.
• Flexibility to address urgent plant needs 1–2 times monthly (not always on-site).

Proficiency

• Quality Control Experience

If you’re passionate about operational compliance, risk reduction, and measurable performance, you’ll thrive here—delivering dependable results through innovation and integrity.