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Resident Engineer

Nemak
Southfield, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 1/10/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/10/2026

The Resident Engineer’s role is to provide quality assurance support, direct contact with customer Manufacturing, Quality and Engineering personnel who are affected / involved / with the use of Nemak products and services.


Main Responsibilities

• Analyze quality of product incoming, in process and finished at the customer plant in order to provide a continuous feedback to the foundry and allow preventative containment of any customer complaint, current or potential.

• Reports to the foundry Quality Engineer with data concerning the customer plant production and reject information with all pertinent information in the Nemak format.

• Formally accept or dispute rejected products before they are returned and billed to the foundry, through specific procedures approved by the customer.

• Work with the supplier on 8D through proven problem solving techniques.

• Review PPAP packages and provide approval for the plant.

• Report to customer in cases of urgent needs, organizing containment of defective parts, if necessary through the supervision of the foundry or contract personnel; initiate problem solving documentation if required, following up in the process of defining and implementing corrective actions also by traveling to the foundry.


Position Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering preferred; Associates Required

• English written and verbal communication skills

• Spanish communication skills an asset

• 2 years Min. as a Quality Engineer, Resident Engineer or similar position with experience in customer relations, containment activities coordination and data analysis.

• Knowledge of GPDS / APQP process

• Automotive Engineering knowledge and experience

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

• Customer communication and interface

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