Job Title:
Plant Vehicle Team Engineer - Body / Vehicle Quality Engineering
Position Overview:
We are seeking a Plant Vehicle Team Engineer (PVTE) to support vehicle quality initiatives within an automotive assembly plant environment.
This role is responsible for identifying, analyzing, and resolving vehicle quality issues using warranty data, plant investigations, and structured problem-solving methodologies.
This is a hands-on, plant-floor-focused role requiring close collaboration with manufacturing, supplier quality, and engineering teams to drive root cause analysis and corrective actions.
Key Responsibilities:
Analyze warranty claim data and customer feedback to identify failure trends, emerging issues, and high-impact quality concerns
Perform daily triage and binning of warranty claims into appropriate categories to support prioritization Conduct root cause investigations using plant-floor inspections, returned parts analysis, and cross-functional collaboration
Lead development and execution of: Interim Containment Actions (ICA) Permanent Corrective Actions (PCA)
Support assembly plant activities including: Stop Ships / Stop Builds Quality Campaigns and Audits Engineering Trials and Running Changes
Work directly on the plant floor to investigate build issues and validate corrective actions
Collaborate with suppliers and internal engineering teams to resolve component and subsystem quality issues
Maintain and report on Vehicle Functional Group (VFG) quality metrics (Top 20 issues) Issue engineering alerts and documentation to support product changes and quality improvements
Present findings, status updates, and recommendations to cross-functional teams and leadership
Skills Required:
Technical Skills Strong experience with warranty data analysis: Excel (pivot tables, lookups, trend analysis, large dataset handling)
Ability to navigate CAD models (NX, CATIA, or similar) for: Part-to-part interface analysis
Root cause investigation (Note: Design ownership is not required, but functional CAD usage is essential)
Problem-Solving & Quality Tools Demonstrated experience using structured methodologies: 8D Problem Solving 5 Why Analysis Fishbone (Ishikawa) diagrams
Experience implementing: Interim Containment Actions (ICA) Permanent Corrective Actions (PCA)
Core Competencies Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills in a manufacturing environment
Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-visibility plant setting
Effective cross-functional communication with engineering, production, and suppliers Ability to own issues end-to-end and drive them to closure
Experience Required:
3+ years of experience in: Automotive manufacturing, OR Plant quality, product engineering, or warranty analysis roles
Hands-on experience in an OEM assembly plant environment is required Proven experience performing root cause analysis and driving issues to resolution in a production environment
Experience Preferred:
Automotive OEM or Tier 1 supplier experience in: Body systems, closures, or vehicle structures
Experience with: PLM tools (e.g., Teamcenter)
Warranty or quality tracking systems Prior involvement in launch support or running product changes
Education Required:
Bachelor's Degree
Additional Information:
Position is fully onsite.
Other applicable experience could be considered 100% onsite role within an automotive assembly plant
Requires regular time on the plant floor investigating active production issues
Hiring Manager is looking for strong candidates that have the following type of experience:
Seasoned Plant Quality Engineers.
Supplier Quality Engineers with assembly support
Resident Engineering experience
Manufacturing Quality Leads
Warranty Engineers
Launch Quality Engineers who have worked in a plant multiple years
PVT Engineer • Chicago, IL, USA
CAI is a professional services company established in 1996 that has grown to nearly 800 people worldwide.For mission-critical and regulated industries needing to deliver essential solutions in high... Show more
Castify (Creators of Screencastify) is a leading technology company dedicated to improving communication and learning outcomes with video.We have established ourselves as a leader in the K-12 educa... Show more
VIATechnik is the global leader in Virtual Design and Construction.We have over 400 digital experts around the globe.The firm's services include Virtual Design & Construction (VDC), Building Inform... Show more
Join Our Team as a Construction Engineer!Job DescriptionWe're looking for a driven Construction Engineer to lead on-site oversight of active construction projects and ensure work is completed safel... Show more
This position is responsible for maintaining a safe, reliable, and cost-efficient fleet of vehicles to support the business.The incumbent ensures proper use and care of physical assets, helps to pr... Show more
BEDFORD PARK - Bedford Park, IL 60638.PTC is a leading manufacturer and marketer of welded and cold drawn mechanical steel tubing and tubular shapes, plated bar and tubing and fabricated parts and ... Show more
Driven by Vision | Industrial-Strength Construction | Powered by Passion.Are you looking to work for a successful, stable, and growing company that rewards employees with annual bonuses and excepti... Show more
Location: Hammond, IN, US, 46320 Country/Region: United States Job Function: Manufacturing.This position is responsible for supporting Lear Hammond by planning, determining, controlling material re... Show more
Zachry Engineering Corporation (ZEC) is currently looking for an early career Engineer of Projects for our Hammond, IN office.The ideal candidate will have at least two years of experience in an en... Show more
Join a Team Where Your Skills Make a Difference at VCA Cairo Animal Hospital.Part-time | 10-hour shifts with flexible scheduling.For over 40 years, we've been a trusted AAHA-accredited animal hospi... Show more
RTE will collaborate with Solution Train Engineer (STE), Architecture team and other technical teams to plan out the roll out of the releases within US.This includes but not limited to, working wit... Show more
VP of Engineering (75% Development, 25% Leadership).Halo Group is a premier provider of IT talent.We place technology experts within the teams of the world's leading companies to help them build in... Show more
FEQ327R95 Solutions Engineer At Databricks, our core values drive everything we do; a culture of proactiveness and a customer-first mindset fuels our mission to create a unified platform that makes... Show more
Houston - TX; CORPORATE - Wexford, PA 15090.PTC is a growing, fast-paced, mechanically advanced organization that provides value added solutions to world-wide users of mechanical tubing.This is not... Show more
Location: Chicago / Jersey City.Us Citizen And Green Card H4-Ead Only No Third Party.A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, IT Infrastructure or similar discipline.Minimum... Show more
Job DescriptionRate Of Pay:$23.Status: Full - TimeTEAM MEMBER PERKS & Benefits:Great benefits including medical, dental, and vision!Enjoy discounts on shopping, travel, and more through our rewards... Show more
Functions as part of the dialysis health care team in providing safe and effective dialysis therapy for patients under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse in accordance with organization pol... Show more
Triz Engineering Solutions is a premium product engineering and development company specializing in end-to-end turn-key commercial vehicle development.We provide end to end engineering services for... Show more
Director, Implementation Engineer (Hybrid or Remote)Join to apply for the Director, Implementation Engineer (Hybrid or Remote) role at Arch Insurance Group Inc.Director, Implementation Engineer (Hy... Show more
Triz Engineering Solutions is a premium product engineering and development company specializing in end-to-end turn-key commercial vehicle development.We provide end to end engineering services for... Show more
