Process Quality Control Analyst — IATF 16949

Process Quality Control Analyst — Magna Engineered Glass

Do you instinctively spot variation before it becomes a defect? Can you turn SPC data into decisive action and coach a team through a fast, effective containment? If so, you’ll thrive ensuring our glass products meet rigorous internal and customer standards—every time.

Imagine this scenario

A customer flags a cosmetic concern on a recent shipment. Within minutes, you review control charts, initiate a controlled stop, and organize an immediate sort and re-inspection. You examine returns, determine disposition, coordinate rework or scrap, and launch an 8D/MDCAR-driven investigation. You validate the gage with a fixture R&R, update visual standards and inspection criteria, and collaborate with Engineering to lock in a robust process change. Finally, you brief internal leaders—and the customer—on results, control limits, and verification data. That’s impact.

What you’ll do

• Verify product conformance through defined inspection and testing methods, fixtures, and measurement systems.
• Audit products, processes, and documentation to IATF 16949, customer-specific, and internal system requirements.
• Use SPC to monitor process capability and trends; trigger containment or corrective action when signals appear.
• Escalate issues and, when necessary, stop production to protect the customer.
• Lead/support customer and in-house sorts, re-inspections, and containment activities; train operators on off-line inspection.
• Manage CAPA activities: analyze causes, recommend process changes, implement and verify effectiveness.
• Investigate internal and customer nonconformances; visually inspect returns and decide disposition; coordinate rework, scrap, or additional controls per procedures.
• Conduct Measurement System Analyses (including fixture R&R) to confirm accuracy and repeatability.
• Develop and run test/inspection procedures per control plans and Quality Engineering guidance.
• Support launches and engineering changes—quality planning, inspection setup, validation testing, and early production containment.
• Create and maintain visual standards and inspection criteria with Manufacturing and Engineering.
• Update control plans, inspection plans, IPICS, and control charts based on SPC insights, audit findings, and CAPA results.
• Represent Operations Quality with internal stakeholders and customers, communicating issues, results, and control limits.
• Perform internal system and process audits for company, customer, and IATF 16949 compliance.
• Compile and present quality metrics, including monthly and customer-required reports.
• Follow EHS procedures, including proper handling/disposal of hazardous materials; report hazards and injuries promptly.
• Support team goals, adapt to changing priorities, and contribute to a positive, collaborative workplace.

Do you have the background?

• HS diploma or GED (required); Associate’s or technical certification in Quality/Manufacturing/Engineering Technology (preferred).
• 2–5 years in manufacturing quality, ideally automotive with IATF 16949 exposure.
• Fluent in IATF 16949 and CSRs; comfortable within formal quality systems.
• Hands-on with inspection/testing and basic measurement tools; can read drawings/specifications with confidence.
• Experienced in SPC, data analysis, and structured problem solving (8D, MDCAR); practiced in CAPA, audits, and containment.
• Excellent communicator and collaborator across Manufacturing and Engineering; capable of customer-facing quality support.
• Safety-minded; effective in shop-floor environments; able to lift up to 50 lbs and stand for extended periods.
• English proficiency required; Spanish bilingual preferred.

Work environment & travel

• Office: 30% | Plant: 70%.
• Extended walking/standing; routine computer work requiring near/far/depth/color vision; keyboard/mouse use ~3 hours/day.
• Exposure to machinery, moving equipment/materials, moderate noise, airborne particles, fumes, and temperature variation.
• Occasional travel (about once per quarter) for meetings, sub-supplier visits, and gauge R&R/safe-launch activities at gauge/automation shops.

Physical demands

• Stand 6–12 hours/day.
• Lift up to 50 pounds multiple times per hour.
• Frequent bending, twisting, turning, lifting.
• Repetitive hand motions: gripping, grasping, pinching, squeezing.

Skills & tools you’ll use

• Troubleshooting; SPC; 5 Why root cause analysis; advanced inspection & gage measurement; blueprint reading.
• Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM).

Ready to elevate product quality and process capability where it counts most—on the shop floor and with our customers? Let’s build it right, together.