Quality Engineer – Manager (111184) MBA, MS, Bachelors Quality Management / Automotive, Injection Molding, Metal Stamping, Electronics, PCB, Welding, Machining, and EV Battery Systems

We are pleased to present a Detroit area Quality Professional who combines 20+ years of shop floor insight with system-level strategy, a rare blend of tactical and strategic quality leadership. He has dual Master’s Degrees: MSIS and MBA from Lawrence Technological University and a Bachelor’s in Quality Management. He has extensive hands-on quality lab leadership and team training supporting

Automotive assembly, machining, welding, injection molding, stamping, EV and PCB board operations. He helped create 11 patent filings through OKR-driven quality programs at Mercedes-Benz. He is actively looking for a new opportunity and if you move quickly, you could add this Quality Game Changer to you bench! His impressive experience includes:

• Led teams of 2 engineers and 10 inspectors across multiple industries.
• Led ISO 9001:2015 readiness at Mercedes-Benz Powertrain R&D division across multi-state teams.
• Developed Objectives & Key Results (OKRs), customer feedback systems, and contributed to 11 patent filings.
• Automotive manufacturing, Tier 1 plastics, logistics, stamping, electronics, and battery EV systems.
• Supported GM, Mercedes-Benz, Key Plastics, and more.
• Formal training in ISO, IATF 16949, FMEA, SPC, Six Sigma, AIAG PPAP, Reliability & Risk.
• Launched quality programs in Tier 1 environments.
• Managed supplier migration and shop-floor issue resolution.
• Experience with GP-12, SPC, gage R&R, containment, and rework.
• Background in electronics testing, data analysis, system documentation, and circuit board diagnostics.
• Skilled in database and documentation tools for ISO compliance and process control.
• Trained cross-functional teams in BEV safety, ISO standards, and shop-floor practices.
• Strong communicator with proven success in audit readiness and technical documentation.
• Career spanning 20+ years, with success in both high-tech and traditional manufacturing settings.
• Proven ability to adapt and contribute in contract, direct-hire, and leadership roles.
• Combines technical rigor with business acumen—rare dual MSIS/MBA profile.
• Recognized with a Presidential Scholar Award for academic excellence.
• Forward-thinking professional comfortable with Manufacturing 4.0, remote audits, AI-driven quality models, and EV safety standards.
• ISO 9001, ISO 9000, IATF 16949 expert.
• Led multi-site ISO 9001:2015 audits at Mercedes-Benz Powertrain R&D.
• Strong background in DFMEA, PFMEA, SPC, DOE, 8D, Poka Yoke, and process flow/Pareto/root cause tools.
• Performed supplier validation, vendor audits, and remote auditing
• Reduced scrap, improved production metrics, implemented corrective actions.
• Automotive, injection molding, metal stamping, electronics, PCB, welding, machining, and EV battery systems.
• Worked on new production line startups and validated complex systems.
• Managed supplier migration and coordinated multi-state manufacturing operations.
• Supported Tier 1 launches and containment/rework across GM, Mercedes-Benz, and other OEMs.
• Presidential Scholar Award recipient.
• Skilled in Minitab, SPC, gage tracking, quality database systems, process capability, and statistical investigations.
• Developed SOPs, ISO documentation, training programs, customer complaint responses, and process control instructions.

• Team Leadership – 2 Engineers, 10 Inspectors
• Electronics Mfg. Operations
• Machining Operations
• Welding Operations
• Injection Molding Operations
• Printed Circuit Boards / PCB
• Working With Stamped Parts
• Working With Plastic Parts
• ISO Standards
• ISO 9000, ISO9001
• IATF16949/TS16949
• QMS – Quality Management System
• Hands-on Quality Lab Experience
• Managing Quality Teams
• Leading Kaizen Events
• Working With Lean Teams
• Calibrating Equipment
• Technical Writing
• ISO Auditing
• Troubleshooting Root Cause
• Implementing Corrective Actions
• Reducing Scrap
• Production Attainment Metrics
• Vendor Offsite Supplier Quality
• Supplier Validation / Qualification
• Shop Floor Process Quality
• Quality Training Experience
• Production Quality experience
• New production line startup
• Creating SOP Training
• First Article Inspection FAI
• Quality Engineering
• Tooling Quality
• Using Quality Database Systems
• Process Control Quality Experience
• Performing External Quality system audits
• Total Quality Management (TQM)
• Component Design Review
• Statistical Investigations
• Investigating Customer Complaints
• Conducting Trial Fit / Function
• Process Flow Diagrams
• Pareto Charts
• Poka Yoke Assessments
• Analyzing Production Limitations
• DFMEA
• PFMEA
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• DOE Design of Experiments
• 5S / 6S
• 8D
• Ishikawa Diagrams
• New Process Development
• Process Analysis
• Generating Process Control Charts
• Working with R&D
• Sorting Suspect Parts
• Minitab Gage tracker
• PPAP
• APQP

Education

• Master of Science Information Systems MSIS degree 2012, (GPA 3.08) Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
• Master of Business Administration Program, MBA degree 2013, (GPA 3.15) Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
• Awarded LTU Presidential Scholar Award, April 2014.
• Bachelor of Business Administration, Major: Quality Management (GPA 3.35) 1997-2001; Cleary College of Business, Ann Arbor, MI
• Macomb Community College, Warren, MI. Studies included; Intro to Linux, Networking, Web Site Design, Renewable Energy, and Fanuc Robotics.