About the Role

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Quality Engineer to join our team in the automotive plastic injection molding industry. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and improving product quality, ensuring compliance with automotive customer requirements, and driving continuous improvement throughout the manufacturing process.

This position requires a strong understanding of automotive quality management systems, injection molding processes, problem-solving methodologies, and customer-specific requirements.

Key Responsibilities

- Maintain and improve the Quality Management System in accordance with IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 requirements.
- Support daily production activities to ensure automotive plastic components meet customer specifications and quality standards.
- Investigate customer complaints, internal non-conformances, scrap, and production quality issues.
- Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions using 8D, 5 Why, Fishbone, and other problem-solving methodologies.
- Develop, review, and maintain PFMEAs, Control Plans, Process Flow Diagrams, work instructions, and inspection standards.
- Coordinate and support PPAP submissions, APQP activities, engineering changes, and current product launches.
- Perform process audits, product audits, layered process audits, and supplier quality assessments as required.
- Monitor quality performance metrics, including scrap, rework, customer PPM, warranty issues, and first-pass yield.
- Support dimensional layouts, capability studies, MSA, SPC, and other statistical quality activities.
- Work closely with production, engineering, tooling, maintenance, and materials teams to resolve quality issues.
- Ensure effective containment, corrective action, and verification of effectiveness for customer and internal concerns.
- Participate in customer audits, quality reviews, and visits to support resolution of technical quality concerns.




- Identify opportunities to reduce scrap, improve process capability, and prevent recurring defects.
- Ensure inspection equipment, gauges, and measuring instruments are properly controlled and calibrated.

Qualifications

- Diploma or degree in Quality Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in automotive manufacturing quality, preferably in plastic injection molding.
- Strong knowledge of IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and automotive customer-specific requirements.
- Experience with PPAP, APQP, FMEA, Control Plans, 8D reports, and corrective action systems.
- Understanding of plastic injection molding processes, tooling, and common molding defects.
- Experience with dimensional inspection, GD&T;, measurement systems, and statistical process control.
- Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and quality documentation systems.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with automotive OEM and Tier 1 customer requirements.
- Familiarity with AIAG Core Tools and VDA 6.3 process audits.
- Experience supporting new product launches, tooling trials, and production process validation.
- Knowledge of plastic part dimensional stability, warpage, flash, sink marks, short shots, and other injection molding defects.
- Experience with customer portals, supplier corrective actions, and quality performance reporting.

Experience: 3+ years of automotive quality experience preferred

What We Offer

- Comprehensive training and professional development opportunities.
- A collaborative, hands-on manufacturing environment.
- Opportunities to lead continuous improvement and quality initiatives.
- Long-term career growth within the automotive manufacturing industry.

Pay: $19.19-$30.50 per hour

Work Location: In person

📌 Quality Engineer – Automotive Plastic Injection Molding (Brampton)
🏢 A.P.P PLASTICS
📍 Brampton