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We’recommitted to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’sempowered to be their best.\nWho We Are\nAP Emissions Technologies provides aftermarket emissions and exhaust solutions for all vehicle classes. With nearly a century of innovation and integrated manufacturing, AP delivers OEM-quality performance, regulatory compliance, and broad product coverage worldwide.\nWhat You’ll Do\nAs the Quality Engineer, you’ll serve as the site quality leader for AP Emissions Technologies’ new 208,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Apex, NC. Reporting to the Plant General Manager, you’ll establish and lead the quality management system from equipment commissioning and product launch through stable production across ceramic substrate manufacturing, catalyst coating, and automated assembly.\nYou’ll own site readiness for ISO-based certification requirements, customer-specific quality expectations, product and process controls, audits, corrective action, and continuous improvement. You’ll work closely with operations, engineering, supply chain, R&D, customers, and suppliers to build quality into the operation from the ground up.\nQuality Management System & Compliance\nEstablish and maintain the site quality management system in alignment with corporate requirements, ISO 9001, applicable regulations, and the roadmap toward IATF 16949 readiness or certification.\n\nLead certification, surveillance, customer, corporate, and internal audits, including preparation, findings, corrective actions, document control, records, and management-review inputs.\n\nTranslate quality standards and customer-specific requirements into practical procedures, training, controls, metrics, and accountability across the site.\n\nLaunch, Product & Process Quality\nLead quality readiness for equipment, processes, suppliers, and products, including APQP, PFMEA, control plans, MSA, capability studies, validation, PPAP, and safe-launch controls as applicable.\n\nPartner with R&D, engineering, automation, and operations to define critical-to-quality characteristics, validate process windows, and approve changes across substrate forming, thermal treatment, catalyst coating, and assembly.\n\nEstablish and maintain incoming, in-process, final-inspection, testing, traceability, calibration, sampling, nonconforming-material, and product-release controls.\n\nAnalyze yield, scrap, rework, capability, defects, returns, and warranty data to identify opportunities and lead containment and corrective actions.\n\nDrive improvements that strengthen quality, cost, delivery, and process stability.\n\nCustomer, Supplier & Quality Leadership\nServe as the primary site quality contact for customer requirements, complaints, scorecards, audits, launch reviews, and escalations.\n\nCommunicate quality risks, containment actions, corrective actions, and recovery plans to customers and internal stakeholders.\n\nLead structured root-cause analysis and supplier quality improvement efforts, verifying corrective-action effectiveness and preventing recurrence.\n\nDevelop quality technicians, inspectors, laboratory personnel, and cross-functional teams in defect prevention, inspection, and problem-solving.\n\nReport quality KPIs, customer metrics, cost of poor quality, capability, and corrective-action effectiveness.\n\nChampion quality at the source and a culture of continuous improvement across the facility.\n\nWhat You’ll Need\nEducation & Experience\nBachelor’s degree in Quality, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Chemical, Materials, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline required.\n\n5+ years of progressive quality engineering or quality leadership experience in automotive, chemical, catalyst, environmental, advanced manufacturing, or another highly controlled manufacturing environment.\n\nExperience implementing or improving an ISO 9001-certified quality system and leading audits.\n\nExperience with IATF 16949, customer-specific requirements, APQP, and PPAP strongly preferred.\n\nStart-up, equipment commissioning, process validation, or production ramp-up experience preferred.\n\nRelevant quality, auditor, or Lean Six Sigma certification is a plus.\n\nTechnical Knowledge\nDeep working knowledge of ISO 9001 quality management systems; practical knowledge of IATF 16949 and automotive customer-specific requirements strongly preferred.\n\nStrong command of APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, control plans, SPC, MSA, capability analysis, calibration, audit methods, and structured problem-solving.\n\nAbility to apply quality principles within automated manufacturing, materials, inspection, and process validation environments.\n\nExperience using quality analytics, statistical tools, ERP/MES systems, document control, and Microsoft Office.\n\nLeadership & Communication\nAbility to build and implement quality systems in a start-up manufacturing environment.\n\nStrong data-driven judgment and problem-solving skills with the ability to make decisions under changing conditions.\n\nCredible customer-facing communicator who can lead audits, manage escalations, and balance quality, delivery, and cost.\n\nHands-on shop-floor leader with strong organization, influence, and follow-through.\n\nAbility to work effectively across operations, engineering, supply chain, R&D, customers, and suppliers.\n\nWhat You’ll Gain\nImpact & Contributions\nBuild the quality function and management system for a brand-new 208,000-square-foot manufacturing facility.\n\nHave a direct impact on product quality, process stability, customer satisfaction, and the successful launch of the operation.\n\nHelp establish the quality culture, processes, and standards that will support the facility as it scales.\n\nCareer Growth\nWork across engineering, operations, R&D, supply chain, customers, and suppliers in a highly visible role.\n\nGain hands-on experience supporting the launch and ramp-up of advanced manufacturing processes and technologies.\n\nHelp shape the site's path toward IATF 16949 readiness or certification.\n\nBenefits & Culture\nJoin a team building a new operation from the ground up with a strong focus on safety, quality, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.\n\nWork in an environment where quality has a direct and visible impact on the success of the business.\n\nFollowing receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processesas permitted or required by applicable law.\nWe are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. 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