Job Description

Job Summary:

The Engineering Quality Assurance plays a critical role in ensuring the rigor, consistency, and reliability of engineering processes across American Battery Solutions (“ABS”). This position supports the continuous improvement of engineering processes, with a strong focus on Automotive Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination (ASPICE) systems, engineering practices, software quality, and documentation excellence. The ideal candidate has a strong background in engineering quality, embedded software, or systems engineering and is passionate about driving disciplined engineering execution. 

Responsibilities:

• Support the continuous improvement of the Quality Assurance process and associated methods and templates.
• Conduct reviews of engineering work products (requirements, architecture documents, design specifications, test plans, models, and other deliverables) to verify compliance with defined quality criteria for the work products and adherence to defined review methods.
• Identify and report process gaps, nonconformities, or inefficiencies and recommend corrective or preventive actions to enhance overall process maturity.
• Support engineering teams in preparing for internal and external ASPICE assessments, including evidence collection, gap analysis, and improvement planning.
• Review engineering deliverables for consistency, completeness, traceability, and alignment with engineering quality requirements.
• Support the development and maintenance of engineering templates, checklists, and standardized documentation practices.
• Work with engineering teams to incorporate quality requirements early in the design and development phase (front-loading quality).
• Development and deliver training to engineering teams on engineering process execution, engineering quality principles, and best practices for documentation and testing.
• Provide guidance to engineers on proper process usage, documentation quality, and compliance expectations.
• Serve as a subject-matter resource for interpreting ASPICE requirements and translating them into practical engineering tasks.
• Ensure software and engineering configuration management practices comply with ASPICE and internal standards.
• Verify version control discipline, branching strategies, release management processes, and traceability of changes.
• Support continuous improvement of configuration management tools, workflows, and documentation.
• Maintain, monitor, and report engineering quality metrics, including review findings, defect trends, process adherence metrics, and traceability completeness. 
• Analyze quality data to identify trends, risks, or systemic issues and support root-cause investigations.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to elevate engineering quality, efficiency, and process maturity across the organization.
• Partner with systems engineering, software engineering, hardware engineering, validation/testing, program management, and product quality teams.
• Support alignment between engineering processes and organizational standards for quality, compliance, and functional safety.
• Ensure engineering quality issues are communicated, tracked, and resolved in coordination with project teams
• Adhere to federal and state regulations.
• Adhere to all company policies, processes, and procedures.
• Performs other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.
• Predictable and reliable attendance.

Position Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field required.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in engineering quality assurance, systems engineering, embedded software development, or engineering process governance required.
• Advanced knowledge of ASPICE or similar engineering process frameworks required.
• Experience reviewing engineering documentation and work products (requirements, designs, test plans, code, etc.) required.
• Familiarity with embedded software development workflows, coding standards (e.g., Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (MISRA)), and software testing practices required.
• Strong understanding of engineering configuration management tools and principles (e.g., Git, Apache Subversion (SVN), Polarion, Jama, or equivalent) required.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and documentation skills.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across technical teams and influence process adherence.
• Experience supporting ASPICE assessments or audits preferred.
• Experience using the Stages process management tool preferred.
• Experience working in automotive, battery systems, energy storage, or other regulated industries preferred.
• Knowledge of model-based development, systems engineering standards (e.g., ISO 15288) or functional safety frameworks (e.g., ISO 26262) preferred.

Key Competencies:

• Influences Others: Has personal and organizational impact built on mutual trust, fairness, and honesty. Flexes their style to direct, collaborate, or empower, as the situation requires.
• Mission, Vision, Values, and Strategic Priorities Focused: Understands and actively supports the organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities.
• Leads Change: Persistently moves in the face of ambiguity, dilemmas, and resistance to get completion of changes in an organized way; adapts with flexibility to and copes with changing situations while maintaining focus on goals.
• Business Process Thinking: Designing, implementing, and executing business workflow activities that most effectively and efficiently meet the goals of the business unit and ABS.
• Focuses on Quality: Drives work results with quality focus in actions and results. 

Physical Requirements / Working Conditions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Constantly operates a computer and other office equipment.
• Ability to adjust focus, especially due to concentration on a computer screen.
• May need to lift and carry up to 30 pounds and/or position the body to reach items on the floor/below knee level or reach overhead.
• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about in industrial environments, and on uneven terrain.
• Works in a temperature-controlled office environment.
• The noise level in the work environment can be moderately loud.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• May be required to recognize small numbers, letters, symbols, colors on prints, and/or operate field instruments/equipment.
• Ability to successfully complete position specific pre-placement requirements.

Why Join Us

American Battery Solutions (ABS) provides comprehensive 100% employer paid benefit plans to employees and their family, competitive salary and retirement program. ABS employs a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Benefits Overview

• Paid time off includes 3 weeks vacation, up to 72 hours sick, 15 holidays, and parental leave.
• 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) offerings.
• Company provided 401K savings plan with immediately vested matching contributions to help you save for retirement.
• Voluntary benefits offerings.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee Referral Program.
• Employee development and career growth opportunities.

 About Us

American Battery Solutions Inc. (“ABS”) is a manufacturer of advanced batteries for commercial, fleet, and industrial on- and off-road vehicles. Located in the heart of the U.S. automotive region with facilities in Michigan and Ohio. In 2023, ABS was acquired by Komatsu, a world leader in construction, mining, forestry, and industrial heavy equipment in support of Komatsu’s 2050 carbon neutrality goal. ABS continues to operate as an independent entity serving Komatsu applications while continuing to expand and grow our core commercial, fleet and industrial business. 

As we have grown, ABS has assembled a world-class team of dedicated and experienced engineers. This team is equipped with a deep understanding of high-voltage, automotive-grade battery systems from concept development and prototyping, to testing and validation, to high-volume production. We pride ourselves on developing a diverse team of next generation battery experts.

The Location - Lake Orion 

American Battery Solutions Headquarters and Innovation Center is located in the heart of South-East Michigan in Orion Township. Orion Township is a Pure Michigan Trail Town that has a long-standing dedication to enhancing trails and pathways in its community, which is home to the Polly Ann Trail, Paint Creek Trail, and Iron Belle Trail. The township has more than 50 miles of trails. Southeast Michigan also boasts some of the best eating around! Whether your interest is in furthering your education, enjoying one of the many regional sporting events, or enjoying the vast outdoors that Michigan has to offer, you’ll be at the center of it here!

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