Location
Farmington Hills, MI | United States
Job description
Purpose
The Gauge Engineer or designate will engage with Program Management, Advanced Quality Engineering and Purchasing to ensure that new check fixtures are designed, built, and delivered for new model launch programs according to internal and customer expectations and timelines by effectively managing suppliers.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Manage the development of the best possible design and creation of new fixtures by defining problems, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions.
- Manage Master Timeline milestones related to check fixtures to ensure milestones are achieved and meet internal and customer requirements.
- Responsible for sourcing of final/finished goods and WIP fixtures.
- Oversee the changes to final/finished goods and WIP fixtures during development activities prior to mass production (e.g., engineering changes).
- Develop preliminary/final designs with fixture suppliers.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with appropriate personnel in cross-functional teams to review job build details.
- Participate in and support first trial activities.
- Responsible for scheduling and attending the Gauge R&R at the fixture builder.
- Manage the APQP process specifically addressing communication/execution of countermeasures related to Gauge R&R and Gauge Build issues as required.
- Provide technical expertise to support Advanced Quality Engineer and Program Manager related to fixture design/buy-off during interactions with the Customer as required.
- Review GD&T in collaboration with the customer and Advanced Quality Engineer.
- Create GD&T proposals in collaboration with the Advanced Quality Engineer and Program
- Ensure that a clean and safe work environment is always maintained.
- Assist in any way, necessary to promote a successful operation emphasizing customer satisfaction.
- Ensure personal awareness and understanding of ISO 14001 and IATF16949 (includes ISO 9001) Standards, and company policies and procedures.
- During management system audit events provide evidence in support of conformance with applicable standards and procedures and participate in corrective action activities as necessary.
- Complete any other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required Education & Experience
- Must possess a recognized Engineering Technical degree or diploma in a related area or equivalent industry experience.
- Preference for candidates with a university degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering.
- Must possess GD&T Certification.
- Minimum 7 years' experience within the area of Gauge engineering, leading gauge designs and builds.
- Demonstrated ability to define problems, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions in order to best design and create new assembly fixtures.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective customer and supplier relationships.
- Expert knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
- Knowledgeable in Integrated Manufacturing and Design related to both OEM and Manufacturing facility.
- Ability to read and understand 2D part prints and view 3D gauge designs.
- Excellent working knowledge and understanding of check fixtures.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective relationships in cross-functional teams.
- Communicate effectively both written and verbal.
Competencies
- Proven project and time management skills.
- Ability to perform well in high pressure situations.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal.
- Capable of independent travel to, from and within designated regions.
- Access to reliable transportation.
- Additional training requirements may be identified based on plant-specific location (municipality/province/state/country) and/or operational needs that are commensurate with the duties, expectations, and responsibilities of the role within the specific plant.
- Possess sound financial and business insights.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.
Supervisory Responsibility
position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office setting and on the plant floor.
Physical Demands
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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle, feel, or operate objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to walk, stand, kneel, crouch, talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.
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