Senior Metrology Engineer

GE Appliances, a Haier company•Louisville, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Metrology Engineer provides technical leadership and strategic direction for GEA’s metrology, measurement systems, dimensional quality, and GD&T capabilities. This role is a key partner to Product Design, Manufacturing, Quality, Tooling, Operations, and external equipment suppliers, ensuring that new products, processes, tooling, and capital equipment are launched with robust, sustainable measurement and quality systems in place. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of GEA’s people, processes, and NPI environment and will be responsible for connecting product design requirements with manufacturing capability. The role will lead cross-functional teams to deliver turn-key, sustainable solutions that meet quality requirements at launch and enable manufacturing teams to confidently take ownership of production execution. This position will also drive the advancement of GEA’s metrology and dimensional analysis capabilities, including ADS, GD&T, scanning technologies, CMMs, portable measurement systems, PolyWorks, Dataloop, and related digital quality tools.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering
Experience in a manufacturing plant environment.
Experience with manufacturing equipment and processes.
Leadership and effective communication experience in the definition, design, implementation, and troubleshooting of manufacturing processes.
Self-starter and influencer – metric-driven and willing to work with cross-functional teams & hourly workforce.
Understanding of GEA technical drawings, both MBD/GD&T and linear dimensions, is a must.
Excellent project tracking and detailed planning skills required.
Computer literate and highly skilled in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and others.
Influencer and team player – drive quality metrics but willing to look at the bigger picture.
Good communicator – data-driven, makes decisions based on the data. Speaks up in meetings and leads meetings, with a strong passion for world-class quality.
Experience interpreting data to solve manufacturing problems.
Proactive to seeing a problem and eager to drive an innovative, sustainable long-term solution without significant direction.

Nice To Haves

ADS deployment across the business
Scan-data capture and storage
In-process and in-situ scanning
Automated data collection
Digital dimensional analysis
Integration of measurement data into existing quality systems
Grid analysis for thermoforming molds and metal stamping dies
FEA, simulation, and dimensional-analysis tools in tooling development and qualification
PolyWorks and Dataloop application
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) principles
GEA drawing tolerance guidelines
ANSI, ISO, GEA tolerance standards
Holding fixtures, gages, and other production measurement solutions
ATOS scanning

Responsibilities

Provide metrology and dimensional quality leadership throughout the NPI process, from initial product development through production launch.
Partner with cross-functional teams to implement new parts, products, and processes that are turn-key, sustainable, and production-ready at launch.
Ensure manufacturing teams agree to and can effectively assume ownership of measurement and quality processes at production launch.
Lead the launch of new products and features with measurable improvements in Cost of Quality (COQ) compared with current production.
Lead cross-functional efforts to integrate the Measurement System Alignment process into the iNPI process.
Develop, publish, and release draft Standard Instructions (SIs) for equipment qualification.
Create and maintain GEA metrology standards and update iNPI and C-change checklists to strengthen measurement-system requirements.
Lead metrology work-order meetings across GEA product lines and identify opportunities to improve process effectiveness, responsiveness, and quality.
Serve as the bridge between Product Design and Manufacturing to ensure dimensional and measurement issues are identified and resolved early, minimizing launch surprises.
Provide technical leadership and in-depth expertise in the investigation, development, procurement, qualification, and implementation of manufacturing equipment and processes.
Work effectively with salaried and hourly personnel to understand operator needs, program requirements, and business objectives.
Apply the same metrology, dimensional quality, and process-improvement leadership used in NPI to current-production and new-part/product PCTO-related projects introduced at CIB.
Develop robust processes for reviewing production measurement data and use the results to drive improved product drawings, specifications, and manufacturing processes.
Ensure Manufacturing Control Plans (MCPs) appropriately address and meet drawing specifications.
Identify opportunities to improve dimensional capability, measurement processes, tooling, fixtures, gages, and manufacturing methods based on production data.
Provide technical support for complex dimensional and measurement issues impacting production quality and performance.
Participate in the next phase of ADS deployment across the business and help establish ADS as a standard capability within GEA.
Partner with equipment and technology suppliers to identify solutions for: Scan-data capture and storage, In-process and in-situ scanning, Automated data collection, Digital dimensional analysis, Integration of measurement data into existing quality systems.
Build business cases and work with leadership to obtain funding for new metrology and digital measurement capabilities.
Expand the use of grid analysis for thermoforming molds and metal stamping dies.
Partner with the Tooling organization to improve the use of FEA, simulation, and dimensional-analysis tools in tooling development and qualification.
Develop and refine the application of PolyWorks and Dataloop across the business.
Mentor others and serve as a technical resource for advanced scanning, analysis, and digital metrology applications.
Lead the deployment and practical application of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) principles across the Quality organization.
Lead cross-functional efforts to develop and improve GEA drawing tolerance guidelines.
Leverage existing ANSI, ISO, GEA tolerance standards, production data, and qualification databases to establish new GEA tolerance standards.
Integrate updated tolerance guidelines and standards into the iNPI process.
Develop practical standards that improve the development and application of holding fixtures, gages, and other production measurement solutions.
Ensure fixtures and gages are designed with production usability, repeatability, and operator needs in mind.
Improve the connection between product requirements, drawing specifications, manufacturing processes, and measurement systems.
Own the deployment, training, and practical application of ADS and GD&T throughout the Quality organization.
Provide hands-on training in: GD&T, ATOS scanning.