Sr. Quality Engineer

thyssenkrupp integrated its Forging & Machining and Undercarriage businesses to start the new business unit Forged Technologies. With roughly 7,000 employees at 18 production sites in seven different countries, thyssenkrupp Forged Technologies has sales of over one billion euros and operates over 50 forging press lines and more than 150 machining and assembly lines in seven countries. The product portfolio includes undercarriage systems for heavy machinery as well as crankshafts, connecting rods, pistons, chassis products, transmission systems and rotor shafts for the automotive industry.

Sr. Quality Engineer for thyssenkrupp Crankshaft Company, LLC in Danville, Illinois.

Duties include:

overseeing quality of parts produced on the line, devising corrective actions to address quality issues, and conveying information to the larger team; performing walk-through and review operations and parts disposition on lines; addressing and troubleshooting quality issues; acting as IATF internal auditor and ensuring maintenance of IATF internal auditor certification; overseeing corrective actions and conducting multidisciplinary team root cause investigations for internal problems and customer complaints;

conducting MSA studies and SPC analysis, and disseminating the MSA practice and SPC concepts to other employees; preparing PPAP documentation for customers; tracking scrapped parts and entering them in SAP, devising daily scrap reports, maintaining scrap PPM, and developing innovative solutions and improvements; training other thyssenkrupp employees on PFMEA, MSA, SPC, and PPAP; developing controls for Heat Treat operations at the plants;

and performing Customer Special Process audits to ensure adherence to Heat Treat Processes and CQI-9 requirements.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Materials, or Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, or equivalent foreign degree.
• 3 years of experience in a quality, materials, or product engineering role in crankshaft and steel automotive parts manufacturing industry.
• 3 years of work experience with each of the following: applying APQP methodology to develop automotive parts according to IATF standards; using materials characterization methods, macrography, metallography, and grain size distribution in metals; applying non‑destructive testing techniques in forged/machined products, magnetic particle inspection and hardness/microhardness measurements, and techniques for inspection of forged/machined products; writing analysis and interpretation of technical standards to evaluate and conform metallurgical requests for crankshafts and other steel automotive parts;
  
  applying heat‑treating techniques, processes, and procedures for induction hardening and tempering of crankshafts; and performing defect analysis to identify whether a defect is caused by process or by non‑conformities in raw materials.

Salary Range: $79,206 - $96,300 per year.

EOE.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Company Tuition Reimbursement Package. Quarterly Bonus Program.
• 401K Match
• 120 hours of Paid Time Off after completion of Probation Period.
• Competitive wage with a Skill Pay Program that includes a work service credit on relative education and experience.
• Comprehensive medical plans with flexible cost options ranging from $4.62 to $57.62 a week. We also have a Preventative Healthcare and Medical Program with additional premium discount on medical insurance premiums.
• Dental plans ranging from $0.48 to $4.15 a week.
• Vision Plans ranging from $0.35 to $3.69 a week.
• Company Paid Life, AD&D, Short Term Disability, & Long Term Disability.
• 11 paid Holidays.
• Exclusive free medical services through our partnership with Everside Healthcare for employees and their dependents 3+ years of age.
• Gym Membership Reimbursement.