Sr. Quality Engineer

Job Title

Sr. Quality Engineer – thyssenkrupp Crankshaft Company, LLC (Danville, Illinois)

• Oversee the quality of parts produced on the line.

• Devise corrective actions to address quality issues, communicate information to the larger team.

• Perform walk‑throughs, review operations and parts disposition on lines, and troubleshoot quality issues.

• Act as IATF internal auditor and maintain IATF internal auditor certification.

• Oversee corrective actions and conduct multidisciplinary team root‑cause investigations for internal problems and customer complaints.

• Conduct MSA studies, SPC analysis, and disseminate MSA and SPC concepts to other employees.

• Prepare PPAP documentation for submission to customers.

• Track scrapped parts, enter in SAP, devise daily scrap reports, maintain scrap PPM, and develop innovative solutions and improvements.

• Train employees on PFMEA, MSA, SPC and PPAP.

• Develop controls for heat‑treat operations at the plants.

• Perform customer special process audits, ensure adherence to heat‑treat processes and CQI‑9 requirements.

Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, or an equivalent foreign degree.

Minimum of 3 years experience in a quality, materials, or product engineering role in crankshaft and steel automotive parts manufacturing industry.

3 years work experience in each of the following:

• Apply APQP methodology to develop automotive parts according to IATF standards.
• Use materials characterization methods: macrography, metallography, grain‑size distribution in metals.
• Apply non‑destructive testing techniques: magnetic particle inspection, hardness/microhardness measurements, and techniques for inspection of forged/machined products.
• Write analysis and interpretation of technical standards, evaluate and conform metallurgical requests for crankshafts and other steel automotive parts.
• Apply heat‑treat techniques, induction hardening and tempering of crankshafts.
• Perform defect analysis to identify whether a defect is caused by process or by non‑conformities in raw materials.

$79,206 – $96,300 per year.

• Company tuition reimbursement package.
• Quarterly bonus program.
• 401(k) match.
• 120 hours of paid time off after completion of probation period.
• Competitive wage with skill‑pay program that includes work‑service credit for relative education and experience.
• Comprehensive medical plans with flexible cost options ranging from $4.62 to $57.62 a week.
• 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, and long‑term disability insurance.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Exclusive free medical services through partnership with Everside Healthcare for employees and dependents 3+ years of age.
• Gym membership reimbursement.

This job description is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. The individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).