Engineering Specialist, Manufacturing Engineering

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Responsible for leading QOS (Quality Operating System) initiatives within the production department.

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of stamping and manufacturing processes for current and new-model parts, balancing quality, cost, timing, manufacturability, and production requirements.
• Review part data, CAD, engineering specifications, and production information to identify feasibility, tooling, dimensional, and process concerns, develop action plans, and recommend effective engineering solutions.
• Support the complete tooling lifecycle, including part feasibility, die design, construction, machining, tryout, buyoff, launch, and production support, while working closely with Tool & Die, Automation, Quality, Machining, MP&L, and production teams.
• Lead and supportPFMEA, SCAAF, quality-loop, and launch reviews, ensuring process risks are identified and addressed before tooling and production launches.
• Serve as a key engineering contact for production team leaders and supervisors, coordinating with Machining, Quality, MP&L, Tool & Die, Automation, and other departments to resolve manufacturing and quality issues.
• Review rejected parts for quality integrity, determine appropriate disposition and next steps, and maintain accurate traceability records and quality documentation for future reference.
• Manage and communicate quality performance throughFTT, 8D, Scrap, Dock Holds, Dock Audits, Incoming Quality, and other standard plant reports, providing timely information for quality reviews.
• Lead cross-functional quality initiatives focused onNo Fault Forward and Zero Defects, utilizing structured problem-solving and continuous-improvement methods to eliminate recurring issues.
• Lead8D investigations for Warranty and Vehicle Operations concerns, partnering with Quality, MP&L, T&D, Production, and other stakeholders to establish containment, root cause, corrective action, and prevention.
• Apply Six Sigma methodologies to manufacturing and quality problems, supporting projects that improve process capability, reduce variation, eliminate defects, and deliver measurable cost savings.
• Utilize statistical process control, statistical analysis, PP/PPK, measurement systems analysis, and variable-data analysis to monitor process performance, identify trends, and drive corrective and preventive actions.
• Establish and monitor quality targets and critical characteristics for each build and provide engineering input into product, design, and assembly concepts that minimize variation and improve manufacturing capability.
• Apply Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) principles to interpret engineering requirements, establish locators and measurement points, verify tolerances, and support effective dimensional-control strategies.
• Manage measurement systems for components and assemblies; interpret inspection data and ensure appropriate calibration, certification, repeatability, and reproducibility.
• UtilizeCATIA, Teamcenter/Vis Mock-Up, SMIRT, CM4D/CM4
  
  Di, Auto Form/FEA, Argus, and other engineering systems to investigate tooling, product, dimensional, and forming issues and develop data-driven solutions.
• Apply forming-limit analysis and Argus resultsto evaluate material behavior and optimize stamping processes, while coordinating material trials, lubricant testing, thickness changes, and other process evaluations.
• Manage engineering changes, Tool Change Notices, Tool Change Orders, Sheet 3 changes, and related releases, evaluating technical feasibility, tooling requirements, cost, timing, and production impact.
• Supportplant launches, in sourcing/outsourcing evaluations, line-load optimization, tooling transfers, die adaptations, and production changes, ensuring engineering requirements…