Senior Metrology Engineer

## Senior Metrology Engineer Apply:
USA, Louisville, KY:
Full time:
Posted Today:
REQ-26776

At GE Appliances, a Haier company, we come together to make “good things, for life.”  As the fastest-growing appliance company in the U.S., we’re powered by creators, thinkers and makers who believe that anything is possible and that there’s always a better way.  We believe in the power of our people and in giving them the freedom to explore, discover and build good things, together.  

The GE Appliances philosophy, backed by three simple commitments defines the way we work, invent, create, do business, and serve our communities:
* we come together*,
* we always look for a better way*, and
* we create possibilities*.Interested in joining us on our journey?

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, Poly Works, Dataloop, and related digital quality tools.## ## Position Senior Metrology Engineer## ## Location USA, Louisville, KY## How You'll Create Possibilities#
** Travel:
** Travel is required to support remote GE Appliances sites, supplier equipment run-offs, and other business needs.## ##

Key Responsibilities ### New Product Introduction (NPI)
* 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.### Current Production Support
* Apply the same metrology, dimensional…