Development Engineer (NPD- Sheetmetal)

• Feasibility review of parts.

• Stagewise process design for stamping process.

• Prepare Quality plan of the product to be developed.

• Approve the Tool design

• Back up calculations to meet the product dimensions, Tool construction

• Manufacturing of tool / Fixture / Gauges concept.

• Track the projects for progress of tooling development.

• Conduct stage wise PPAP at component manufacturer.
  Review process costing & give inputs to costing team.

• Continual improvements in processes to improve upon Quality , cost , delivery

• Tool assembly.

• Tool inspection and approval.

• Project Management

• Review the tool /Part progress with supplier (Active task management)

• Tool inspection review along with suppliers.

• Tool tryout and trouble shooting.

• IATF 1649 System knowledge

• Quality Documents - APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC, MSA

• Process understanding

• Draw, forming processes

• Machining processes

• Coating processes

• Fabrication

• Problem solving techniques

• 7 step problem solving

• 8 D

• 6 Sigma

• Identification of failure mode / design errors.

• Use of process understanding to develop parts of expected quality with min cost & min time to develop the part

• Use of product and process knowledge to build the P FMEA for Tool & Process.

• Use of knowledge to make tooling to produce expected quality product with inbuilt pokayoke, rapid detection systems

• Use of process understanding to make product defect free.

• To ensure project completion happens within customer due date time.

• Stage wise PPAP, Implementation of IATF 16949,

• Identify patterns (pattern recognition), Maintain a database.

• To facilitate cost negotiations with suppliers.

• Understand

• -Data Collection

• -Observations

• -Patterns through observations.