Quality Engineer

Role & responsibilities

• Inspect incoming raw materials, forgings, castings, gears, shafts, bearings, seals, and purchased components.
• Verify material certificates, dimensions, and specifications.
• Coordinate with suppliers regarding quality issues.
• Maintain incoming inspection records.
• Conduct stage-wise inspections during machining, gear cutting, heat treatment, grinding, assembly, and testing.
• Verify adherence to control plans, work instructions, and quality standards.
• Monitor critical process parameters.
• Identify and report non-conforming products.
• Perform dimensional, visual, functional, and performance inspections of assembled gearboxes.
• Verify inspection reports before dispatch.
• Ensure customer specifications are fully met.
• Approve finished products for shipment.
• Use precision measuring instruments including:
• Vernier Caliper
• Micrometer
• Bore Gauge
• Dial Indicator
• Height Gauge
• Surface Roughness Tester
• Gear Tooth Vernier
• Runout Measurement Equipment
• Ensure calibration status of measuring instruments.
• Prepare and maintain:
• Inspection Reports
• First Article Inspection (FAI) Reports
• Process Inspection Records
• Final Inspection Reports
• Non-Conformance Reports (NCR)
• Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) Reports
• Customer Complaint Reports
• Quality Dashboards
• Perform Root Cause Analysis using:
• 5 Why Analysis
• Fishbone Diagram
• Pareto Analysis
• 8D Methodology
• Implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Participate in Kaizen and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Reduce rejection and rework through process improvements.
• 2-5 years of experience in quality engineering within a gearbox, transmission, automotive, precision machining, or heavy engineering manufacturing environment.

• Reading and interpreting engineering drawings and GD&T.
• Knowledge of gear manufacturing processes.
• Understanding of machining operations, heat treatment, grinding, and assembly.
• Familiarity with SPC, MSA, FMEA, APQP, PPAP, and Control Plans.