Senior Metrology Engineer (Louisville Metropolitan Area)

The Senior Metrology Engineer provides technical leadership and strategic direction for 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 a 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 the metrology and dimensional analysis capabilities, including ADS, GD&T, scanning technologies, CMMs, portable measurement systems, PolyWorks, Dataloop, and related digital quality tools.

Job Description

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 metrology standards and update iNPI and C-change checklists to strengthen measurement-system requirements.
• Lead metrology work-order meetings across 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 quality, and process-improvement leadership used in NPI to current-production and new-part/product PCTO-related projects introduced at CIB.
• Develop robust processes for reviewing production measurement data and use the results to drive improved product drawings, specifications, and manufacturing processes.
• Ensure Manufacturing Control Plans (MCPs) appropriately address and meet drawing specifications.
• Identify opportunities to improve dimensional capability, measurement processes, tooling, fixtures, gages, and manufacturing methods based on production data.
• Provide technical support for complex dimensional and measurement issues impacting production quality and performance.

Advanced Digital Scanning & Measurement

• Participate in the next phase of ADS deployment across the business and help establish ADS as a standard capability.
• Partner with equipment and technology suppliers to identify solutions for:
• Scan-data capture and storage
• In-process and in-situ scanning
• Automated data collection
• Digital dimensional analysis
• Integration of measurement data into existing quality systems
• Build business cases and work with leadership to obtain funding for new metrology and digital measurement capabilities.
• Expand the use of grid analysis for thermoforming molds and metal stamping dies.
• Partner with the Tooling organization to improve the use of FEA, simulation, and dimensional-analysis tools in tooling development and qualification.
• Develop and refine the application of PolyWorks and Dataloop across the business.
• Mentor others and serve as a technical resource for advanced scanning, analysis, and digital metrology applications.

GD&T, Standards & Drawing Development

• Lead the deployment and practical application of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) principles across the Quality organization.
• Lead cross-functional efforts to develop and improve drawing tolerance guidelines.
• Leverage existing ANSI, ISO, tolerance standards, production data, and qualification databases to establish new tolerance standards.
• Integrate updated tolerance guidelines and standards into the iNPI process.
• Develop practical standards that improve the development and application of holding fixtures, gages, and other production measurement solutions.
• Ensure fixtures and gages are designed with production usability, repeatability, and operator needs in mind.
• Improve the connection between product requirements, drawing specifications, manufacturing processes, and measurement systems.

Training & Capability Development

• Own the deployment, training, and practical application of ADS and GD&T throughout the Quality organization.
• Provide hands-on training in:
• GD&T
• ATOS scanning

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing plant environment and manufacturing equipment and processes.
• 5+ years of Leadership and effective communication experience in the definition, design, implementation, and troubleshooting of manufacturing processes.
• Self-starter, influencer, and willing to work with cross-functional teams & hourly workforce.
• Understanding of technical drawings, both MBD/GD&T and linear dimensions.
• Excellent project tracking and detailed planning skills required.
• Computer literate and highly skilled in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and others.
• Experience interpreting data to solve manufacturing problems.
• Proactive to seeing a problem and eager to drive an innovative, sustainable long-term solution without significant direction.