Assistant Engineer- Quality (Loco)
GE Aerospace · Posted Nov 3
Commercial and military aircraft engines, propulsion systems, and aviation services
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About the role
GE Aerospace manufactures engine components and drives innovation in fuel and noise reduction, with teams delivering productivity and global impact. This quality role at the Pune facility oversees the quality of an entire product line, including incoming, in-process and final inspection, NDT certification, internal audits, and corrective actions. The engineer also leads quality initiatives, mentors quality inspectors, ensures Quality Management System compliance, and supports digitization and lean initiatives in manufacturing operations.
What you will do
- Quality Planning and Monitoring: Oversee and ensure the quality of the entire product line, including incoming, in-process, and final inspection of parts. Ensure on-time inspection to meet customer demand with a strong focus on quality objectives.
- NDT: Candidate should have hands on experience and certified in VT,MT, UT as per ISO9712.
- Production Approval: Approve in-process production by confirming required specifications, conducting visual and measurement tests, and communicating necessary adjustments to the production supervisor.
- Finished Product Approval: Approve all finished products by confirming specifications and conducting required tests.
- Documentation: Document and update inspection results by completing reports and logs.
- Customer Complaints and Non-Conformance: Investigate customer complaints and non-conformance issues, develop, recommend, and monitor corrective and preventive actions.
- Quality Assurance: Drive quality in products and processes, establish processes to meet customer expectations, and collect and compile statistical quality data.
- Internal Audits: Document internal audits and other quality assurance activities, evaluate audit findings, and implement appropriate corrective actions.
- Reporting: Maintain reports to communicate outcomes of quality activities.
- Problem Identification and Rectification: Proactively identify areas of obstruction/breakdowns and take steps to rectify problems at an early stage.
- Manufacturing Support: Assist manufacturing in investigations of process-related quality issues.
- Rejection Control: Track and control rejections by raising alarms/NC with immediate effect and maintaining CoQ as per organizational requirements.
- Process Improvement: Participate in Kaizen and other process improvements like suggestion activities.
- Computer Skills: Proficient in computer skills, including MS Office.
- Calibration Activity: Manage calibration activities of all measuring and testing instruments both in-house and subcontracting.
- MRB & RTV Management: Manage MRB & RTV, ensure on-time disposition, drive supplier recovery as applicable, and maintain critical supplier scorecards.
- Team Participation: Participate in HPT Team discussions, provide insights on quality, quality escapes, issue resolution, RCA, CAPA, etc.
- Manufacturing Process Familiarity: Be familiar with manufacturing processes including assembly, torqueing, wiring harness assembly, electronic component handling, etc.
- Quality Management System Compliance: Ensure total compliance with the Quality Management System, lead key initiatives, and align the function with business goals to support 2x growth of the business year-over-year.
- Leadership and Mentorship: Use experience and expertise to perform assigned tasks, provide leadership to quality inspectors, mentor and train them, and ensure their continuous skill enhancement.
- Quality Metrics Ownership: Own quality metrics including COQ, FPY, DPU, escaping defects, customer issue resolution, on-time qualification, etc. for the product line.
- Digitization and Lean Initiatives: Work closely with the AME Team to manage digitization of key quality metrics, deployment of the Quality module in MES, and support lean initiatives (re-layout/resource optimization/automation, etc.).
- Calibration Management: Manage calibration of all gauges/instruments/fixtures, deploy smart gauges (Bluetooth enabled) to help accelerate digitization of manufacturing operations.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Diploma in in Mechanical or Production Engineering from a reputed college /university
- 4-6 years hands on experience in Quality, Preferred NDT.
- Shall be willing to work in shifts to meet the organisational goals.
- The candidate shall be highly energetic and passionate with positive attitude. He shall be able to explain clearly business drivers and organisational objectives to team
Preferred qualifications
- Ability to diverse activities simultaneously. Knowledge of 5S, Lean and Six Sigma Methodology.
- Experience in Documenting internal audits and other quality assurance activities, evaluate audit findings, and implement appropriate corrective actions
Benefits and support
- Relocation assistance
About GE Aerospace
GE Aerospace is a world-leading provider of jet engines, turboprops, and integrated systems for commercial, military, business, and general aviation. Following the historical transformation and spin-offs of the broader General Electric conglomerate, the company operates as a pure-play aerospace and defense leader. It powers a vast installed base of commercial and military aircraft globally while heavily investing in next-generation propulsion, additive technologies, and sustainable flight.
- Industry
- Aerospace
- Company size
- 57000 employees
- Founded
- 1917
- Location
- Evendale, Ohio, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Rahul Ghai
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mohamed Ali
President and CEO, Commercial Engines & Services
Amy Gowder
President and CEO, Defense and Systems
Christian Meisner
Chief Human Resources Officer
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