Dimensional Systems Engineer

Expleo Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative culture

ExpleoAcademy

Competitive benefits

Team environment

Job summary

Expleo Group is seeking an experienced Dimensional Quality Engineer in Birmingham to lead upfront feasibility for BIW bodies and assemblies. You will define measurement strategies, support tooling and tolerancing, and drive dimensional maturation across vehicle launches.

You will document issues in JIRA, collaborate with suppliers, and participate in tooling reviews and calibration activities. Strong CATIA (V6) and automotive dimensional experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree, apprenticeship, or equivalent experience in dimensional systems/part quality & measurement.

Responsibilities

• Complete a full Dimensional Feasibility Assessment of the latest product design at each geometry freeze.
• Document all identified product issues into JIRA stories and engage stakeholders for resolution.
• Support Agile squad activities, attend reviews, sprint planning, daily standups, showcases and retrospectives; ensure issues are closed.
• Conduct internal/external benchmarking to gather evidence of issues or identify potential solutions.
• Document locators in CATIA V6 and update for each geometry freeze; align to Platform strategy.

Skills

Dimensional quality

CATIA (V6)

Automotive experience

MS Office

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Education

Degree, apprenticeship, or equivalent in dimensional systems/part quality & measurement

Tools

CATIA (V6)

Job description

Are you a hands-on engineering expert with real-world experience in dimensional quality?

We’re looking for engineers to be responsible for all elements of Dimensional Quality, including the upfront Dimensional Feasibility of BIW Body Structures / Closure Assembly / Systems product design, defining and delivering the Location and Measurement strategy, supporting the assembly and tooling strategy, defining part tolerancing and validating part conformance, through to the dimensional maturation of new vehicles throughout a product launch.

Responsibilities

• Complete a full Dimensional Feasibility Assessment of the latest product design at each geometry freeze. This is to include but not exclusive to Locators, Design Slip, Design rules and GD&T.
• Document all identified product issues into JIRA stories. Engage with key stakeholders to find resolution to issues.
• Support relevant Agile squad, attending cadence of reviews; sprint planning sessions, daily start-up’s, showcases and retrospectives. Drive for robust closure of all raised issues in a timely manner in readiness for next vehicle freeze. Block stories and elevate where appropriate.
• Conduct internal/external benchmarking to gather evidence of issues or to identify potential design solutions.
• Document single panel and assembly locators in Catia V6, aligning these to the Platform strategy, gauging generics and Bill of Process. Update locators in readiness for each geometry freeze.
• Create and maintain Biased and Critical Tolerance brochures. Ensuring these are aligned to the Platform strategy, and available for each stage of part sourcing.
• Support Supplier reviews to ensure dimensional requirements are understood and considered – including on-site at the supplier if required.
• Attend Tooling Design Reviews. Ensure standards have been applied, any concerns are raised and that any locator position changes are made.
• Support build and commissioning (Weekdays and weekend during peak times), with responsibility of and accountability to achieve dimensional quality targets, both process related, and product/ downstream customer related.
• Be responsible for quality performance of relevant system/zone (process and customer). Use of standard roadmaps to report improvements against deadlines.
• Develop Commissioning plans for each build phase, ensuring sufficient time to commission measurement programmes and to gather measurement data for maturation.
• Physical buy-off of assembly tooling, following the MEDOC9 process. Complete assembly tooling commissioning activities. Conduct R&R’s, identifying and resolving issues repeatability issues with tooling.
• Seek customer/system feedback, ensure timely resolution of issues on roadmap. Monitor, review, improve and report out Dimensional Metrics and Roadmaps. Problem Solve build issues, identifying Containment actions and Permanent Corrective Action.
• Support Virtual and/or Physical Matching events – Exterior Co-Ordination Fixtures (ECF) and Part Co-Ordination Fixtures (PCF)
• Raise Assembly Shifted Tolerance Requests – seeking agreement from System and Plant teams. Review Part Shifted Tolerance Requests, ensuring deviations have no detrimental impact on vehicle quality.
• Conduct Handover activities to Current Manufacturing Engineering (CME) plant team.
• Capture product, process and facilities Lessons Learnt (PR AIMs, IQM, Plant High Hurt issues)

Qualifications

• Degree, apprenticeship, or equivalent experience in dimensional systems/part quality & measurement

Essential Skills

• Great level of presentation skills at all levels.
• An ability to communicate to colleagues at all levels of the business.
• Good MS Office suite: Word, PowerPoint and Excel and experience of Microsoft O365 tools.

Experience

• Experience in dimensional systems/part quality and measurement in an automotive environment
• Experience in the use of CAD packages preferably CATIA (V6)

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and ourpeers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• ExpleoAcademy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo
• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive