Quality Engineer

Kinetic Engineering; Ahmednagar; On-site; INR 400,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinetic Engineering in Maharashtra seeks a Quality Engineer with 2–5 years of experience to inspect incoming materials, verify certificates and dimensions, and ensure adherence to control plans across machining, heat treatment, and assembly.

You will conduct root cause analyses, maintain inspection records, and drive continuous improvement in a gearbox/transmission manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• 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.

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, FAI Reports, Process Inspection Records, Final Inspection Reports, NCRs, CAPA Reports, Customer Complaint Reports, Quality Dashboards.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis using 5 Why, 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.

Skills

Reading and interpreting engineering,

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Job description

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.