Senior Metrology Engineer

haier; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Appliances, a Haier company, seeks a Senior Metrology Engineer in Louisville, KY. You will lead metrology, dimensional quality, and GD&T capabilities across NPI and production, partnering with Design, Manufacturing, Quality, Tooling, and suppliers to ensure robust measurement systems at launch.

You will advance ADS, GD&T, scanning, CMMs, portable measurement, and digital quality tools, driving improvements and ownership across production execution.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration in NPI environments.
• Experience driving metrology and quality programs from design to production.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams to implement sustainable measurement solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide metrology leadership through the NPI process from development to production launch.
• Lead cross-functional efforts to integrate measurement systems into iNPI and DS&E processes.
• Develop and publish draft Standard Instructions for equipment qualification.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

NPI process

Tools

CMMs

PolyWorks

Dataloop

GD&T

Job description

At GE Appliances, a Haier company, we come together to make "good things, for life." As the fastest-growing appliance company in the U.S., we’re powered by creators, thinkers and makers who believe that anything is possible and that there’s always a better way. We believe in the power of our people and in giving them the freedom to explore, discover and build good things, together.

The GE Appliances philosophy, backed by three simple commitments defines the way we work, invent, create, do business, and serve our communities: we come together , we always look for a better way , and we create possibilities .

Interested in joining us on our journey?

The Senior Metrology Engineer provides technical leadership and strategic direction for GEA's 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 GEA's people, processes, and 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 GEA's metrology and dimensional analysis capabilities, including ADS, GD&T, scanning technologies, CMMs, portable measurement systems, PolyWorks, Dataloop, and related digital quality tools.

Position

Senior Metrology Engineer

Location

USA, Louisville, KY

How You'll Create Possibilities

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 GEA metrology standards and update iNPI and C-change checklists to strengthen measurement-system requirements.
• Lead metrology work-order meetings across GEA 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 within GEA.
• 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 dimen