PPAP Quality Engineer at Lear responsible for project quality assurance from prototype to post - launch phases. Review prototype manufacturing, coordinate PPAP, and track customer performance metrics.
About the role
- Senior Manufacturing Engineer at GKN Aerospace supporting operational programs with zero-defect manufacturing solutions. Focusing on robust process design across materials, tooling, and fabrication.
Responsibilities
- Develop technical solutions to complex engineering problems.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain, Quality, and Production Operations to implement released engineering.
- Apply root cause analysis and corrective actions to eliminate non‑conformances.
- Lead tooling and production planning from concept through production, ensuring high process capability using GKN’s standard tool suite.
- Support product development activities including quotes, tooling estimates, first articles, configuration changes, scheduling, and process definition.
- Lead engineering teams to achieve measurable results aligned with program and value‑stream objectives.
- Maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean principles.
- Perform additional tasks as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- 6+ years of manufacturing engineering experience, including work in aerostructures manufacturing with composites and/or metallics.
- Experience with Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing.
- Knowledge of scheduling and planning tools and methodologies.
- Demonstrated success working across diverse manufacturing environments.
- Must be a U.S. Person per ITAR regulations to comply with export compliance requirements, with ability to obtain a Department of Defense security clearance if needed.
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