Lead Engineer, Dimensional Metrology & Gaging

Lead Engineer, Dimensional Metrology & Gaging CAD Engineering Resources - 2.7 Troy, MI Job Details $50 - $65 an hour 1 day ago Qualifications Purchase orders Calibration Supplier management Statistical Process Control Dimensional inspection Project timeline management Dimensional measurements Presentation skills Quality control documentation Task prioritization Quality standards in production Budgeting Productivity software Manufacturing

PPAP OEM

Senior level Leadership Prototypes Project scheduling Measurement (quality control)

Full Job Description Lead Engineer, Dimensional Metrology & Gaging Location:

Troy, Michigan |

Engagement:

Contract |

Work Arrangement:

Remote (with travel as needed) A day in this role You start your morning syncing with plant Quality and Engineering contacts, aligning on gage readiness for upcoming builds. Before lunch, you review a supplier's fixture concept, ensuring it meets customer standards and internal quality criteria. Your afternoon is split between updating program timing in the corporate Prolink tooltab, approving a functional gage design change, and troubleshooting a stubborn measurement system issue on a prototype line. By day's end, you've advanced deliverables toward PPAP and prepared a quote strategy for a new RFQ—then documented SQC/SPC updates to keep everything audit-ready. What you will own Act as the technical liaison across customer plants, Quality, Engineering, and OEMs throughout the complete gage lifecycle. Apply and enforce standard engineering methods to design, build, and modify gages that satisfy customer quality requirements and best practices. Prioritize workloads, review program timing weekly, maintain status in the corporate Prolink tooltab, and conduct design reviews prior to release. Oversee gage design to ensure effective measurement techniques aligned with corporate specifications and applicable industry standards. Evaluate gage designs/builds for setup simplicity, certification, calibration, check methods, and repair in line with corporate gage standards. Support projects involving functional gages and inspection systems across service, prototype, and pilot builds. Approve component and assembly fixtures that meet plant operations and inspection method needs per customer standards. Deliver results in a collaborative environment; create timelines and deliverable lists to hit time and quality objectives. Review supplier quotes (cost, timing, delivery), write POs, set budgets, and develop a supplier base that meets cost and quality targets. Partner with PDTs and engineering teams to resolve component print issues. Contribute to documentation updates (SQC, SPC, etc.) to support functional gages. Hold approval authority for functional gage design changes and assist with dispositions for failed calibrations and R&Rs. Recommend new gage technologies and troubleshoot complex gage or measurement system malfunctions. Monitor key program deliverables from award through PPAP. Lead gage quotation efforts for new customer program RFQs. Support FTF (fast track fixtures) leveraging 3D-printed details where appropriate. What you bring Proven background with automotive interior products. Expertise in GD&T, datum strategies, gaging, manufacturing, and assembly processes; deep understanding of gage design, development, and measurement principles. Proficiency with Microsoft Office. Leadership presence with excellent written, oral, and presentation skills; thrives in team settings. Sense of urgency and comfort presenting to senior corporate leaders and customers. Willingness to travel to corporate plants, suppliers, and customer sites for on-site support. Compliance A successful candidate will be subject to a background check and must receive satisfactory results of the same, as a condition of joining the team. By applying for this role, you confirm that all information submitted is accurate and complete. You further acknowledge that providing false or fraudulent information during the application process is cause for denial of an offer, revocation of any existing offer, or other adverse action, up to and including termination after the start of your commencement of work.