Job description

Job Title: Quality Engineer – Welding Quality (MIG/TIG)
Department: Quality Assurance
Location: Bhosari, Pune
Experience: 5+ Years
Qualification: B.E./B.Tech – Mechanical Engineering

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Quality Engineer with strong hands-on experience in sheet metal MIG and TIG welding quality. The candidate will be responsible for in-process quality control, weld inspection, defect reduction, process monitoring, documentation, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform first-off, setup approval, patrol, in-process, and final inspections.

• Ensure compliance with control plans, welding standards, work instructions, and customer requirements.

• Monitor welding parameters such as current, voltage, wire feed rate, gas flow rate, travel speed, and heat input.

• Verify compliance with approved WPS and welding process settings.

• Inspect MIG/TIG weld joints and monitor defects such as porosity, lack of fusion, undercut, burn-through, cracks, spatter, and distortion.

• Perform dimensional inspection using vernier calipers, micrometers, height gauges, weld gauges, profile projectors, and CMM.

• Participate in root cause analysis using 5 Why, Why-Why, and Fishbone methods.

• Support CAPA implementation and preparation of 8D reports.

• Support visual inspection, dye penetrant testing, macro etching, and destructive testing.

• Maintain welding quality and inspection records.

• Support IATF 16949 compliance, internal audits, and layered process audits.

• Support APQP, PPAP, welding trials, parameter validation, and capability studies.

• Coordinate with Production, Maintenance, Tool Room, Process Engineering, and NPD teams.

• Support customer complaint investigations and supplier quality activities.

Required Skills

• Strong knowledge of MIG and TIG welding processes

• Sheet metal welding quality experience

• Welding symbols and GD&T

• APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, SPC, and MSA

• IATF 16949

• CMM and dimensional inspection

• Weld defect analysis and inspection techniques

• 8D, CAPA, 5 Why, and root cause analysis

Candidate Profile

• B.E./B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in sheet metal welding quality

• Hands-on exposure to MIG and TIG welding operations

• Automotive or auto-component manufacturing experience preferred

Skill Required