GD&T Specialist

We are a global company with 65+ years of experience in the automotive industry. We manufacture safe and sustainable products for people around the world.

We are working for a better future where we enrich communities every day by being committed to people, innovation and our planet.

If you have what it takes to accelerate Metalsa's vision on future mobility, we want you to join the team!

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Mission

This role will be responsible for supporting the design and manufacturability of automotive frames and subframes , applying Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) from the earliest stages of product design.

The position will evaluate customer designs and translate product requirements into robust manufacturing solutions, ensuring that components, subassemblies and full assemblies can be effectively formed, welded, assembled and validated while meeting customer quality and dimensional requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and update GD&T requirements for automotive frame and subframe components and assemblies according to ASME Y14.5 , considering customer standards, process capability, repeatability and vehicle fit.
• Review customer CAD models and engineering drawings to evaluate product manufacturability across forming, stamping, welding and assembly processes.
• Create and update 2D engineering and joint drawings , ensuring alignment between product design, manufacturing processes and customer welding and quality requirements.
• Evaluate components and assemblies from a Design for Manufacturing perspective , identifying potential forming, welding, assembly and dimensional feasibility issues before product implementation.
• Define and validate datum schemes using the Six Points Locating Principle (PLP), ensuring correlation between engineering drawings and forming/assembly tooling.
• Develop engineering design information , including drawings, linear stack-ups and formability checks, to support feasibility changes and customer engineering requirements.
• Participate in product verification and weld study workshops , collaborating with Quality, Assembly, Forming and Welding teams and acting as a technical liaison between Metalsa and Customer Engineering teams.
• Support manufacturing plants during product implementation and production , helping resolve design, dimensional and manufacturability challenges.
• Contribute to GD&T standardization and continuous improvement , incorporating customer specifications, ASME Y14.5 and IATF 16949 requirements into engineering standards.

Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Automotive Engineering, Industrial Design Engineering or a related engineering field .
• Strong experience in automotive product design, CAD modeling and GD&T .
• Advanced knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) ; experience applying ASME Y14.5 standards.
• Advanced experience using NX and/or CATIA for solid modeling, surface modeling, assemblies and drafting.
• Experience creating and interpreting 2D engineering drawings, 3D CAD models, datum schemes and dimensional stack-ups .
• Knowledge of Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles applied to automotive structural components.
• Experience with automotive manufacturing processes including steel sheet stamping/forming, welding and assembly .
• Knowledge of hydroforming, roll forming and aluminum extrusion design principles is highly desirable.
• Experience with Tecnomatix Variation Analysis Simulation is desirable.
• Understanding of tooling design, process capability and Statistical Process Control (SPC) .
• Familiarity with engineering problem-solving and quality tools such as DFMEA, A3, Fishbone Diagrams, Pareto Charts and Control Charts .
• Ability to collaborate with Design, Manufacturing, Quality, Welding, Assembly and Customer Engineering teams to solve product and manufacturability challenges.
• Advanced English level , with the ability to participate in technical discussions and collaborate with global teams.