CMM​/Quality Technician

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Your career begins at Cone Drive Operations, a Timken company! Cone Drive is located in beautiful Traverse City, Michigan and boasts nearly 100 years of success in the gearing industry.

If you're ready for a challenging career that provides you with the ability to advance personally and professionally, look to Cone Drive. Our associates make the world more productive by improving the efficiency and reliability of the machinery that keeps industry in motion.

The CMM/Quality Technician supports the Ludington operation, balancing responsibilities between ownership of warranty assessment, program quality, and technical support, including CMM programming and management of non-conforming material.

• Manage Warranty Processing for Ludington products (receive complaint,  cause, provide disposition on outcome and write/distribute report)
• Program Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) for new products and design revisions
• Lead Root Cause and Corrective Action for defects, scrap issues and non-conforming supplier product.
• Support activities to ensure the Quality Management System complies with ISO
  9001:2015
• Manage Layered Process Audits
• Support Continuous Improvement activities associated with the Ludington facility
• Prepare Quality Documents to support production (control plans, traceability, capability studies and inspection reports).
• Back-up Gage Management and CMM Inspections for the supporting Quality Technician

• Minimum 1 year related experience with CMM programming (5 years preferred)
• High proficiency in CMM programming using Zeiss Calypso software ideal, but open to any commercial CMM software.
• Ability to read and understand Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance, drawings, work instructions and technical specifications.
• Strong overall inspection experience.
• Problem Solving and excellent Written, Communication, Technical Skills.
• High proficiency in use of hand gages and inspection of precision components
• Experience in management of gage calibration systems

This position may require access to United States export controlled technical data (“CTD”) and hardware under the Departments of US State (ITAR) and/or Commerce (EAR). Eligible candidates are; US Citizens, Green Card holders, Asylees or others eligible to receive US export license authorizations. Candidate must be authorized to work in the US.

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Timken is a global technology leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion. Our expanding portfolio of next-generation solutions helps customers around the world improve efficiency, solve their toughest challenges, and push the boundaries of performance. We employ 19,000 people globally, operate from 45 countries, and posted $4.6 billion in sales in 2024. We have been recognized as one of America's Most Responsible Companies 5x by Newsweek and one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® 14x by Ethisphere.

• Over a century of knowledge and innovation
• A culture of top performance
• Products that contribute to a sustainable world
• A conviction to improve communities around us
• Competitive salary and benefits

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