Metallurgist

*Job Purpose*

To ensure metallurgical quality and process compliance of raw materials and special processes, including heat treatment, hot forging, plating, coating, and welding, in accordance with customer requirements, IATF 16949, CQI standards, and applicable specifications.

*Key Responsibilities*

1. *_Heat Treatment & CQI-9_*

Monitor heat treatment processes, including hardening, tempering, annealing, and carburizing.

Ensure compliance with CQI-9 requirements, perform assessments, and maintain process records.

Verify furnace calibration, temperature uniformity surveys (TUS), system accuracy tests (SAT), hardness, microstructure, and case depth.

2. _*Steel Mill & Raw Material Quality*_

Evaluate steel mill test certificates (MTC), chemical composition, mechanical properties, and material grades.

Ensure raw material compliance with drawings, customer specifications, and IATF 16949 requirements.

Coordinate material testing, traceability, supplier audits, and rejection analysis.

*_3. Hot Forging Process_*

Monitor forging temperature, heating conditions, die conditions, and process parameters.

Analyze forging defects such as cracks, laps, seams, scale, and improper grain flow.

Ensure metallurgical integrity and conduct microstructure and mechanical property evaluations.

*4. Plating & Coating Processes*

Monitor electroplating, zinc plating, phosphating, and other specified surface treatments.

Verify coating thickness, adhesion, corrosion resistance, and hydrogen embrittlement control where applicable.

Ensure compliance with customer specifications and applicable CQI-11/CQI-12 requirements.

*5. Welding Process*

Monitor welding parameters, consumables, and applicable welding procedures.

Evaluate weld defects, penetration, hardness, microstructure, and weld integrity as required.

Support welding process validation and compliance with customer-specific requirements.

*6. Quality Systems & IATF Compliance*

Maintain process documentation, control plans, PFMEA, work instructions, and inspection records.

Support internal audits, customer audits, supplier assessments, and corrective actions.

Apply 8D, 5-Why, and root cause analysis for metallurgical failures and customer complaints.

*7. Testing & Failure Analysis*

Conduct or coordinate hardness testing, tensile testing, metallography, chemical analysis, and dimensional or coating-related evaluations as applicable.

Investigate material and process failures and implement preventive actions.

Coordinate with production, suppliers, and customers to ensure continual improvement.

*Required Qualifications & Experience*

*Qualification:* B.E./B.Tech in Metallurgy, Materials Science, or Mechanical Engineering with relevant metallurgical experience.

*Experience:* 610 years in automotive components or manufacturing, preferably involving special processes.

*Knowledge:* IATF 16949, CQI-9, CQI11, CQI12, CQI15 & steel grades, heat treatment, forging, plating, coating, welding, and metallurgical testing.

*Skills:* Technical problem-solving, supplier quality management, audit handling, failure analysis, and report preparation