GD&T Specialist

About the role

The GD&T Specialist supports the New Product Development (NPD) team by reviewing, validating, and improving engineering drawings to ensure they are robust, functional, and manufacturable. The role emphasizes expert review and compliance with ASME Y14.5-2018 and internal drafting standards.

Responsibilities

• Review engineering drawings for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with ASME Y14.5-2018 and internal drafting standards.
• Collaborate with Design Engineers, Project Engineers, Manufacturing, Quality, Metrology, and Suppliers to ensure practical and functional dimensioning strategies.
• Operate with minimal supervision, exercising independent technical judgment on complex, first-time, or high-risk designs.
• Support multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining a high level of detail, consistency, and engineering rigor.
• Perform detailed reviews of component, sub-assembly, and assembly drawings with emphasis on datum schemes, tolerance selection, functional dimensioning, and inspection feasibility.
• Apply GD&T with a strong focus on practical manufacturing and metrology considerations, including machining processes, inspection methods, and gaging strategies.
• Identify and resolve ambiguous, conflicting, over-constrained, or non-functional GD&T callouts.
• Evaluate tolerance stack-ups and assess functional impact on fit, form, function, and producibility.
• Ensure drawings are optimized for manufacturability and inspection, including CMM, manual gaging, and supplier inspection capabilities.
• Develop, document, and maintain NPD-focused GD&T best practices, guidelines, and standard examples.
• Create and maintain reference materials, example libraries, and training content illustrating proper and practical GD&T usage.
• Drive consistency and continuous improvement in drawing quality and GD&T application within the NPD organization.

Qualifications

• Holds an Associate’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or equivalent technical discipline OR has 10+ years of experience without a Bachelor’s degree OR 5+ years with a Bachelor’s degree in relevant roles.
• Possesses advanced expertise in GD&T with strong working knowledge of ASME Y14.5-2018 and practical application.
• Has hands-on experience applying GD&T in manufacturing and/or inspection environments. Ideally, formal GD&T certification (e.g., ASME Y14.5 Professional or equivalent).
• Experience supporting New Product Development or R&D environments.
• Experience developing engineering standards, best practices, or training materials.
• Advanced Creo / Windchill or CAD superuser experience.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance, short and long-term disability, life insurance, health club membership program and reimbursement, employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement, 401(k) annual profit sharing, vacation, air-conditioned/heated state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, and participation in the E-Verify process for all new hires. G&W Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in the E-Verify process for all new hires.