Problem Resolution and Prevent Recurrence Engineer

at  Ford Motor Company

If good is just never good enough for you, Ford Quality shares your passion for striving for perfection. We’re responsible for driving the continuous improvement efforts that enable Ford to deliver the highest quality products and services. Help us drive operational excellence through such innovative, proprietary initiatives as our Global Product Development System, Quality Operating System and New Model Launch. Work cross-functionally and closely with integrated teams in Manufacturing, Product Development, Purchasing, Marketing, Sales and Service.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• BS degree in Engineering required.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in Product Design with component/system design development.
• Demonstrated experience with the use/development of test methodologies to demonstrate product robustness or failure rate improvement (Design-of-Experiments, A vs. B testing, Test-to-failure, Degradation analysis, and/or Signal-to-Noise methodologies)

DESIRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Engineering MS degree or higher
• Reliability Engineering degree (BS or MS)
• Certified 6-Sigma Black Belt/master Black Belt (DMAIC or DFSS)
• Experience in a Quality and/or testing Organization
• 6-Sigma trained. Certification preferred but not required. If not a Certified 6-Sigma Green/Black Belt, evidence must be provided on problem-solving capabilities
• Working understanding of Functional requirements, failure mode effects, causes, severity and detection methods (DFMEAs)
• Ability to develop clear working level documents and management presentations as well as clear/concise communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage several unique tasks simultaneously.
• Ability and willingness to travel to both Ford and supplier domestic and foreign locations.
• Electric Vehicle or Software Experience.
  You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we’ve outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

• Lead engineering teams in determining root cause(s), robust/verified interim containment actions (ICA), robust/verified permanent containment actions (PCA) and Prevent Recurrence actions (PRAs) for test, launch and post-launch product failures.
• Develop/update verification methodologies capable of demonstrating failure rate improvements
• Lead the identification and cascade of lessons learned by ensuring product DFMEAs, Design Rules, Test methods and or corporate processes are updated.
• Provide the Product Development organization with statistical and problem solving support including assisting with 6-Sigma methodology training.
• Deliver project presentations to senior management accomplishments, conclusions, and lessons learned.