Design Assurance – Compliance & Requirement Robustness Engineer

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Product Development Design Assurance is a global team within Product Developments Vehicle Hardware Engineering (VHE) and Vehicle Systems Engineering and Testing (VSET) organization. Our mission is to enhance the PD Compliance Demonstration Report (CDR) engineering process through greater discipline and execution leading to better performance in warranty and field service this role you will be responsible for providing focus on robust delivery of evidence for regulatory compliance on all vehicle programs.

In this position...

• Provide focus on robust delivery of evidence for regulatory compliance on vehicle programs within Global Vehicle Hardware Engineering (VHE) Design Assurance.
• Coach and Lead local PD engineering teams on the Compliance Demonstration Plan & Report (CDP&R) delivery to support program requirements and ensure GPDS milestone standards are maintained.
• Engage ASO SMEs and core PD SMEs as required to deliver regulatory requirements.

What youll do...

• Support and maintain key quality metrics on Compliance Demonstration Report delivery.
• Maintain and improve Compliance Demonstration Report quality dashboard and the Compliance Demonstration Report quality data mining process.
• Deliver quarterly Compliance Demonstration Report metrics to the functional teams at the VHE VP BPR.
• Attend Regulatory PAT meetings to collaborate on questions concerning Engineering Compliance Demonstration Plan & Report submissions.
• Support functional Design Quality Reviews to communicate key Compliance Demonstration Report quality metrics and identify systemic Compliance Demonstration Report issues.
• Lead Compliance Demonstration Report review for accuracy and completeness.
• Identify Compliance Demonstration Report error states and improvement actions during reviews. Review the steps required to verify a complete Compliance Demonstration Report submission.
• Support E&SC cascade of requirements. This includes communication with the D&R Tech Specialist and E&SC when updates are needed to complete a robust Compliance Demonstration Report package. Elevate any major issues to management team.
• Maintain Compliance Demonstration Report review progress and manage timing and milestone deliverables for the programs. Complete assessments and communicate with ASO SMEs technical specialist and engineers of any questionable and/or missing information.
• Collaborate with Automotive Safety Office Embedded Functional Experts on systemic Compliance Demonstration Report error states.
• Coordinate NHTSA internal vehicle audits as requested by the Automotive Safety Office including ordering vehicles interfacing with VEV test planner to execute test plan attend all testing and maintain test reports. Communicate progress/results to PD functional teams.
• Support vehicle Fresh Eye Reviews as required.

Youll have

• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Automotive or Electrical Engineering or related field
• Regulatory Compliance or Automotive Safety Office knowledge.
• Process disciplined; Follow standardized processes and procedures.
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills including relationship building and conflict resolution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Even better you may have...

• Experience of collaborating with cross functional teams.
• Analytical Mindset; Excellent numerical and analytical skills.
• Proficient in Excel PowerPoint Word SharePoint.

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve outlined but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company we encourage you to apply!

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Immediate medical dental vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days paid parental leave new parent ramp-up programs subsidized back-up child care and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement fertility treatments 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 Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: position is a range of salary grades 5-8 .

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