PVT Engineer

In this position

The Plant Vehicle Team (PVT) Engineer is a member of Ford Motor Companys Product Development organization. The PVT Engineer is first line of defense with regards to quality. The PVT Engineer has several responsibilities associated with analyzing and improving the Quality of the vehicles.

What youll do

Review incoming warranty claims data on a daily basis review customer and dealership comments bin claims into proper binning categories contact dealership/s for parts and repair diagnoses participate in customer call back to ensure proper understanding of customer feedback review returned parts for root cause analyses and develop Interim Containment and Permanent Corrective Actions.

Support assembly plant with Stop Ships/Stop Builds Campaigns Audits Root Cause Analysis and other Quality related tasks.

Lead engineering commodity changes for future minor product launches and lead cost reduction actions in current production vehicles.

Support Variability Reduction Team (VRT) for specific sub-systems and work closely with Supplier partners for subsystem components to address quality concerns

Lead engineering trials and the implementation of running changes for the sub-system

Issue engineering Alerts and initiate and/or pursue authorization of engineering Concerns for product changes to support Quality objectives

Engage technical experts and functional team members for driving resolution and in developing corrective actions to improve product Quality

Maintain sub-system or Vehicle Functional Group (VFG) level Quality documents (SAQ Top 20 concerns)

Make presentations to various levels of upper management (weekly VRT report out Vehicle Quality Reviews Engineering Managers reviews)

Youll have

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering BSME preferred
• Ford Warranty systems knowledge of ECB BSAQ GSAR
• Demonstrated Technical Problem-Solving Skills
• Strong understanding of body and / or EDS automotive systems
• Ability to establish a systems engineering approach to problem solving
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools for documentation and presentation
• Engineering Problem Solving; root cause identification and analysis developing Containment Actions and Permanent Corrective Actions
• Working in a fast-paced challenging environment.

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!

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 builderor all of the above No matter what you choose we offer a work life that works for you including:

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 grade 8.

Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position.
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