Reliability and Robustness Technical Specialist Steering and Suspension

Job-: PD Operations and Quality

Location:

Dearborn, MI, United States Workplace:
Hybrid

Schedule:

Full time Posted:
Closes:
We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

At Ford, the Vehicle Hardware Engineering teams are using Design Thinking & User Experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that will delight our customers. Our employees are laser-focused on bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. From autonomy and electrification to smart mobility technologies, our teams around the world are working together with excitement to make smart vehicles for a smart world.

This is a Technical Expert position focused on delivery of Best-In-World reliability with emphasis on high time in service.
Focus will be on key stress factors driving high time in service performance and driving those factors into component and system test regiment.

Qualifications You'll have...BS-Engineering required.
10+ years of professional experience in an automotive steering and suspension environment.

Even better, you may have...MS-Engineering preferred.

Extensive component engineering design & release experience

Thorough understanding of reliability science and test methods

Extensive experience creating and managing DFMEA/PFMEA/SCCAF/Control Plans/ drawings.

Experience with CAE tools and methods.

Required leadership skills - quality focused as #1 priority, innovative, excellent communicator, strong organizational skills , highly motivated self-starter.

Demonstrated ability to forge productive relationships, achieve cooperation, and influence priorities of technical experts and other key partners.

Technical depth in system, system architecture and mechanical design

Advanced problem-solving skills.

Strong leadership skills, passion for quality, passion for customer – inherent self-starter with strong drive for results.

Familiarity with 6-sigma tools

Position requires occasional travel to assembly plants and other global chassis engineering centers to support new process development, issue resolution, and Design and Release engineer training.

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 change maker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or 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 Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range…