STA Site Engineer

The candidate will work collaboratively within Ford and multiple supplier partners to launch Vehicle systems and commodities including body exterior, vehicle and battery structures, frames, underbody, powertrain, electrical and Body Interior commodities for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) and Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles for Ford Blue and Model-e programs. The candidate will be responsible for industrializing and managing Quality, Capacity and resolving production delivery issues for new model programs launches and “in-series” production programs. Depending on your assigned supplier site locations, flexibility to travel within US/Canada and Mexico is required.

What you'll do…

• Drive Flawless Launches at assigned supplier sites, collaborating with cross-functional team through adherence Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Supplier Quality Issue Resolution, escalate significant issues promptly and provide “date to green” plan and lead in Launch Readiness Reviews.
• Conduct onsite evaluations for priority commodities per Global Product Develop System (GPDS) supplier engagement process for new programs and delivery of PPAP in-line with program timing.
• Review supplier incremental capital and tooling work plans compliance to PPAP requirements and launch new equipment / tooled end items on time with quality and at rate 
• Support Capacity Purchasing team with capacity studies interfacing with suppliers and Ford cross-functional teams
• Drive capacity/uplift actions implementation with suppliers in-line with the GCP study requirements
• Drive supplier process capacity issue resolution as needed, and production constraint risk mitigation working with Ford and Supplier teams and manage “date to green” work plan
• Review supplier Capacity Analysis Reports (CAR) for compliance to uplift capacity requirements
• Drive robust supplier Failure Mode Avoidance through Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA), SCCAF, Control Plan reviews, manufacturing feasibility reviews and health chart deployment as applicable
• Drive supplier manufacturing health chart compliance and support development of new manufacturing health charts
• Drive suppliers for special process compliance with the support of Ford Technical Specialists
• Drive continuous improvement in manufacturing excellence with the assigned sites through Manufacturing Site Assessment (Q1-MSA) deployment, Q1 attainment/retention and supplier training as required
• Drive deployment and improvement of quality performance requirements (Q1, QR, TGW, R/1000, CPU) through Warranty Reduction, Benchmarking, Lean Manufacturing, Global 8D methodology, PFMEA, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (Gage R&R), as required
• Drive new supplier site evaluation and supplier risk assessment for new sourcing and mitigation actions
• Drive closure of supplier process quality issues related to Stop Ship/Build, BSAQ projects, and Field Action Stop Ship/Prevent Action
• Identify Manufacturing and quality gaps and establish/monitor Continuous Improvement Action Plans (CIAPs).
• Drive new supplier site evaluation and supplier risk assessment for new sourcing and mitigation actions
• Drive closure of supplier process quality issues related to Stop Ship/Build, BSAQ projects, and Field Action Stop Ship/Prevent Action
• Drive compliance to all organizational and corporate training requirements and Supplier Improvement Metrics and Process Compliance.
• Travel within USA, MX, Canada depending on assigned supplier site locations. 

You'll have …

• Bachelor of Science/Engineering or academic equivalent 
• Knowledge of Problem Solving, Quality systems (ex. SIM, IATF) and tools
• As a Supplier Technical Assistance (STA) Engineer, you will be responsible for industrializing and managing quality and capacity of commodities are Tier 1 Supplier sites for new model program launches and in-series production. New model program launches include, Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV), Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles (ICE) and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV). Depending on you assigned Supplier sites and locations, flexibility to travel within the USA, Mexico and Canada is required. Travel flexibility is necessary of up to 80%, and as needed
• Be proficient in English, both written and oral when working with global teams. 
• Possess the ability to prepare and present technical and industrial presentations
• Flexibility to Travel US/Canada/Mexico 

Even better, you may have...

• Knowledge of manufacturing processes(es), tooling, and assembly of the responsible vehicle system & component commodities:
  • Prefer Lighting, Mechanisms, Glass, Exterior Plastic Exterior / or Stamping commodities.
• Demonstrated experience with Tooling, Assembly, Stamping, welding, metal/plastic joining technologies, Injection Molding, Electronics Mfg., Painting, and/or Machining
• Manufacturing Management and/or Program Management experience in an industrial operations environment. 

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.