Hybrid Plant Vehicle Team Engineer – Powertrain, Underbody Systems

at Ford Motor Company

• Job title: Plant Vehicle Team Engineer – Powertrain, Underbody Systems
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: CA$74,000 - CA$124,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Oakville, Canada

About the role

• Plant Vehicle Team Engineer overseeing quality objectives and process improvements for Ford's vehicle manufacturing. Collaborating with cross-functional teams on innovative solutions in Oakville, Ontario.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive cascaded functional quality objectives by identifying, escalating, and resolving chronic and new warranty concerns.
• Lead and oversee Issue Resolution and Insights System (IRIS) warranty binning and analysis.
• Lead and support cross-functional teams to identify root causes, implement effective corrective actions, and drive sustainable process improvements for function concerns.
• Prepare and present structured problem-solving documentation to support issue resolution in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Document problem solving progress using Single-Issue Management & Problem-Solving Nexus (SIMPSN) system.
• Support and present issue findings in plant quality meetings, Functional Quality Reviews (FQR), Director Quality Reviews (DQR), and Vehicle Quality Reviews (VQR) as necessary.
• Serve as the Product Development representative for urgent plant containment activities and develop inspection and repair instructions as required.
• Partner with manufacturing and quality teams to understand daily End of Line (EOL) and First Time Through (FTT) functional inhibitors and drive effective containment and corrective actions.
• Assist in the diagnosis and resolution of vehicle issues identified during in-plant testing or inspection.
• Support Change Control activities by coordinating and executing in-plant trials for design/supplier changes and assessing impacts to quality and production performance.
• Support launch teams during major vehicle and component launches and drive resolution of any post-OKTB issues.
• Lead assigned minor product launches in alignment with functional and plant leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree of Science in Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical or related discipline.
• 2+ years of experience in Product Development; Quality; Manufacturing Engineering.
• Immediate availability to travel to the United States, if required.
• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline (preferred).
• Six-Sigma Training (Black Belt or Green Belt Certification) (preferred).
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment to support quick decision-making (preferred).
• Excellent leadership, teamwork, communication, and organizational skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams (preferred).
• Self-starter with ability to work autonomously (preferred).

Benefits

• Individuals may be eligible to participate in our Annual Compensation bonus program