Hybrid Site STA – Engineer

at Ford Motor Company

• Job title: Site STA – Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Assembly, Google Cloud Platform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chennai, India

About the role

• Site STA Engineer responsible for managing supplier sites and driving quality performance improvements in India. Collaborates with global teams to ensure flawless launches and supplier compliance.

Responsibilities

• Drive Flawless Launches at assigned supplier sites, collaborating with Launch STA team (Ex: Schedule A, PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), Supplier Quality Issues resolution).
• Escalate significant issues promptly and ‘date to green’ plan to appropriate management.
• Conduct onsite evaluation visits for Priority commodities as per GPDS supplier engagement process for new programs.
• Support Capacity Purchase team in capacity studies interfacing with suppliers and Ford cross-functional teams.
• Review supplier incremental tooling work plans compliance to PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) requirements.
• Drive capacity/uplift actions implementation with suppliers inline with the GCP study requirements.
• Drive Supplier Process capacity issues resolution as needed – Production constraint risk mitigation working with Ford and Supplier teams and manage “date to green” plan.
• Monitor supply status of 24/7 roster suppliers and Blue bar status of PPAPs beyond implementation timing.
• Review supplier Capacity Analysis Reports (CAR) for compliance to uplift capacity requirements.
• Drive robust Supplier Failure Mode Avoidance through PFMEA, SCCAF, CP reviews, Manufacturing feasibility reviews and Health chart deployment as applicable.
• Drive Supplier manufacturing health chart compliance and support development of new health charts.
• Drive suppliers for Special process compliance with the support of STA Technical Specialists.
• Drive continuous improvement in manufacturing excellence with the assigned sites through Q1-MSA deployment, Q1 attainment/ retention, Health chart deployment, Supplier training as required.
• Drive deployment & improvement of Quality performance requirements (Q1, QR, TGW, R/1000, CPU), through Warranty Reduction, Benchmarking, Lean Manufacturing, G8D (Global 8 Disciplines) methodology, PFMEA (Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis), SPC (Statistical Process Control), Gage R&R (Repeatability and Reproducibility), Gage R&R (Repeatability and Reproducibility), etc.) as required.
• Drive new supplier site evaluations and Supplier Risk Assessment on new sourcing in support of GCST, identifying Risk Mitigation.
• Drive closure of supplier process Quality issues related to Stop Ship/Build, BSAQ (Balanced Single Agenda for Quality) projects and Field Action Stop Ship/Prevent Action.
• Drive compliance to all organizational and corporate training requirements and SIM process compliance

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science/ Engineering, or academic equivalent.
• Be proficient in English when working with global teams.
• Knowledge of manufacturing process(es) of the responsible component commodities.
• Knowledge of Problem Solving and Quality systems and tools
• The following commodity Experience are recommended for this role:
• Experience in development of Powertrain (Engine & Transmision) parts.
• Knowledge on overall Engine/ Transission Assembly process, Powertrain System (fuel system, cooling system, exhaust system, lubrication system, valve train).
• Experienced in Ferrous and Aluminum casting, Machining, Forging, Heat Treatment, Welding, Coating, Plating.
• Exposure to plastic injection molding, stamping process.
• Experience in CQI requirements e.g. CQI-9 (heat treatment), CQI-23 (Injection molding), CQI-15 (welding), CQI