Ford Motor Company · 1 day ago
PVT Engineer - OHAP
Avon Lake, OH
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expFord Motor Company is focused on redefining the future of mobility and is seeking a PVT Engineer to join their Product Development organization. The PVT Engineer will be responsible for ensuring functional system quality in vehicle manufacturing, addressing quality issues, and supporting change management and launch processes.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesManufacturingTransportation
Responsibilities
Own cascaded functional quality objectives (R/1000 and CPU). Cut-off and contain issues before they leave assembly plants. Solve chronic and acute quality issues to establish real corrective actions
Lead Issue Resolution and Insights System (IRIS) warranty binning and analysis. Contact dealers to gather repair understanding. Use sound engineering judgement to help review part returns and determine next steps
Support the Variability Reduction Team (VRT) meetings with manufacturing co-leads
Support and present issue findings in quality forums, including Functional Quality Reviews (FQR), Director Quality Reviews (DQR), plant quality meetings, and Vehicle Quality Reviews (VQR) as required
Prepare functional problem-solving documents to support issue resolution with cross-functional team members (CCC 6-Panel, 8-D, 5 Why, Fishbone, etc.)
Supplier support - timing plans, PPAP review, robustness actions both for Ford and to help reduce quality rejects (QRs). Lead is Ford’s Supplier Technical Assistant (STA) Resident or STA Central Quality
Supplier QOS support - includes regular supplier site visits for key/ problem suppliers. Lead is STA Central Quality, along with Site STA
Stop Ship support and prevention: Identify issues, coordinate subject matter experts, advise severity and next steps/containment, interface with Ford’s critical concern review group (CCRG). Prepare repair procedures for units contained at the assembly plant
SIMPSN (6-Sigma / 8D) project lead and Problem Resolution for low time in service warranty (except Supplier Quality)- communication and coordination with VFG/Plant/Others, author projects, manage implementation, calculate impact, manage function warranty forecast
STA support - help review 8Ds on select high-impact issues, help author BSAQ projects and close them out, advise and monitor supplier robustness changes. Lead is STA Central Quality
Plant issues - support/provide IQ direction (what/where to measure, etc), process walk support and advise QOSC/QPIP, ICA implementation until permanent corrective action (PCA) is available. PCA lead will be the design & release (D&R) engineer for Design, STA for Supplier Quality, and the VRT for plant-related issues
Support Plant FTT improvements
Lead in-plant trials for design driven Engineering Change Notice (ECN) changes and assess impact to quality and production. Provide input as part of PPAP completion
Lead in-plant trials for supplier driven changes and assess impact to quality and production. Provide input back to component suppliers as part of PPAP completion
Review and sign-off on supplier requests for component changes (SREA), run trials as required
TVM support (ECN, trials, issue clean up, PPAP completion) PPAP
Major launch - Support launch team prior to OKTB + 30 days and transition to lead on issue resolution post OKTB + 30 days
Minor launch - May lead some selected small-scale programs/added starters upon agreement with OPD/PVT Leadership
AIMS/DEMS - Lead for minor launches, support for major launches and take the lead after OKTB
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (mechanical, electrical, etc.)
5+ years experience /Quality/Program Engineering
Company
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