Responsibilities

• Lead the Cockpit and Interior Team Engineering Application Section
• Responsible for the design and release of Ford US and Mexico engineering
• Ensure high-quality delivery to GPDS milestones
• Apply engineering disciplines to avoid failures, including DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plans, PDP, and ES specifications
• Lead the team in the design and development of interior components, ensuring they meet vehicle attributes, including cost, weight, quality, and functional attributes
• Review and approve cockpit and trim designs to ensure delivery to component ES and vehicle requirements
• Resolve durability, assembly, and functional issues identified
• Coach, mentor, and guide engineers within the Section
• Deliver focused MCR, TVM, Warranty reduction, and benchmarking of cockpit and trim components
• Lead the team onsite 4+ days per week in the GTBC Mexico Office

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required
• Master's degree in engineering or business preferred
• 5 years of PD Engineering experience, specifically in GPDS forward model programs
• Thorough understanding of Interior component designs and experience with interfacing systems (Exterior, Electrical, P/T, EV)
• Advanced problem-solving skills and high technical aptitude
• Demonstrated history in successfully leading cross-functional teams
• Natural ability to build productive relationships, achieve cooperation, and influence priorities of technical experts and other key partners
• Ability to manage/resolve urgent launch concerns
• Strong skills in project planning and management - experience in managing large complex projects
• Strong oral/written communication skills to lead group projects, issue resolution, and management reviews
• Demonstrated ability to apply engineering disciplines for failure mode avoidance (FMA)
• Strong leadership skills, passion for quality, passion for customer - inherent self-starter with strong drive for results
• Position requires simultaneous management of multiple complex and urgent issues
• Demonstrated proficiency in engineering disciplines: DVP&R, DFMEA, 8D, Process Controls, Reliability, and System Engineering Fundamentals
• Knowledgeable in GPDS: UNVx, TDJ/TDC, DCV, PEC/FEC, and launch process
• Proficient in WERS, AIMS, AVBOM, BSAQ, GPIRS, DVA, and TeamCenter Engineering
• Able to travel and support final assembly plants and supplier sites when required during project delivery
• Lead team onsite 4+ days per week in GTBC Mexico Office

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Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities

In this position, you will be responsible for:

• Understanding daily warranty claim reports by participating in binning meetings and leading to resolution working with a cross-functional team.
• Understanding Daily End of Line (EOL) & Customer Acceptance Line (CAL) and First Time Through (FTT) inhibitors related to subsystem and driving containment and corrective action.
• Ensuring quality control management updates for subsystem are maintained and adjusted as outcome of External / Internal Indicator. Managing Heat maps for the subsystem to ensure all critical Workstations are identified for improvement opportunities.
• Conducting Control plan audits to ensure frequency, sampling to achieve Process capability on Key Critical Characteristics related to subsystem.
• Owning the Quality and the capability of the manufacturing processes within the Assembly department.
• Applying engineering principles and analytical techniques to drive continuous improvement to manufacturing processes as per the Ford Production System (FPS).
• Leading development of interim and permanent corrective actions to resolve quality issues using 8D methodology and structured problem-solving tools.
• Playing an integral role in the Launch Quality Operating System initiatives & Launch process by establishing and monitoring quality target levels at the workstation level for each build phase to validate workstations readiness.
• Conducting process audits to ensure process adheres to Vehicle Operations guidelines and specific process standards in line with FPS.
• Acting as team leader in resolving assembly related concerns. Leading variability reduction and lean manufacturing initiatives and best practices.
• Supporting ISO 14001 compliance and supporting internal ISO auditing and compliance as required.
• Leading development of solutions for throughput constraints.
• Managing and directing statistical process control activities related to subsystem.
• Reviewing internal/external suppliers for critical characteristic process compatibility.
• Supporting efficiency planning to ensure workstations are properly set up with quality risks identified and addressed.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Technology or related discipline.
• Master’s degree in engineering or related discipline is an asset.

Experience

• Minimum 3 years of manufacturing experience in quality or technology.
• Previous leadership or supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of or experience with:
• 8D and 5Why corrective action and problem-solving
• Lean Tools – 5S, Kanban, Poka-yoke, and Value Stream Mapping
• Total Quality Management (TQM) and Kaizen Methods
• Visual Factory Management
• Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/Outlook)
• Experience using error proofing systems
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), and Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Factory Information System Management
• Quality Leadership System (QLS)
• Based Single Agenda for Quality (BSAQ)
• Web Based Data Management (WBDM
• Global System for Analytics and Reporting (GSAR
• Six Sigma Certification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Models outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills.
• Able to think critically and troubleshoot to deliver industry leading quality
• Highly committed to process improvement and innovative solutions with a customer-first mindset.
• Demonstrates inclusion and values diversity.
• Perseverance and tenacity to drive results.

Benefits

• The expected annual salary range for this position is $74,000.00 - $124,000.00 and individuals may be eligible to participate in our Annual Compensation bonus program.
• Successful candidates will be required to provide proof of degree completion for the highest level of education attained. If the degree was obtained from a school outside of Canada, an Education Credential Assessment report showing Canadian equivalency is also required.

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