PVT Engineer

Ford Motor • Chicago, IL

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The PVT Engineer works on Ford’s Plant Vehicle Team at the Chicago Assembly Plant, supporting the Explorer, Aviator, and Explorer Interceptor programs. The role owns fixed and moveable glass quality and troubleshoots issues in real time. Within Product Development, the engineer serves as a first line of defense for vehicle quality by investigating root causes and helping improve product quality. The position focuses on current-model quality improvements, collaboration across design, manufacturing, and suppliers, and support for plant quality activities and issue resolution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• At least 3 years of experience with quality containment and corrective action processes, including root cause analysis and driving interim and permanent corrective actions.
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience with quality and engineering systems such as GSAR, JIRA, QED, AIMS, WERS, and IRIS/SIMPSN, or demonstrated ability to quickly learn new systems.

Nice To Haves

• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt knowledge, with a proven record applying rigorous root cause analysis methodologies such as 8D, 3-Legged 5 Whys, and Is/Is-Not Analysis to resolve complex quality issues.
• Direct, hands-on engineering experience in a high-volume automotive final assembly plant supporting new-model launches, line trials, stop-ship/stop-build containment, and First-Time-Through issue resolution.

Responsibilities

• Deliver current-model quality improvement projects to achieve warranty and cost objectives, with support from core and VFG leaders.
• Collaborate with VRT counterparts to drive improvements related to design, manufacturing, and supplier issues.
• Lead plant trials for quality, cost, and supplier improvements.
• Support the plant in resolving stop-ships and stop-builds, campaigns, quality issues, ergonomics issues, and First-Time-Through (FTT) issues.
• Support plant quality meetings, VRT report-outs, and Plant Vehicle Quality Reviews.
• Initiate and support Worldwide Engineering Release System (WERS) Concerns (CR) and alerts for design changes and plant trials.
• Own fixed and moveable glass quality and troubleshoot issues in real time.
• Investigate root causes and help continuously improve vehicle quality.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new-parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup child care.
• Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level