Global Sign-Off - Closures & HLM TS

Ford Motor Company•Dearborn, MI

31d

About The Position

This Technical Expert role within Closures & HLM, Vehicle Hardware Engineering, Body Exterior, is an individual contributor leadership role responsible for the strategic development, maintenance and execution of the technical review and signoff process for the global organization. In this role, you will serve as the lead for the technical review structure and cadence for all in-flight products globally. This will include managing a signoff review cadence for programs with appropriate application and core teams based on content at intervals relative to milestone dates (UPV0 through OKTB). In addition, you will support and mentor the global organization by facilitating structured problem-solving methods for resolution of technical issues for both in-flight development and ongoing production, driving robust issue closure in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

Frequent global travel to various Ford and supplier locations to facilitate signoff reviews and issue resolution.
Act as technical architect for Closures & HLM product reviews and signoffs on a global scale.
Develop and maintain a key dates lookahead file that coordinates signoff reviews with program gateways/milestones based on program scale/change content.
Generate FEDE status reports (DVP & FMA) for program status to milestone deliverables (UPV0-OKTB).
Develop and maintain signoff scorecard templates for deployment to application teams. Manage the organization of completed scorecards in appropriate storage repository.
Lead structured problem-solving methods and activities, utilizing 8D, 3x5 why and other tools to facilitate clear and concise communication of complex technical issues.
Act as technical resource internally & externally on component & vehicle systems. Provide technical support to global teams.
Analyze designs during the development process & address any potential failures & error states.
Support Campaign Prevention activities for closures systems.
Guide development of system tools, methods & processes.
Support development & ongoing maintenance of commodity specific standards, specifications & verification methods.
Lead design reviews based on Failure Mode Avoidance (FMA).
Support & drive prevent recurrence process for closures systems & components.
Recommend and support the development & verification of applications for new & advanced designs.
Share & present work to cross-functional teams and executive leadership.