Reliability and Robustness TS Steering and Suspension

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more! Technical Expert position focused on delivery of Best-In-World reliability with emphasis on high time in service. Focus will be on key stress factors driving high time in service performance and driving those factors into component and system test regiment.

Requirements

• BS-Engineering required
• 10+ years of mechanical engineering experience.
• 6+ years of experience in the reliability sciences, working with suspension and steering components.
• On-site support for collaboration required targeting 4 days per week.

Nice To Haves

• MS-Engineering preferred.
• Extensive component engineering design & release experience
• Thorough understanding of reliability science and test methods
• Extensive experience creating and managing DFMEA/PFMEA/SCCAF/Control Plans/ drawings.
• Experience with CAE tools and methods.
• Required leadership skills - quality focused as #1 priority, innovative, excellent communicator, strong organizational skills , highly motivated self-starter.
• Demonstrated ability to forge productive relationships, achieve cooperation, and influence priorities of technical experts and other key partners.
• Technical depth in system, system architecture and mechanical design
• Advanced problem-solving skills.
• Strong leadership skills, passion for quality, passion for customer – inherent self-starter with strong drive for results.
• Familiarity with 6-sigma tools

Responsibilities

• Drive Suspension and Steering to Best-in-World Quality
• Key Focus on delivering High Time in Service Reliability
• Be the pre-eminent expert on how Suspension and Steering systems and components are failing at HTIS.
• Drive the implementation of reliability growth methodology for the steering and suspension teams.
• Determine key stress factors that govern high time in service failures.
• Develop new methods to gather information on Post Warranty failures, Dealer and fleet relationships, Supplier Part Sales, Social Media, etc.
• Drive key stress factors into specifications and test methods to eliminate HTIS failures collaborating with TE/SME Specification owners.
• Champion change point analysis for re-used or modified end items and ensure correct level of requirements and checks are planned as part of the program.
• Work with customer correlation and system technical specialists to align system durability verification methods for each application including a formalized engagement of connected vehicle data, vehicle platform engineering and Ford Business divisions like Ford Pro.
• Integral to Signoff of System/Subsystem/Component with specific signoff responsibility BEFORE Chief Signoff.
• Lead technical design reviews with application supervisor for System/Subsystem/Component.
• Go-To for Problem Solving – Launch, Recall, Quality / Field Issues.
• Coach, Mentor, & Train Suspension D&R engineers across all the global regions.
• Leverage CAE modelling capability to optimize quality, maximize efficiency and minimize cost.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of 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: Senior