Technical Writer/Documentation Engineer, Ford Energy

Ford • Dearborn, MI

6d • $74,300 - $166,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Technical Documentation Engineer owns the creation, control, and governance of technical quality documentation across the Ford Energy Quality organization. Rigorous documentation is the backbone of audit-readiness, certification maintenance, and organizational knowledge retention — this role ensures that DFMEA/PFMEA records, test reports, RCA documentation, and quality process standards are consistent, traceable, current, and instantly retrievable when needed for an audit, certification review, or internal investigation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Technical Writing, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience with document control systems and technical writing in a regulated engineering environment.
• Strong attention to detail and process discipline.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with document control in a certified quality management system (ISO 9001, IATF 16949, or similar).
• Familiarity with PLM-integrated document control workflows.
• Experience supporting external audits (customer, regulatory, or certification body) in a documentation-lead capacity.
• Document control software (SharePoint, MasterControl, Windchill DCM)
• PLM system integration
• MS Office/technical writing tools

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain technical documentation standards and templates for quality processes, test reports, and engineering records.
• Establish document numbering, classification, and metadata conventions to ensure consistency across the organization.
• Partner with engineering and quality teams to standardize templates for DFMEA/PFMEA, test reports, and RCA records and ensure alignment between all documents.
• Manage document control processes, including revision history, approval workflows, and archival, in coordination with the PLM Engineer.
• Administer document review and approval cycles, ensuring appropriate stakeholder sign-off before release.
• Maintain obsolescence/retirement processes for superseded documentation.

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: Mid Level