About the role

  • Plant Vehicle Team Engineer overseeing quality objectives and process improvements for Ford's vehicle manufacturing. Collaborating with cross-functional teams on innovative solutions in Oakville, Ontario.

Responsibilities

  • Own and drive cascaded functional quality objectives by identifying, escalating, and resolving chronic and new warranty concerns.
  • Lead and oversee Issue Resolution and Insights System (IRIS) warranty binning and analysis.
  • Lead and support cross-functional teams to identify root causes, implement effective corrective actions, and drive sustainable process improvements for function concerns.
  • Prepare and present structured problem-solving documentation to support issue resolution in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
  • Document problem solving progress using Single-Issue Management & Problem-Solving Nexus (SIMPSN) system.
  • Support and present issue findings in plant quality meetings, Functional Quality Reviews (FQR), Director Quality Reviews (DQR), and Vehicle Quality Reviews (VQR) as necessary.
  • Serve as the Product Development representative for urgent plant containment activities and develop inspection and repair instructions as required.
  • Partner with manufacturing and quality teams to understand daily End of Line (EOL) and First Time Through (FTT) functional inhibitors and drive effective containment and corrective actions.
  • Assist in the diagnosis and resolution of vehicle issues identified during in-plant testing or inspection.
  • Support Change Control activities by coordinating and executing in-plant trials for design/supplier changes and assessing impacts to quality and production performance.
  • Support launch teams during major vehicle and component launches and drive resolution of any post-OKTB issues.
  • Lead assigned minor product launches in alignment with functional and plant leadership.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree of Science in Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical or related discipline.
  • 2+ years of experience in Product Development; Quality; Manufacturing Engineering.
  • Immediate availability to travel to the United States, if required.
  • Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline (preferred).
  • Six-Sigma Training (Black Belt or Green Belt Certification) (preferred).
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment to support quick decision-making (preferred).
  • Excellent leadership, teamwork, communication, and organizational skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams (preferred).
  • Self-starter with ability to work autonomously (preferred).

Benefits

  • Individuals may be eligible to participate in our Annual Compensation bonus program

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

CA$74,000 - CA$124,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

HybridOakvilleCanada

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