Water Management Technical Specialist

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves? 

Ford’s Research and Advanced Engineering team takes new ideas from theory to reality. Every day, we develop advanced energy management and propulsion technologies, create cutting-edge materials and manufacturing processes, and curate world-class cabin experiences that redefine what it means to drive a Ford.

In this position... 
We are seeking a Global Technical Leader for Water Damage Prevention. There has been a significant increase in Ford warranty in recent years. Drastic improvements to both the quality process and the depth of technical knowledge as a corporation are needed. The process needs to become closed loop to help drive continuous improvement. We are looking for a Technical Leader that can help assimilate lessons learned from recent quality issues that have escaped to the customer as well as those caught late in the program by the full vehicle water tests. This leader will need to decompose the vehicle level attribute to subsystem and component reliability requirements, validation processes, and methods to deliver water attribute goals.

What you'll do...
Create a closed loop system for Water Management by tracking issues, technical failure modes, and process escape points found on all vehicles in the field, as measured by warranty, in order to ensure component failure modes found in field are mapped to correct systemic prevents from vehicle, component, and system.

Create a closed loop system for Water Management by tracking issues, technical failure modes, and process escape points found in full vehicle water testing in order to drive their prevents from proving ground testing into system and component tests, processes, requirements and DVMs.

Use technical background, understanding of global technical outlook, and historic technical leadership roles to identify technical expert needs for the global Water Management team.

You'll have... 
Bachelors Degree in Engineering.
10+ years of experience with full vehicle automotive attribute development resulting in a strong knowledge of system interactions and their impact to the full vehicle and other systems.
6+ years of experience in Water Management.
 

Even better, you may have...
3 years or more of experience with problem solving methodologies and Quality Tools (FMEA, DOE, 8D, 6-Sigma Tools, Warranty Analysis).
Experience in either physical and/or CAE Water management verification acquired via an in depth understanding of automotive systems. Possess political acumen/discernment to effectively escalate issues for leadership awareness/assistance.
Strong planning and execution skills with a focus on delivery.
A passion for quality and data combined with a drive to orchestrate the interaction of many complex systems both functionally and organizationally
Excellent communication skills and ability to interface with your team and senior management.

A Technical Evidence book outlining qualifications will be required for this position. 

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

 

• 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. 

 

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