Lincoln STA Current Model Quality Engineer

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As a key member of the Ford Supply Chain team, you can add critical value to the entire organization. You’ll help us source the highest quality parts and services from around the globe while ensuring optimal cost and on-time delivery. You’ll also contribute to establishing a robust supply chain so that we can continually produce the vehicles our customers want. If you have the background to develop strong, mutually beneficial supplier relationships that will result in decreased costs, improved quality, and enhanced sustainability, we want you to join us.

*We have a position available in Dearborn MI

In this position...

Lead current model quality projects (process variability reduction) for Lincoln warranty issues and drive to make Lincoln a best-in-class vehicle. 

Guide cross function teams using a strategically driven 6-sigma approach, to provide timely and robust resolution to high leverage, complex, current model supplier process quality concerns.

Ensure alignment with STA, PD and other Ford functions as appropriate to address technical and systemic opportunities.

Identify systemic lessons learned from project work and implement systemic improvements. 

What you'll do...

• Complete Engineering duties
  • Utilize process engineering skills to understand the physics used to create parts and trouble shoot problems. 
  • Complete engineering analysis using CAE and free body diagrams to understand the forces applied to parts and systems that are causing things to break or wear out.
  • Calculate stress on parts and systems and the strength of parts and systems.
  • Calculate flow rate of air and fluids to understand problems related to power, cooling and heating systems. 
  • Determine simple chemical equations of reactions occurring between materials
  • Analyze the stress strain curve properties for parts that are failing to understand why metals and plastics are causing problems.
  • Create or analyze electrical diagrams to help understand how systems are supposed to help diagnose problems.
  • Complete reliability engineering work with Weibull and other distributions to understand the failure rate to determine if issues are infant mortality or wear out conditions and also predict rate of future failures. 
  • Use engineering skills to develop solutions to problems.
• Learn and apply Strategic Problem Solving to use strategies to determine the physics, chemistry, electricity, etc. causing the failures and drive to resolution.
• Use 6-Sigma skills including Measurement Systems Analysis, process capability, hypothesis tests, pairwise comparisons, Design of Experiments, Multi-vary analysis, multiple regression, reliability analysis, etc. to complete tests and analyze data. 
• Utilize the 3x5 why process to drive to systemic root cause and systemic improvements.
• Utilize Ford’s warranty systems and other data bases to identify the biggest issues and use the data to determine contrasts to help drive problem solving process.
• Work with suppliers to implement a warranty QOS so the proactively track their warranty, analyze returned parts, determine root cause, and implement corrective actions. 

You'll have...

• Bachelor of Science/ Engineering, or equivalent technical / manufacturing aptitude
• 2+ years of Plant Manufacturing experience
• Proven analytical skills with a passion for 6 Sigma, exposure to Quality Tools and knowledge of problem-solving techniques, data analysis and statistical tools.
• Experience using Minitab or similar Statistical Software tools
• Strong communication and team building
• Knowledge of vehicle or powertrain component commodities, functions, and related features.
• Ability to develop and present materials to senior leadership with short timelines

Even better, you may have...

• Problem Solving Skills – Black Belt or Master Black Belt and Strategic Problem-Solving Knowledge 
• Ability to speak and write in English & Spanish language fluently to effectively communicate with the global team
• Electrical and physics knowledge
• Knowledge on analyzing big data
• Experience leading multiple complex assignments with demanding timelines
• Knowledge of problem-solving tools
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes
• Quality experience

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 t