# Problem Resolution and Prevent Recurrence Engineer

**Company**: Ford
**Location**: Dearborn
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

We are seeking a skilled Problem Resolution and Prevent Recurrence Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our organisation, you will be responsible for resolving design-related failures identified throughout the product's useful life. This includes test (Design Verification) failures and continuing through the product's warranty and lifetime field performance failures.

In addition to demonstrated problem-solving skills and experience, applicants must possess a strong interest in learning and technical development. Applicants will be required to interface with teams that include subject matter experts, allowing for numerous opportunities to expand technical knowledge in a wide area of automotive technologies, features, systems, and components.

Responsibilities:

- Lead engineering teams in determining root cause(s), robust/verified interim containment actions (ICA), robust/verified permanent containment actions (PCA) and Prevent Recurrence actions (PRAs) for test, launch and post-launch product failures.

- Develop/update verification methodologies capable of demonstrating failure rate improvements

- Lead the identification and cascade of lessons learned by ensuring product DFMEAs, Design Rules, Test methods and or corporate processes are updated.

- Provide the Product Development organisation with statistical and problem-solving support including assisting with 6-Sigma methodology training.

- Deliver project presentations to senior management accomplishments, conclusions, and lessons learned.

Qualifications:

- Engineering MS degree or higher

- Reliability Engineering degree (BS or MS)

- Certified 6-Sigma Black Belt/master Black Belt (DMAIC or DFSS)

- Experience in a Quality and/or testing Organisation

- 6-Sigma trained. Certification preferred but not required. If not a Certified 6-Sigma Green/Black Belt, evidence must be provided on problem-solving capabilities

- Working understanding of Functional requirements, failure mode effects, causes, severity and detection methods (DFMEAs)

- Ability to develop clear working level documents and management presentations as well as clear/concise communication skills.

- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage several unique tasks simultaneously.

- Ability and willingness to travel to both Ford and supplier domestic and foreign locations.

- Electric Vehicle or Software Experience.

## Skills

### Required
- Reliability Engineering
- 6-Sigma
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Leadership

### Nice to have
- Electric Vehicle
- Software
- Data Analysis
- Project Management

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