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Ford Motor Company

Engineering Specialist - Quality/Process

Ford Motor Company
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onsite senior full-time Kansas City, MO

First indexed 23 Jul 2026

Description

As part of our Manufacturing team, you'll help build world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles.

Responsibilities

In this position, you'll own the Quality and capability of the manufacturing processes within the Assembly department.

  • Apply engineering principles and analytical techniques to drive continuous improvement to manufacturing processes.
  • Lead development of interim and permanent corrective actions to resolve quality issues using 8D methodology and structured problem-solving tools.
  • Play an integral part in the Launch process by establishing and monitoring quality target levels at the workstation level for each build phase to validate workstations readiness.
  • Conduct process audits to ensure process adheres to Vehicle Operations guidelines and specific process standards.
  • Act as team leader in resolving assembly-related concerns, lead variability reduction and lean manufacturing initiatives, and best practices.
  • Support ISO 14001 compliance and support internal ISO auditing and compliance as required.
  • Lead development of solutions for throughput constraints.
  • Manage and direct statistical process control activities.
  • Review internal/external suppliers for critical characteristic process compatibility.
  • Support efficiency planning to ensure workstations are properly set up with quality risks identified and addressed.

Qualifications

You'll have:

  • Education: High School Diploma
  • Manufacturing/Technology engineering work experience
  • Previous automotive and quality analysis experience
  • Previous production supervision

Required Skills/Capabilities

  • 8D and 5Why corrective action and problem-solving
  • Lean Tools – 5S, Kanban, Poka-yoke, and Value Stream Mapping
  • TQM and Kaizen Methods
  • Visual Factory Management
  • Microsoft Office proficiency (Word/Excel/Outlook)

Benefits

We offer:

  • Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care, 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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