Engineering Resident

Ford of Canada is dedicated to designing, manufacturing, and selling high-quality vehicles. As an Engineering Resident, you will work with the manufacturing teams to identify, contain, and resolve ongoing quality issues at the Essex Engine Plant in Ontario, Canada.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the Variability Reduction Team to address quality issues during the low-time-in-service period after product launch.
• Use data to prioritize design- and production-related issues at the engine plant.
• Define and investigate issues and trends by vehicle line, time in service, operating conditions, location, and other relevant factors.
• Lead or support cross-functional teams through root-cause analysis, corrective action, and actions to prevent recurrence.
• Assess whether preventive actions should be applied at other engine plants and implement them where appropriate.
• Represent Product Development during plant containment actions, including quality holds and stop-ship actions.
• Partner with functional quality personnel to lead discussions about emerging and ongoing issues in propulsion.
• Lead or attend working-level quality meetings and participate in leadership manufacturing and product quality reviews.
• Develop and execute the Product Validation plan with Plant Launch and Quality Managers.
• Support the Concern process and review, investigate, and authorize Supplier Requests for Engineering Approval.
• Support the engine plant's Management of Change process and conduct trials as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• 7+ years of professional engineering experience across technical and cross-functional environments.
• 2+ years of experience in engine Product Development, Quality, Manufacturing, or Systems Engineering.
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Industrial engineering, Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt, excellent problem-solving skills, proven leadership and presentation skills, and proficiency in written and spoken English.