PVT Engineer Body Exterior

At Ford Motor Company, you will be part of the Product Development team that uses design thinking and user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services. As a PVT Engineer Body Exterior, you will own the Repairs per 1,000 (R/1,000) and Cost per Repair metrics for low-time-in-service warranty issues.

Responsibilities:

• Lead warranty issue binning and analysis in IRIS (Issue Resolution & Insights System).
• Lead cross-functional root cause investigations for warranty issues within the assigned vehicle functional group.
• Coordinate interim and permanent containment actions, as well as corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Identify and implement service method improvements to reduce warranty-related costs.
• Document problem-solving activities using Single-Issue Management & Problem Solving Nexus (SIMPSN).
• Present issue findings and support discussions in working-level and executive-level meetings.
• Support plant First Time Through (FTT) improvements through process, supplier, and design actions.
• Support Incoming Quality (IQ) by interpreting engineering drawings, design standards, and acceptance criteria.
• Support stop-ship, stop-build, and yard-hold activities to ensure defects are corrected before vehicles are released.
• Lead plant trials for design changes and proposed manufacturing process changes, assessing their impact on quality.
• Lead plant trials for supplier-driven changes, assessing their impact on quality.
• Support engineering Bill of Materials (BOM) analysis to identify and correct inaccurate part usage and release information.
• Support launch teams in resolving carryover issues.
• Identify and implement product best practices within the assigned vehicle functional group.

Benefits:

• 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.

Salary: This position is a salary grade 5 and ranges from $65,100-$109,300 This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $74,300-$124,500 This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $86,600-$144,900 This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $99,100-$166,200