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Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!
In this position...
- Ford Racing is a small team of dedicated engineers who turn mainstream Ford Vehicles into extraordinary performance machines. We are looking for an engineer with prior manufacturing experience and a strong quality background to the Raptor Program / Launch STA leader.
- Ideal candidates for this position will have experience with Program, Core and Site STA functions as well as strong technical and relationship building skills. Assessing and mitigating supply / quality risks with our supplier partners will be critical for success and significant collaboration with the Ford Racing engineering and program management teams will be required. This role demands excellent verbal and written communication skills and a passion for teamwork, collaboration and technical excellence.
What you'll do...
- Be the STA Program and Launch Leader for the Raptor Programs
- Assist the Ford Racing program management team with APQP / PPAP status on Raptor programs
- Use standard Ford Motor Company STA tools to vet and develop both new suppliers and technologies for potential addition to SVTNA.
- Collaborate with suppliers and Ford Racing Engineering during development and validation phase to ensure Design Failure Mode execution for each engineering gateway.
- Utilize standard STA tools to deliver robuste supplier performance across a wide range of commodities and their manufacturing processes.
- Body Exterior Systems
- Chassis Systems
- Powertrain Systems
- Advocate for our suppliers, uphold Ford behaviors and further partnerships for the long term.
You'll have...
- Bachelor's degree in engineering
- 7 plus years plant floor manufacturing experience in quality / manufacturing engineering.
- 7 plus years STA experience in Program / Launch or Site.
- Extensive knowledge of APQP / PPAP deliverables and understanding of failure mode avoidance
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to travel ~33%.
Even better, you may have...
- Masters Degree in Engineering
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 to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
- 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.
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.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid
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