Plant Vehicle Team (PVT) Engineers are part of the production team. The PVT Engineer is the 'first line of defense' regarding Functional system quality for the products produced at the assembly plant. The PVT Engineer has several responsibilities associated with analyzing and fixing quality issues on components shipped into the assembly plant, and processes within the Vehicle Assembly Plant and integrated remote build centers. Work with Body Exterior engineering team to deliver quality objectives heavily focused on static/dynamic sealing for Bronco Roofs. Water, S&R and wind testing. Conduct a daily review of incoming warranty claims data, review customer and dealership comments and bin claims into accurate binning categories. Contact dealership/s for parts and repair diagnoses, participate in customer call back to ensure proper understanding of customer feedback. Review returned parts for root cause analyses and develop Interim Containment and Permanent Corrective Actions.
Skills Required:
Mechanical Engineering – looking for a 4 year accredited degree.
Skills Preferred:
Design Release Engineer – Able to use WERS release tool
Experience Required:
Experience in PD/Quality/Program/Manufacturing desirable with 5 years of experience.
Experience Preferred:
Six Sigma Black Belt trained desirable
Education Required:
Bachelor's Degree
Education Preferred:
Master's Degree
Additional Information :
***POSITION FULLY ONSITE*** Support assembly plant with Stop Ships/Stop Builds, Campaigns, Audits, Root Cause Analysis and other Quality related tasks. Lead engineering commodity changes for future minor product launches and lead cost reduction actions in current production vehicles. Support Variability Reduction Team (VRT) for specific sub-systems and work closely with Supplier partners for subsystem components to address quality concerns. Lead engineering trials and the implementation of running changes for the sub-system. Issue engineering Alerts and initiate and/or pursue authorization of engineering concerns for product changes to support Quality objectives. Engage technical experts and functional team members for driving resolution and in developing corrective actions to improve product quality. Maintain sub-system and/or Vehicle Functional Group (VFG) level Quality documents. Create presentations for various levels of upper management (weekly VRT report out, Vehicle Quality Reviews, Engineering Managers reviews) and review results.
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