CTT Technical Analyst

Ford; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and prescription drug 

Flexible family care and parental leav

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in Michigan seeks a Central Technical Triage specialist to bridge Customer Warranty, Quality, Product Development and Manufacturing. Analyze warranty claims, classify issues, and route to engineering or plant teams using AI tools and solid vehicle systems knowledge.

This role translates customer descriptions into clear problem statements, drives rapid quality improvements, and supports agile reviews to refine triage processes. Salary bands apply with full benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Automotive, or Data Science/Software with an automotive background) or equivalent technical experience.
• 2+ years of experience in Automotive Engineering, Quality, Service Engineering, or Manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Technical Issue Triage & Binning: Analyze warranty claims, technician write-ups, and field data to categorize issues across key vehicle systems.
• AI Tool Integration: Use AI tools to automate and optimize binning of warranty claims to specific problem objects.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the hub connecting Product Development, Quality, and Manufacturing for swift routing of triaged issues.
• Problem Statement Synthesis: Translate non-technical customer descriptions into actionable technical statements.
• Data-Driven Quality Improvement: Monitor warranty trends to elevate critical quality issues.
• Agile Problem Solving: Participate in agile reviews to improve triage workflows and AI models.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

If good is just never good enough for you, Ford Qualityshares your passion for striving for perfection. We're responsible for driving the continuous improvement efforts that enable Ford to deliver the highest quality products and services. Help us drive operational excellence through such innovative, proprietary initiatives as our Global Product Development System, Quality Operating System and New Model Launch. Work cross-functionally and closely with integrated teams in Manufacturing, Product Development, Purchasing, Marketing, Sales and Service.

In this position ...

The Central Technical Triage role is a pivotal position bridging Customer Warranty, Quality, Product Development, and Manufacturing. In this role, you will act as the first line of defense in identifying, classifying, and routing emerging vehicle issues. You will leverage a foundational understanding of vehicle systems alongside modern AI-powered tools to analyze customer warranty claims, determine the correct problem objects, and bin issues to the appropriate engineering or manufacturing teams.

This role requires an agile problem-solver who can translate customer-facing descriptions into structured technical problem statements, accelerating root-cause analysis and driving rapid quality improvements.

What you will do ...

• Technical Issue Triage & Binning: Analyze incoming customer warranty claims, technician write-ups, and field data. Use technical knowledge to accurately categorize issues across key vehicle systems (Powertrain, Body Interior, Body Structures, and High Voltage Systems).
• AI Tool Integration: Actively utilize and adapt to next-generation AI and machine learning tools to automate and optimize the binning of warranty claims, mapping them to specific problem objects and technical problem statements.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as the central hub connecting Product Development (PD), Quality, and Manufacturing. Ensure triaged issues are seamlessly routed to the correct engineering or plant teams for swift resolution.
• Problem Statement Synthesis: Translate complex, non-technical customer complaints and dealer technician comments into clear, actionable technical problem statements.
• Data-Driven Quality Improvement: Monitor warranty trends and early-warning indicators to elevate critical or systemic safety, regulatory, or high-cost quality issues.
• Agile Problem Solving: Participate in agile technical reviews to review mis binned or complex multi-system issues, ensuring continuous feedback loops to improve AI binning models and triage accuracy.

You 'll have ...

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Automotive, or Data Science/Software with an automotive background) or equivalent technical experience.
• 2+ years of experience in Automotive Engineering, Quality, Service Engineering, or Manufacturing.

Even Better, you may have ...

• Vehicle Systems: Foundational understanding of automotive subsystems, including:
  • Powertrain (Internal Combustion Engines, Transmissions, Driveline).
  • High Voltage (HV) Systems (EV/PHEV battery packs, power electronics, charging systems).
  • Body Interior (instrument panels, seats, trim, climate control).
  • Body Structures (closures, sheet metal, structural components).
• Automotive Lifecycle: Solid understanding of vehicle hardware, the Product Development (PD) cycle, quality processes (e.g., FMEA, 8D, 5-Why, Fishbone), and general automotive manufacturing assembly processes.
• AI & Data Literacy: High comfort level and agility in using modern digital tools, specifically AI-driven classification platforms, natural language processing (NLP) search tools, and databases to filter and bin large volumes of text-based warranty claims.
• Adaptability: Eagerness to learn, test, and provide feedback on emerging AI tools to help developers refine the automated triage models.
• Warranty Analysis: Prior experience or strong understanding of how customer warranty claims, dealer service records, and labor codes are structured and processed.
• Agile Mindset: Ability to quickly pivot, handle high-velocity data, make rapid decisions with incomplete information, and continuously improve triage workflows.
• Experience with warranty databases or field service data analysis is highly preferred.

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 the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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 6 and ranges from $72,480-121,440.

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $84,480-141,360.

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $96,720-162,120.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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