Domain Hardware Quality Engineer

Ford; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid parental leave

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Domain Quality Engineer to lead quality efforts across electronic module and sensor domains. This role emphasizes data-driven improvement and cross-functional collaboration with visibility and impact in vehicle programs.

You’ll drive warranty transformations, analyze data, and lead root-cause investigations with suppliers and internal teams, while fostering continuous quality improvements in a hybrid work setup in Dearborn, MI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• 4+ years in product development, manufacturing, or quality roles.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills (8D, 3L5Y, DMAIC, Six Sigma).

Responsibilities

• End to End Warranty Transformation: lead warranty improvement for electronic hardware using quality processes to meet R/1000 and throughput goals.
• Data Analysis & Reporting: extract and report warranty R/1000, CPU and CPR trend data to support prioritization.
• Quality Improvement Leadership: drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions with cross-functional teams.
• Customer Insight Development: analyze feedback and warranty trends to identify root causes and actions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: partner with hardware, software, PVT, and suppliers to track improvement actions.
• Supplier Warranty Reviews: lead supplier part reviews and support spike recovery and quality programs.
• Meeting Support & Reporting: provide quality input for meetings and executive quality reviews.

Skills

Quality engineering

Data analysis

Structured problem solving

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Excel/PowerPoint/SharePoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Quality.AI

QARS

GSAR

GCQIS

Report Logiq

JIRA

Job description

At Ford Motor Company, we are committed to building smart, reliable vehicles that exceed customer expectations. We’re looking for a Domain Quality Engineer to help us deliver on that promise by leading quality efforts across vehicle programs—specifically in the electronic module and sensor domains. This role offers a high level of visibility, impact, and cross‑functional collaboration. If you're passionate about data‑driven improvement and want to shape the quality of future Ford vehicles, we want to hear from you.

What you’ll do...

• End to End Warranty Transformation: lead the warranty improvement for electronic hardware by utilizing Single Agenda for Quality and IRIS/SIMPSN process for prioritizing issues and progressing problem solving to resolution in support of achieving R/1000 and throughput objectives.
• Data Analysis & Reporting: Extract and report warranty R/1000, CPU and CPR trend data to support product engineering prioritization and measure initiative outcomes.
• Quality Improvement Leadership: Drive root‑cause analysis and the implementation of corrective actions, leading cross‑functional efforts to enhance product quality.
• Customer Insight Development: Analyze customer feedback and warranty trends to identify underlying issues and contributing factors, delivering clear, actionable insights.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Partner with Electronic Hardware Design, Software Design, PVT, FCSD, Core Engineering, and suppliers to develop and track quality improvement action plans for top concerns.
• Supplier Warranty Reviews: Lead supplier part review meetings to validate failure modes and support quality improvement strategies. Drive Supplier Spike recovery and GWC process.
• Meeting Support & Reporting: Provide quality input for Electronic Hardware meetings, and support Chief and Director level quality reviews, FSQR report out and CPRs Stand up meeting.

You’ll have...

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical degree in Electrical, Electronics or other related Engineering field
• 4+ years of experience in PD, manufacturing, and/or quality roles
• Analytical & Technical Skills: Proficient in structured problem‑solving techniques (8D, 3L5Y, DMAIC, Six Sigma, etc).
• Strong Communication: Able to clearly present technical data and lead discussions across teams.
• Team Leadership: Strong organization and coordination skills to manage multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Software Proficiency: Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint for analysis and reporting.

Even better, you may have...

• Master's Degree in Engineering
• Electronics Module Knowledge: Experience with electronic ECU/sensors and component‑level diagnostics is a plus.
• Analytical and Technical Skills: Six Sigma greenbelt or blackbelt certified
• Data Systems Experience: Proficient in using Ford’s quality data systems, such as Quality.AI, QARS, GSAR, GCQIS, Report Logiq and JIRA.

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
• 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
• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day

This position is a salary grade 5-8, and ranges from $65,100-$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.
Internal applicants: moving into this role may result in an adjustment to your current compensation based on the posted pay range for this role, taking into consideration your qualifications and other relevant factors.

Visa sponsorship is 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.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.

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