Electrical & Software PVT Engineer

Ford; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 87,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Parental leave

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in Louisville, KY is seeking a Product Creation and Industrialization professional to deliver vehicle line quality objectives and lead warranty resolution efforts.

You will work with engineering, supplier and production teams, manage field data, run tests, and contribute to continuous improvements across GSAR/JIRA/IRIS systems.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering, 2+ years automotive experience, and willingness to work onsite five days a week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required.
• Minimum 2+ years automotive experience.
• Experience with GSAR/JIRA/IRIS/SIMPSN/QED/SREA and WERS.
• Previous assembly plant environment experience.
• Proficient with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Knowledge of OBD systems and CAN in-vehicle networking.
• Strong problem solving and decision making.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Willingness to work onsite 5 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Deliver vehicle line quality objectives.
• Manage warranty issue tracking and resolution.
• Identify opportunities for warranty improvement actions.
• Evaluate external issues and drive changes in internal measurement/ containment.
• Lead cross-functional containment/resolution with PD, suppliers, and production.
• Lead launch events and issue resolution testing.
• Lead production trials.
• Assist in troubleshooting/repair of units.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Teamwork

Decision making

Onsite work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

GSAR

JIRA

IRIS

SIMPSN

QED

SREA

WERS

Job description

Product Creation and Industrialization (PC&I) brings together Ford’s vehicle, electric, digital and design teams with our global manufacturing system. Working as one end-to-end organization, we turn ideas into high-quality vehicles, software and experiences across gas, hybrid and electric, designed around what customers need.

What you'll do...

• Deliver vehicle line quality objectives

• Manage warranty issue tracking and resolution

• Identify opportunities for high impact warranty improvement actions

• Evaluate external issues and drive changes in internal measurement system and/or containment actions

• Lead/support and coordinate issue containment/resolution of internal/external issues with Product Development,Supplier and Production teams

• Lead/support launch events (part sign-off, issue resolution, electrical testing)

• Lead production trials

• Assist in troubleshooting/repair of units

You'll have...

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering

• 2+ years of experience in automotive

• Experience working in GSAR/JIRA/IRIS/SIMPSN/QED/SREA and WERS

• Previous experience working within an assembly plant environment

• Proficient user of Microsoft Office Applications - Excel, PowerPoint and Word

• Experience with vehicle OBD systems and CAN networking in-vehicle.

• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills

• Good communication skills, both oral and written

• Willingness and availability to work onsite 5 days a week

Even better, you may have...

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Electronics preferred

• 6 Sigma training is 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 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 range of salary grades 7-8 and ranges from $86,600-$145,000.

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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