Motorsport Powertrain Quality Engineer (Hybrid)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Prescription drug coverage

Parental leave

Back-up child care

Vehicle discount

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Ford Racing in Allen Park, MI seeks a Powertrain Quality Engineer to drive rapid failure analysis and support the Sports Car Powertrains program. You will partner with Development Engineering, Powertrain Workshop Operations, labs, and suppliers to resolve issues and advance standardized Quality Management practices.

This hybrid role requires onsite four or more days per week and a Bachelor’s degree in engineering with at least 2 years in powertrain development, NDT, GD&T, and metallurgical

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in powertrain development and testing, with demonstrated proficiency in combustion-engine operation, non-destructive testing (NDT), GD&T, and metallurgical analysis.
• Minimum 2 years of experience applying quality tools and methods, including Supplier Quality Management, FMEA, SPC, MSA, Control Plans, and APQP/PPAP processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and support the failure analysis and overall topic management to ensure departmental and program objectives for internal and external customers (e.g., issue resolution time and effective countermeasure development).
• Works with minimal direction while maintaining a high level of accountability and accuracy.
• Lead and execute incoming inspection activities on incoming parts and assemblies, evaluating established critical characteristics and adhering to defined sample rates aligned with Engineering.
• Partner with Engineering and Quality to establish, review, and continuously improve incoming inspection criteria, measurement methods, and sampling strategies.
• Develop and refine component testing methodologies in collaboration with powertrain subject matter experts.
• Create, maintain, and update documentation related to laboratory testing, analysis processes, and operational procedures.
• Track and measure Failure Analysis performance through key performance indicators (KPIs) to gauge performance and efficiency.
• Assist the Programs' technical support teams with solutions for intermediate containment actions, and is responsible for the deployment and validation of permanent containment actions.
• Inspect and perform functional testing on powertrain components to accurately determine failure modes.
• Investigate root causes of failures to include report generation.
• Utilize Ford's ticketing and quality management systems to document, track, and manage issues identified during inspection, testing, customer use / race operation through to resolution validation.
• Develop, document, and continuously improve departmental processes and procedures.
• Communicate work-plan and project results to customers and management via written reports, meetings, and presentations.
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

FMEA

SPC

MSA

Control Plans

APQP/PPAP

Supplier Quality

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

CATIA

WinDarab

CAN Protocols

Ethernet Protocols

Cosworth Pi

MoTec Software

Minitab

Job description

Ford Racing in Allen Park, MI seeks a Powertrain Quality Engineer to drive rapid failure analysis and support the Sports Car Powertrains program. You will partner with Development Engineering, Powertrain Workshop Operations, labs, and suppliers to resolve issues and advance standardized Quality Management practices.

This hybrid role requires onsite four or more days per week and a Bachelor’s degree in engineering with at least 2 years in powertrain development, NDT, GD&T, and metallurgical