Process Specialist-Tooling Engineer

Ford; Sterling Heights (MI); On-site; USD 72,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Prescription drug coverage

Family care leave

Back-up childcare

Vehicle discount

Tuition assistance

Employee groups

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Vacation time purchase

Job summary

Ford is seeking a tooling engineer in Michigan to support gear machining, tool testing, and cost analysis. You will collaborate with suppliers and engineering to improve tooling performance and drive continuous improvements in safety, quality, and productivity.

The role requires strong organizational skills and leadership in ONE FORD behaviors, with responsibilities spanning process development, audits, and documentation to ensure precision and efficiency in gear manufacturing.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required.
• 1+ years in engineering/plant manufacturing.
• Experience with broaching, hobbing, grinding, honing, turning, polishing.
• Ability to lead, communicate, and collaborate.

Responsibilities

• Support Manufacturing Process Engineering activity for Machining.
• Drive safety, quality and productivity improvements.
• Apply engineering principles to improve processes and products.
• Lead process audits and corrective actions with suppliers.
• Deliver capable processes and tools for Machining.

Skills

Machining processes knowledge

Tooling engineering

CAD drawing management

Cost analysis

Supplier collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Tool testing

Inventory management

Job description

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world - together. At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

As part of our Manufacturing team, you'll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles we're known for. In our plants around the world, we're constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. You'll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.

In this position...

The open position is for a tooling engineer within the gear machining team. A tooling engineer that specializes in cutting tools, inventory management, order tracking, tool testing, CAD drawing management, and cost analysis. They ensure tooling supports precision, efficiency, and quality in gear manufacturing processes. This role requires close collaboration with suppliers, engineering, and production teams to troubleshoot issues, enhance tooling performance, and drive continuous improvements. Strong organizational and multitasking skills are essential for success in this position.

Types of process used within Gear Manufacturing: Skiving, hobbing, broaching, grinding, turning, welding, polishing, honing, drilling, etc.

What you will do ...

• Support Manufacturing Process Engineering activity for Machining
• Drive continuous improvement in safety, quality and productivity
• Apply engineering principles and analytical techniques to establish and continuously improve manufacturing processes and products
• Develop action plans as required to investigate and prioritize quality concerns and verify corrective actions on internal processes and supplier processes
• Lead and conduct process audits to ensure process discipline is consistent with Powertrain guidelines
• Conduct job ergonomic evaluations and deliver corrective actions as required
• Create process and instruction sheets supporting quality methods and processes
• Deliver capable processes and tools for Machining
• Lead role in resolving assembly related concerns. Lead variability reduction and lean manufacturing initiatives and best practices
• Ensure compliance to Plant, Corporate, Governmental and Environmental standards
• Support ISO 14001 compliance and support internal ISO auditing and compliance as required
• Support continuous improvement in safety, quality and productivity
• Identify throughput constraints and drive root cause improvements

You’ll have...

• Education: High School Diploma
• Experience: 1+ years of experience in engineering/plant mfg. experience and/or related experience
• Experience with various machining processes such as broaching, hobbing, grinding, honing, turning, polishing and automation.
• Successful candidate must be able to demonstrate leadership in ONE FORD (leadership) behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills

Even better, you may have...

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma experience.
• Experience:
  • Effective oral and written communication skills
  • Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma experience
  • 8D and 5Why corrective action and problem solving skills
  • Lean Tools - 5S, Kanban, Poka-yoke, and Value Stream Mapping
  • DMAIC and DMADV (DFSS) Project Methodology experience
  • TQM and Kaizen Methods
  • FMEA, PPAP, and DOEs experience
  • Visual Factory Management
  • Extensive knowledge and experience with cutting tools, fluids, applications, and processes for prismatic and round part manufacturing

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
• 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 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.

For more information on salary and benefits, https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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