Quality Engineer - Measurement Systems

Ford Motor Company; Lima (OH); On-site; USD 72,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Prescription drug coverage

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Job summary

Ford is seeking a Gauge Systems Engineer to interface with production departments, develop gauge strategies, and ensure accurate, traceable data collection across the manufacturing floor. You will verify gauges, support calibration, and collaborate with manufacturing, IT, and quality teams to improve measurement systems.

The role requires hands-on experience with metrology, electronic gauges, and reading engineering drawings; pay ranges reflect multiple gauge grades and locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or related technical field.
• Experience in quality, manufacturing, metrology, test systems, or process engineering—ideally in automotive or regulated manufacturing.
• Experience supporting electronic measurement equipment, gauges, sensors, or shop-floor data systems.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, understand datums and tolerances, and translate requirements into a functional inspection method.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the gauge strategy to meet quality and measurement requirements.
• Define requirements for electronic gauges, including functionality, accuracy, and data needs.
• Verify that gauges operate correctly and remain fit for their intended use.
• Ensure reliable communication between gauges and the server.
• Monitor data collection to confirm measurements are complete, accurate, and traceable.
• Analyze gauge data to identify trends, anomalies, and potential quality issues.
• Troubleshoot gauge, connectivity, and data-transfer problems; coordinate corrective actions.
• Support gauge calibration, verification, maintenance, and lifecycle planning.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, IT, and quality teams to implement and improve gauge systems.
• Document gauge requirements, procedures, issues, and performance results.
• Report risks and performance metrics and recommend actions to improve measurement-system effectiveness.

Skills

Quality engineering

Manufacturing/metrology

Electronic measurement equipment

Engineering drawings & tolerances

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Quality/Manufacturing or related field

Job description

In this position...

Interface with production departments to address quality issues, internal QOS adherence, root cause analysis, gauging strategy and Data collection and analysis.

What you'll do...

• Develop and maintain the gauge strategy to meet quality and measurement requirements.
• Define requirements for electronic gauges, including functionality, accuracy, and data needs.
• Verify that gauges operate correctly and remain fit for their intended use.
• Ensure reliable communication between gauges and the server.
• Monitor data collection to confirm measurements are complete, accurate, and traceable.
• Analyze gauge data to identify trends, anomalies, and potential quality issues.
• Troubleshoot gauge, connectivity, and data-transfer problems; coordinate corrective actions.
• Support gauge calibration, verification, maintenance, and lifecycle planning.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, IT, and quality teams to implement and improve gauge systems.
• Document gauge requirements, procedures, issues, and performance results.
• Report risks and performance metrics and recommend actions to improve measurement-system effectiveness.

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical field; equivalent hands-on experience may also be suitable.
• Experience in quality, manufacturing, metrology, test systems, or process engineering- ideally in automotive or another regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting electronic measurement equipment, gauges, sensors, or shop-floor data systems.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, understand datums and tolerances, and translate requirements into a functional inspection method.

Even better, you may have...

• Previous automotive and/ or quality analysis experience
• Proficiency in use of problem solving tools (Six Sigma, DOE, 8D, 5 Why, etc)
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Self-starter, with the ability to be self-directed in a high-volume, fast-paced environment

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.

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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