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

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Gauge Systems Engineer to interface with production to address quality issues, data collection, and measurement-system effectiveness. You will develop gauge strategy, define electronic gauge requirements, verify operation, and ensure reliable data communication.

You will collaborate with manufacturing, IT, and quality teams and document procedures, issues, and performance results. Excellent reading of drawings and tolerance analysis is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• Experience in quality, manufacturing, metrology, test systems.
• Experience supporting electronic measurement equipment and shop-floor data systems.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, datums and tolerances, and translate requirements into an 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 gauges operate correctly and remain fit for their intended use.
• Ensure reliable communication between gauges and the server.
• Monitor data collection to ensure 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 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 experience

Metrology expertise

Data analysis

Electrical measurement knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing

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.

Visa sponsorship is not 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.