Quality Engineer, Plant Vehicle Team

Ford; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking an experienced quality engineer at the Chicago Assembly Plant to own fixed and moveable glass quality. You will drive containment, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions across design, manufacturing, and supplier interfaces to reduce warranty costs and improve overall quality.

You will lead plant trials, support quality meetings, and coordinate with VRT and cross-functional teams to accelerate issue resolution and implement durable solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience with quality containment and corrective actions.
• Experience with root cause analysis and driving interim/permanent actions.
• Hands-on experience with quality and engineering systems such as GSAR, JIRA, QED, AIMS, WERS, IRIS/SIMPSN.

Responsibilities

• Deliver quality improvement projects to meet warranty and cost objectives.
• Collaborate with VRT to improve Design, MFG, and Supplier issues.
• Lead plant trials for quality, cost, and supplier improvements.
• Support plans to resolve stop ships/builds, campaigns, quality and ergonomic issues, and FTT issues.
• Support plant quality meetings, VRT report outs, and Plant Vehicle Quality Reviews.
• Initiate or support WERS Concerns (CR) and alerts for design changes and plant trials.

Skills

Quality containment

Root cause analysis

Corrective actions

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

GSAR

JIRA

QED

AIMS

WERS

IRIS/SIMPSN

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking an experienced quality engineer at the Chicago Assembly Plant to own fixed and moveable glass quality. You will drive containment, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions across design, manufacturing, and supplier interfaces to reduce warranty costs and improve overall quality.

You will lead plant trials, support quality meetings, and coordinate with VRT and cross-functional teams to accelerate issue resolution and implement durable solutions.