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The Campaign Prevent Specialist (CPS) role for Exterior Closures, Vehicle Hardware Engineering, is an integral element of the Failure Mode Avoidance process & is intended to detect & eliminate issues that could result in field service actions. As the Closures CPS, you will perform campaign prevent awareness sessions, conduct virtual CAD reviews at various design gateways, conduct Fresh Eyes Reviews (FER) & physical, process, system & vehicle audits at all build phases with the goal of detecting & eliminating potential campaigns. This position will lead all campaign prevent aspects for Closures function.

You'll have...

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related field. 5-10 years of experience in Closures design & release. Experience & skill in identifying issues that could lead to campaigns. Knowledge of quality operating systems including statistical analysis. Excellent communication skills.
 

Even better, you may have…

Master’s degree in mechanical engineering. Ability to drive supply base & interface with supplier leadership. 10+ years of experience in Closures/Electromechanical system design & release. An aptitude for developing people & processes. Strong understanding of statistical analysis & failure mode avoidance. Extensive experience & strong technical maturity working on safety critical systems & components. Ability to build strong working relationships with all stakeholders including program teams, purchasing, manufacturing, STA & suppliers.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

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 of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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 leadership level 6.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6SP1

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In this position...

Act as key Interface for Critical Concern Review Group (CCRG), Automotive Safety Office (ASO) & Office of the General Counsel (OGC) globally. Lead Authoring of 14Ds & Prevent Action Closure Papers - Ensure all Closures CCRG topics are captured & addressed in foundation documents & quality history. Lead inspection of warranty returns, analysis of competitive recalls & associated lessons learned.

What you'll do...

Maintain & utilize Closures Campaign Prevent Checklist. Act as lead for Closures stop ships, field service actions & major field quality issues. Plan & execute regular reviews of high leverage/criticality CLOSURES suppliers. Develop plans with suppliers to proactively monitor field quality. Upstream: Create program specific campaign prevention plans, conduct awareness sessions on a quarterly basis, schedule & lead deep dive reviews & Fresh Eyes Reviews (FER) on all forward model programs, organize sign-off for all Lessons Learned & PRAs. Conduct Deep Dive #1 & Deep Dive #2 reviews & Ensure CLOSURES Health Chart Campaign Prevent Compliance. Downstream: Conduct Campaign Prevent Fresh Eyes Reviews (FERs) of prototype, pre-durability, post-durability, pre-production (all major builds) & production vehicles. A Line Walk, plant process review, visual aids & part handling reviews must be conducted as part of vehicle level FERs. Conduct High Impact Supplier visits & audit DFMEAs, SCCAFS, PFMEAs, CCs & SCs, high RPN operations & control plans. Ensure proper linkages, reaction plan & right characteristics are being checked. Review EOL tester for test loads & test set up. Walk the process & perform spot audits to ensure prior issues have been adequately addressed. Ensure foundation documents are updated quarterly with latest campaigns, stop ships, near misses, etc.... Audit DFMEAs, PFMEAs, DVP, SCCAF to ensure all previous failure modes from campaigns & stop ships have been considered & addressed. Create & maintain master campaign prevention matrix with proper linkages. Interface with regional Closures CPSs & ensure all learnings & lessons learned have been communicated & captured. Conduct campaign prevention awareness sessions w/ Closures team on a quarterly basis.