As a Supplier Technical Assistance (STA) Site Engineer at Ford Motor Company, you are a key technical interface between Ford and its supply base, accountable for ensuring flawless program launches and robust ongoing production support. This role focuses on supplier manufacturing readiness, risk mitigation, capacity assurance, and compliance with Ford’s quality and performance requirements.

Key Experience:

The following skills and experiences are recommended qualifications for this role:

Experience in manufacturing process(es) of the responsible component commodities and process controlExperience in Quality systems, tools and techniquesProject management experienceSupply/Crisis Management ExperienceKnowledge of Problem Solving and Quality systems and toolsLean manufacturing experienceStrong Knowledge on quality tools +2 years of plant manufacturing experienceOpen to travel up to 60% of work time, in north america region 

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science/ Engineering, or academic equivalentBe proficient in English when working with global teamsKnowledge of manufacturing process(es) of the responsible component commodities ( Injection Molding, Assembly, Wrapping)

Key Responsibilities:

Drive Flawless Launches at assigned supplier sites, collaborating with Launch STA team (Ex: Schedule A, PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), Supplier Quality Issues resolution). Escalate significant issues promptly and ‘date to green’ plan to appropriate managementConduct onsite evaluation visits for Priority commodities as per GPDS supplier engagement process for new programsSupport Capacity Purchase team in capacity studies interfacing with suppliers and Ford cross-functional teamsReview supplier incremental tooling work plans compliance to PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) requirementsDrive capacity/uplift actions implementation with suppliers inline with the GCP study requirementsDrive Supplier Process capacity issues resolution as needed – Production constraint risk mitigation working with Ford and Supplier teams and manage “date to green” planMonitor supply status of 24/7 roster suppliers and Blue bar status of PPAPs beyond implementation timingReview supplier Capacity Analysis Reports (eCAR) for compliance to uplift capacity requirementsDrive robust Supplier Failure Mode Avoidance through PFMEA, SCCAF, Control Plan reviews, Manufacturing feasibility reviews and Health chart deployment as applicableDrive Supplier manufacturing health chart compliance and support development of new health chartsDrive suppliers for Special process compliance with the support of STA Technical SpecialistsDrive continuous improvement in manufacturing excellence with the assigned sites through Q1-MSA deployment, Q1 attainment/ retention, Health chart deployment, Supplier training as required.Drive deployment & improvement of Quality performance requirements (Q1, QR, TGW, R/1000, CPU), through Warranty Reduction, Benchmarking, Lean Manufacturing, G8D (Global 8 Disciplines) methodology, PFMEA (Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis), SPC (Statistical Process Control), Gage R&R (Repeatability and Reproducibility), Gage R&R (Repeatability and Reproducibility), etc.) as requiredDrive new supplier site evaluations and Supplier Risk Assessment on new sourcing in support of GCST, identifying Risk Mitigation.Drive closure of supplier process Quality issues related to Stop Ship/Build, BSAQ (Balanced Single Agenda for Quality) projects and Field Action Stop Ship/Prevent ActionDrive compliance to all organizational and corporate training requirements and SIM process compliance.