STA Site Engineer

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

As a Supplier Technical Assistance (STA) engineer, you will be responsible for industrializing and managing “Quality” and “Capacity” of commodities at Tier 1 Supplier sites on “new model program” launches and “in-series” production. New model program launches include Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) and Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles. Depending on your assigned Supplier site locations, flexibility to travel within NA (US, MX, and Canada) is required (max.

3-4 days / week). Specifically looking for strong candidates with Steering commodity experience.

• Implement commodity-specific business plans to ensure your suppliers exceed all corporate launch, quality, capacity, warranty metrics, and vehicle delivery
• Lead cross-functional decisions with Ford & Supplier leadership to drive resolution of open issues.
• Implement actions to ensure zero vehicle losses from suppliers
• Principal for on-site troubleshooting and corrective actions for emergency supplier situations

• Bachelor of Science/ Engineering, or academic equivalent.
• Be proficient in English, both written and oral, when working with global teams
• Knowledge of manufacturing process(es) of the responsible component commodities.
• Commodity experience in Steering and Automated/Manual Assembly Processes.
• Ability to develop and present materials to leadership on short notice.
• Ability to lead resolution of manufacturing, quality, and/or capacity issues on-site with suppliers.
• Ability to travel in the US, Canada, and Mexico approximately 75% of the time.
• Knowledge of Problem-Solving tools and Quality Systems (ex. IATF) and Quality tools

• Experience leading multiple assignments with demanding timelines
• 5+ years’ experience in one or more, but not limited to the following manufacturing process:
  Casting, Machining, Forging, Stamping, Welding, Plastic/Rubber Molding, Brazing, Sintering, Automated/Manual Assembly Processes, Controls Automation programming, Paint, Chroming, SMC,
• Manufacturing, maintenance, and quality operations experience

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 change maker, 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
• 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, :

This position is a salary grade 7 or 8.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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