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S.T.A (Supplier Technical Assistance) Powertrain Engineer - Ford Motor North America Division

Manufacturing and Quality Engineering.

Ford Motor Company, Mexico City

Essential Job functions and duties:

The STA Engineer acts as the primary representative for an allocated number of suppliers. The activities are focused on process and quality performance at external suppliers. This role includes providing input on STA requirements early in new programmes and also supplier changes. The STA Engineer role provides the link to the suppliers on quality aspects and interacts closely with; Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Material Control & the Purchasing organizations.

Responsibilities 

The main tasks are to lead or support the areas of: 

•Monthly KPI generation and analysis of suppliers and delivering supplier quality improvement actions 

•NPI programmes 

•Leading and tracking PPAP conformity for new parts and change parts. 

•Supporting assessment and implementation of new suppliers. 

PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) 

•Review & approve component packages according to PPAP category 

•Conduct capacity verification process and verify production trial run 

•Support the supplier to communicate Part Approval/rejection reason to plant 

•Drive capability 

8-D / Concern Resolution 

•Drive SCAR resolution on identified quality issues 

•Review 8Ds, ensure timely resolution, verify corrective actions & cascade lessons learned. 

•Monitor and oversee implementation of supplier corrective actions 

Manufacturing Site Assessment 

•Conduct, document and maintain manufacturing site assessments 

•Lead and plan supplier audit in a timely manner 

•Audit supplier site assessments and self-assessments 

•Document and maintain a supplier action plan based on STA audits 

•Lead and Drive solutions for STA open issues from action plan 

Supplier Site Improvement 

•Developing supplier work plans to reduce PPM 

•Schedule and conduct reviews with supplier management as required 

•Work with STA Resident and Hethel plant to resolve disputed quality rejections 

•Maintain and track supplier visit log and reports 

•Drive Quality attainment, or work with purchasing to resource 

Field Action / Stop Shipment 

•Schedule and conduct Field Action / Stop Shipment Reviews in cases of supplier responsible concerns (when applicable) 

•Site Development (Where required) 

•Verify Quality operating system implementation 

•Drive Continuous improvement 

•Improve Quality Systems / Drive Continuous Improvement 

•Document and maintain supplier KPIs and STA KPIs · Drive resolution of systemic site concerns 

•Drive quality problem resolution both in and the supplier 

•Keeping team up to date on latest quality related legislative requirements, good practice, and processes 

Sourcing for Quality 

•Support strategic commodity teams 

•Assess potential of supplier to achieve quality requirements 

•Review/concur supplier selection with Purchasing & Engineering 

FMEA & Control Plan Sign-off 

•Review DFMEA, PFMEA & Control Plans 

•Co-develop and approve SC/CC's 

•Communicate concerns to STA Manager & Purchasing Commodity Manager 

APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) 

•Drive APQP process with suppliers 

•Schedule & lead cross-functional APQP Reviews (Priority Suppliers) 

•Drive quality execution of APQP issues 

•Conduct evidence reviews as required 

•Conformity of Production (CoP) 

•Support Conformity of Production (CoP) audit at selected suppliers (when applicable) 

Travel Requirements 

Activities included in the STA Engineer's role requires frequent travel to supplier's sites. The extent of this travel depends upon various conditions, including the supplier's level, the specific type of activities, urgent situations, and distance to the supplier(s).

Other important activities in the Supplier Technical Assistant Engineer role include:

* Work closely with the Purchasing and Product Development to select the most capable and efficient suppliers.

*  Resolve manufacturing and quality issues at supplier's facilities to guarantee they meet Ford requirements.

*  Ensure supplier's manufacturing facilities can deliver sufficient quantity of parts to meet customer's demand.

* Evaluate and improve the process in manufacturing systems. Maintain reliable and safe manufacturing systems while improving production rates, efficiency, cost, and changeover.

* Build vehicle dynamic model to understand the response to vibrations and improve performance. The model was used as a tool to develop a control algorithm application in MATLAB/Simulink.

*Reduce driveline vibrations by analyzing Powertrain structure.

* Matteo Laffranchi, Ph.D, Post Doctoral Researcher, Department of Advanced Robotics at Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, [Genova, Italy], email: matteo.laffranchi@itt.it

* Daniela Constantinescu  Mosu, Ph.D, Professor and Post Doctoral Researcher, Assistive Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Victoria [Victoria BC, Canada], email: daniela@uvic.ca