PVT Interior Systems Engineer

Job Description

Join Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa as a PVT Interior Systems Engineer, where you’ll play a critical role in ensuring the quality and performance of interior components for vehicle production. Based in Pretoria, you’ll collaborate with the Product Development team, suppliers, and regional engineering groups to drive quality improvements and support new vehicle launches. Your expertise will help resolve complex engineering challenges, enhance manufacturing processes, and elevate customer satisfaction, contributing to Ford’s commitment to excellence within the One Ford organization.

Requirements

• B-Eng or B-Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in the Automotive Industry
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt (advantageous)
• BSAQ System knowledge
• CAD experience
• Injection Moulding / Trim part Manufacturing experience

Responsibilities

• Assist with new vehicle launches as a core member of the Interior team
• Identify and diagnose vehicle issues, raise AIMS concerns, and drive their resolution
• Liaise with approved vendors to ensure component designs and performance characteristics meet functional and quality requirements
• Collaborate with Interior teams across the One Ford organization to implement quality solutions for issues experienced in-plant and externally
• Attend Lead Engineering Activity (LEA) Functional Quality Reviews
• Serve as the Vehicle Functional Group (VFG) Engineer for the Connectivity engineering section
• Act as a core member of the Variability Reduction Team (VRT), responsible for creating and maintaining BSAQ projects
• Establish the root cause of customer complaint data and develop resolution plans for improvement, utilizing external and internal company quality metrics
• Report issues at FMCSA, IMG quality review meetings, Variability Reduction Team meetings, and other required departments to improve manufacturing quality and processes
• Develop and implement possible resolutions to Interior-related problems for vehicles post-launch through design and manufacturing improvements
• Establish root cause and resolutions of specific customer complaints by assisting CSO (Customer Service Operations) and Dealers through CMT/QSF (Customer Monitoring Team/Quality System Feedback)
• Liaise with and support relevant AP (Application Engineering) Engineering functions
• Utilize regional Vehicle Functional Group Engineers (VFGs) as a resource for hard-to-fix issues
• Brief MTC (Manage The Change) Teams on design changes that will impact production and facilitate problem-free implementation of these changes