Supr. S&R Quality

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In this position...

Vehicle Engineering is seeking a Squeak & Rattle Vehicle Functional Group (VFG) Leader to lead the Squeak & Rattle attribute across Ford North America current-production and launch programs.

This role has direct responsibility for driving Squeak & Rattle customer quality by providing technical and operational leadership across assembly plants, the Plant Vehicle Team (PVT), Manufacturing, Incoming Quality, Product Development, Core Engineering, Launch and functional engineering organizations.

The Squeak & Rattle VFG Leader serves as the FNA attribute lead and primary escalation point for production Squeak & Rattle quality, connecting plant execution with customer data, engineering expertise, launch readiness and long-term prevention.

The successful candidate must be comfortable operating equally well on the plant floor, in a vehicle diagnosing a concern, analyzing customer and warranty data, coaching engineers, leading cross-functional problem solving, and presenting attribute status and strategy to leadership.

This is a highly cross-functional role with direct influence on vehicle quality and customer satisfaction.

What you'll do...

• Squeak & Rattle VFG Leader: Core Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Technical Issue Resolution

• Influence cross-functional organizations without relying on direct authority.

• Lead FNA current-production S&R strategy, priorities, and escalations.

• Coach PVT engineers and standardize execution across plants.

• Connect plants, Product Development, Core Engineering, launch, and global teams.

• Detect emerging concerns through warranty, survey, IQS, and plant data.

• Drive root cause, containment, corrective action, and systemic prevention.

• Lead vehicle evaluation and advanced diagnosis for high-impact issues.

• Process Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Establish robust launch control plans, surveillance, tracking, and escalation.

• Govern consistent S&R processes, including road evaluations, 4-poster testing, and audits.

• Protect surveillance capability through reliable facilities, equipment, and resources.

• Convert customer insights and production lessons into engineering priorities.

• Prevent recurrence through improved standards, training, tools, and design guidance.

• Share proven practices across programs and plants.

Key Interfaces

The Squeak & Rattle VFG Leader collaborates across Vehicle Engineering, PVT, Manufacturing, Quality, Product Development, Launch, suppliers, customer-data teams, and global S&R organizations.

Success requires the ability to influence organizations where the VFG Leader may not have direct organizational authority.

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
• 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