Job Description

At Ford Motor Company, freedom of movement drives human progress. Our Electrical Distribution Systems (EDS) team designs, validates and delivers the wiring harnesses, connectors and junction boxes that power our vehicles worldwide. We're constantly innovating to boost reliability, reduce costs and elevate the customer experience-whether through cutting-edge test methods, streamlined supplier processes or proactive quality-by-design.

Responsibilities

As a Product Development Champ in Electrical Distribution Systems, you'll be working on a self-directed project with a clear business impact-think reducing warranty claim rates or trimming warranty costs for our vehicle electrical systems.

What you'll do:

• Learn Ford's Global Product Development System and our Quality Operating System
• Apply root-cause tools (5-Why, Fishbone, FMEA/DFMEA) to real field data
• Drive corrective actions upstream-in design, testing or supplier processes
• Present findings and recommendations to cross-functional teams

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Warranty Data Analytics to identify the top EDS failure modes driving claims or costs
• Lead a DFMEA or Failure Mode Avoidance (FMA) effort focused on a selected harness/connector family
• Design and execute targeted test plans (environmental, vibration, electrical endurance)
• Interface daily with Design Engineering, Supplier Quality and Manufacturing to implement improvements
• Develop and maintain core quality documents: P-Diagrams, Control Plans, Robustness Checklists, etc.
• Track project milestones, budget (if any) and deliver a final business-case presentation
• Share lessons learned and update our internal quality dashboards

Expected Outcomes

• Measurable reduction in warranty claims R/1000 for your scoped components.
• Estimated warranty cost savings of at least $XX,000 over 12 months
• One or more corrective actions adopted into standard design or supplier-management processes
• A fully documented project "playbook" for future EDS quality initiatives

Qualifications

• Active student from any of the last 4 semesters of Electrical, Mechanical or Automotive Engineering
• 90% English skills (Oral, reading, writing, and listening)
• Critical thinking.
• Strong analytical mindset; comfortable with data tools (Excel, Minitab, Power BI, Python/R, VBA)
• Basic understanding of automotive wiring harness design and test methods
• Good verbal and written English; able to present technical material to varied audiences
• Proactive, detail-oriented and able to balance academics with a part-time job

Preferred

• Hands-on experience with quality methodologies (FMEA, 8D, 3L5W, DMAIC)

DISCLAIMER: Ford Motor Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, as we are committed with a diverse workforce, and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran and basis of disability.

About Us

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow's transportation.

About the Team

Ford Product Development is utilizing Design Thinking & User Experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that will delight our customers. Our employees are laser-focused on bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. From autonomy and electrification, to smart mobility technologies, our Product Development teams around the world are working together with excitement to make smart vehicles for a smart world.