Job Description

The Ford Champs Program provides undergraduate students with hands-on, career-specific experience inside Ford of Mexico.

Ford Champs looks forward to providing you with key knowledge and significant experiences for your professional career. This is a great platform to connect with leadership, collaborate with professionals in many areas of the business and learn more about our Ford full time opportunities. Throughout this part-time program, there are many opportunities to gain insight and exposure to our business that will last a lifetime.

Ford Champs program will allow to get to now different business areas through 12 to 24 months, while you improve your skills and become a better professional.

Connected Vehicle Software Ford Champ - Under direction from the Warranty Spend Quarterback (QB) and input from their VFG (Vehicle Function Group) Lead, this candidate will focus primarily on higher time in service issues and the effect on warranty spend.

The trainee will work closely with Core & Applications Engineers to come up with a fix for customers, pursue recoveries from suppliers, and focus team on prevention. Over the Air updates for some vehicles offer the opportunity to fix vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with VFG and SubQB to identify opportunities for Workshop Manual.
• Candidate must be on site at least twice per week for activities.
• Support VFG and SubQB to implement Roadmap actions related to Workshop Manual.
• Engage in connected vehicle data and CV team to head off issues before they become warranty.
• Support CVS QB on "shot clock" initiative for Low time and high time in service issues.
• Proactively work with cross functional Quality leads (Driver Assistant Technologies, Cockpit & Connectivity, Veh Controls, SW team and Systems team).
• Support and work closely with FWD Model team on QNPS, Customer clinics & Launch's.
• Driven to take waste out of existing processes and find new unique ways to tell the warranty spend and recovery story (using data analytics).

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• In Progress for Bachelor's degree in Engineering (preferred)
• Engineering Degree in progress, active student from any of the last 4 semesters
  of Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, Systems, Mechanical - Electrical, Mechatronics, Aeronautical,
  Engineering.
• 90% English skills (Oral, reading, writing, and listening).
• Strong collaboration and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• High level of initiative
• Good Presentation skills and some experience with Mgt reviews.
• Proven effective organizational, planning, and time leadership skills
• Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced, sophisticated and global environment
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to coordinate multiple teams and projects
• Ability to consistently perform at a high level of technical competence, showing composure and decisiveness under pressure
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills

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.