
Domain Hardware Quality Engineer
Ford · Dearborn, MI
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $65k–$166k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 11 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Ford (automotive) in Dearborn, MI.
- They ask for
- 4+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Six Sigma, Root cause, DMAIC
- Base pay
- $65k–$166k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Michigan: typical posted base $87k–$149k. This one lists $65k–$166k.
Median of the low and high ends of 23 live postings that list pay, out of 69 quality engineer openings in Michigan, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Michigan plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 68 other live quality postings in Michigan.
- Base pay
- In line with similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (4+ vs 5+)
Typical $87k–$149k, from 22 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 71%
- FMEA 51%
- PPAP 49%
- Control plans 42%
- New product launch 39%
- ✓ Six Sigma 39%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for DMAIC, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Ford in Dearborn
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This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.
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At Ford Motor Company, we are committed to building smart, reliable vehicles that exceed customer expectations. We’re looking for a Domain Quality Engineer to help us deliver on that promise by leading quality efforts across vehicle programs—specifically in the electronic module and sensor domains. This role offers a high level of visibility, impact, and cross-functional collaboration. If you're passionate about data-driven improvement and want to shape the quality of future Ford vehicles, we want to hear from you.
What you'll do...
- •End to End Warranty Transformation: lead the warranty improvement for electronic hardware by utilizing Single Agenda for Quality and IRIS/SIMPSN process for prioritizing issues and progressing problem solving to resolution in support of achieving R/1000 and throughput objectives.
- •Data Analysis & Reporting: Extract and report warranty R/1000, CPU and CPR trend data to support product engineering prioritization and measure initiative outcomes.
- •Quality Improvement Leadership: Drive root-cause analysis and the implementation of corrective actions, leading cross-functional efforts to enhance product quality.
- •Customer Insight Development: Analyze customer feedback and warranty trends to identify underlying issues and contributing factors, delivering clear, actionable insights.
- •Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Electronic Hardware Design, Software Design, PVT, FCSD, Core Engineering, and suppliers to develop and track quality improvement action plans for top concerns.
- •Supplier Warranty Reviews: Lead supplier part review meetings to validate failure modes and support quality improvement strategies. Drive Supplier Spike recovery and GWC process.
- •Meeting Support & Reporting: Provide quality input for Electronic Hardware meetings, and support Chief and Director level quality reviews, FSQR report out and CPRs Stand up meeting.
You'll have...
- •Bachelor’s degree in electrical degree in Electrical, Electronics or other related Engineering field
- •4+ years of experience in PD, manufacturing, and/or quality roles
- •Analytical & Technical Skills: Proficient in structured problem-solving techniques (8D, 3L5Y, DMAIC, Six Sigma, etc).
- •Strong Communication: Able to clearly present technical data and lead discussions across teams.
- •Team Leadership: Strong organization and coordination skills to manage multiple projects and stakeholders.
- •Software Proficiency: Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint for analysis and reporting.
Even better, you may have...
- •Master's Degree in Engineering
- •Electronics Module Knowledge: Experience with electronic ECU/sensors and component-level diagnostics is a plus.
- •Analytical and Technical Skills: Six Sigma greenbelt or blackbelt certified
- •Data Systems Experience: Proficient in using Ford’s quality data systems, such as Quality.AI, QARS, GSAR, GCQIS, Report Logiq and JIRA.
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
- •Paid time off for individual and team community service
- •Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day
This position is a salary grade 5-8, and ranges from $65,100-$166,200.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
Internal applicants: moving into this role may result in an adjustment to your current compensation based on the posted pay range for this role, taking into consideration your
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