
Quality Engineer - Measurement Systems
Ford · Lima, OH
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $72k–$121k
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Ford (automotive) in Lima, OH.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Six Sigma, Root cause, DOE
- Base pay
- $72k–$121k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Ohio: typical posted base $90k–$130k. This one lists $72k–$121k.
Median of the low and high ends of 9 live postings that list pay, out of 81 quality engineer openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Ohio plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 80 other live quality postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- About 12% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $90k–$130k, from 7 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 63%
- FMEA 41%
- PPAP 40%
- Supplier quality 40%
- ISO 9001 38%
- SPC 35%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Ford
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
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- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: Ford in Lima
2 other open roles at this site.
- Production Supervisor · Production · Supervisor
- Area Manufacturing Manager · Manufacturing · Manager
Full description from FordAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
requirements
for electronic gauges, including functionality, accuracy, and data needs.
- ✓Verify that gauges operate correctly and remain fit for their intended use.
- ✓Ensure reliable communication between gauges and the server.
- ✓Monitor data collection to confirm measurements are complete, accurate, and traceable.
- ✓Analyze gauge data to identify trends, anomalies, and potential quality issues.
- ✓Troubleshoot gauge, connectivity, and data-transfer problems; coordinate corrective actions.
- ✓Support gauge calibration, verification, maintenance, and lifecycle planning.
- ✓Collaborate with manufacturing, IT, and quality teams to implement and improve gauge systems.
- ✓Document gauge requirements, procedures, issues, and performance results.
- ✓Report risks and performance metrics and recommend actions to improve measurement-system effectiveness.
You'll have...
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical field; equivalent hands-on experience may also be suitable.
- ✓Experience in quality, manufacturing, metrology, test systems, or process engineering—ideally in automotive or another regulated manufacturing environment.
- ✓Experience supporting electronic measurement equipment, gauges, sensors, or shop-floor data systems.
- ✓Ability to read engineering drawings, understand datums and tolerances, and translate
requirements
into a functional inspection method.
Even better, you may have...
- ✓Previous automotive and/ or quality analysis experience
- ✓Proficiency in use of problem solving tools (Six Sigma, DOE, 8D, 5 Why, etc)
- ✓Effective oral and written communication skills
- ✓Self-starter, with the ability to be self-directed in a high-volume, fast-paced environment
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 the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
- ✓Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
- ✓Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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
- ✓A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
- ✓Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $72,480-121,440.
This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $84,480-141,360.
This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $96,720-162,120.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
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.
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In this position...
Interface with production departments to address quality issues, internal QOS adherence, root cause analysis, gauging strategy and Data collection and analysis.
What you'll do...
- •Develop and maintain the gauge strategy to meet quality and measurement requirements.
- •Define
