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Ford is looking for energetic self-starter engineers to lead the development of future model programs for side door power window systems from concept to customer delivery, ongoing quality improvement, and cost efficiency.

The candidate will work with internal and external customers to develop competitive cost & weight efficient designs. Additionally, the candidate will be responsible to engineer the required CAD and lead analytical and physical analysis to deliver a system that will meet all prescribed requirements. As the program matures, responsibilities will shift to product testing, delivering PSW, and launching within one of Ford’s many assembly plants.

Qualifications

• BS Mechanical Engineering,S Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace, Electro-Mechanical, or Mechatronics

• Good communication skills

• Willingness to work overtime & travel to support launches

Preferred Candidate may have:

• 3+ years experience in Automotive or Aerospace (power mechanisms experience preferred)

• Will consider highly rated degreed college graduates

• Experience with side door window systems, movable roof systems, power backlite systems, quality engineering, window sealing systems, etc.

• Direct experience in closures systems is a positive

• Experience interfacing with studio on resolution of design issues related to Side Door Window Systems

• Experience leading peers via Design reviews to resolve part to part interface issues, and deliver a successful system.

• Experience solving current model quality issues, and implementing corrective actions.

• Hands-on experience with “in-house” engineering, design, and release, as well as managing full-service supplier commodities, with on-time delivery at cost & quality targets.

• Ability to utilize and demonstrate System engineering disciplines and Design for Manufacturing principles to proactively solve issues.

• Knowledge of craftsmanship expectations, benchmarking, and futuring.

• Knowledge of automotive exterior components, including materials and manufacturing technologies, such as stamping, injection molding, extrusion, casting, welding, riveting, etc.

• Experience with bolted joint structures

• Experience with Structural mechanics

• Experience with Systems engineering

• Working knowledge of FEA, DFMEA, Control Plan development, & Dimensional Variation Analysis

• Ability to operate within CATIA environment, Teamcenter Engineering, and Digital Buck preferred

• CATIA ability to create simple parts, sections, and studies a plus

• Capability with Microsoft Suite of products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

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

• Flexible family care days, 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

• 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

https://fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD

This position is a range of salary grades SG5-SG8 .

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Requisition ID : 32657