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Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!
At Ford, the Vehicle Hardware Engineering teams are using 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 teams around the world are working together with excitement to make smart vehicles for a smart world.
In this position...
- Identify opportunity areas for optimization and part reduction.
- Drive cost reduction, weight minimization, quality improvements.
- Coordinate with Core Teams on system optimization opportunities and manage change.
- Drive SET Adherence to Systems Engineering Operating Principles.
- Champion trade-off decisions to balance within the VHE Function.
What you'll do...
- Lead Systems level sign-off for the assigned SET Zone
- Collaborate/work with team members and external partners on packaging, weight, cost, labor, timing, and integration from a systems perspective according to assigned vehicle area and content.
- Support functional sign-off and compatibility reviews to deliver all Program Milestones on-time with completed metrics.
- Drive cross-functional issue resolution (including program, finance, quality, attribute, manufacturing, STA, studio, color & materials sign off, suppliers etc.). Support escalation when needed.
- Manage total cost, content and other attributes & metrics within the SET Zone
- Identify opportunity areas for optimization, part reduction.
- Drive cost reduction, weight minimization, quality improvements
- Lead the overall optimization of the system.
- Coordinate with Core Teams on system optimization opportunities and manage change.
- Drive SET Adherence to Systems Engineering Operating Principles
- Support functional sign-off and compatibility reviews to deliver all Program Milestones on-time with completed metrics.
- Champion trade-off decisions to balance within the VHE Function
- Drive cross-functional issue resolution (including program, finance, quality, attribute, manufacturing, STA, studio, color and materials sign off, suppliers etc.). Support escalation when needed.
You'll have...
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering required.
- 3+ years of experience in automotive systems design/engineering.
- Must have the knowledge of Systems Engineering Fundamental and Design Thinking
Even better, you may have...
- Demonstrates critical thinking, courage, humility, decisiveness, flexibility, knowledge, vision, communications.
- Ability to work in dynamic, fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
- Demonstrated ability to show initiative.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (open, clear, and inclusive)
- Excellent leadership skills with demonstrated ability to deliver results.
- Demonstrated organizational & delegation skills with proper follow-up.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple issues effectively and efficiently.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize workload managing immediate and future needs.
- Ability to build strong effective relationships with cross functional teams (Program, Studio, Purchasing, Finance, Engineering).
- Strong technical capability and problem-solving skills.
- Fluent in English Speaking and Writing.
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.
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.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid
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