Product Development Engineer

Ford Ford · Auto · Dearborn, MI +1 · PD Operations and Quality

Product Development Engineer at Ford focused on electronic reliability and testing standards for automotive electronic modules. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining reliability requirements, providing guidance on their application, reviewing test plans and results, and supporting issue investigation. Requires experience in automotive testing, reliability concepts, and worst-case circuit analysis.

What you'd actually do

  1. Support the development and maintenance of new and existing electronic reliability requirements.
  2. Provide guidance on the application of these requirements.
  3. Review and approve test plans for electronic module environmental testing.
  4. Review and approve test results and support investigation of non-compliances.
  5. Support issue investigation and resolution for electronic module test and reliability concerns for Ford internal teams and all tiers of suppliers to Ford Motor Company.

Skills

Required

  • General electronic reliability and test standards
  • Automotive testing and reliability
  • Worst-case Circuit Analysis
  • Reliability engineering (FMECA, MTBF, stress/derating analysis)
  • Requirements management
  • Environmental test requirements
  • Electronic reliability simulation (e.g., ANsys Sherlock)
  • Conformal and nano coatings application

Nice to have

  • Master's degree in Engineering
  • Knowledge of J3168 - Reliability Physics Analysis of Electrical, Electronic and Electromechanical Equipment, Modules and Components

What the JD emphasized

  • Experience in automotive testing and reliability is required.
  • Understanding of reliability concepts, such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMECA), Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), and stress/derating analysis.
  • Understanding of environmental test requirements, their application, and the ability to help apply those requirements and answer questions about them from other team members.
  • 5 years minimum experience in electronic reliability or environmental testing.