Hybrid Senior Manager, Closures

at Ford Motor Company

• Job title: Senior Manager, Closures
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $163,080 - $308,880 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Assembly
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Long Beach, United States

About the role

• Senior Manager of Closures leading engineering for Ford's electric vehicles and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Overseeing structural components and systems from concept through production launch.

Responsibilities

• Create and develop structural system requirements and specifications while developing geometry and the engineering execution in conjunction with design, supply chain, and other core teams.
• Create vehicle-aligned component and system targets for function, cost, weight and investment.
• Develop 3D geometry and innovative designs concepts that solve challenging crash load cases while balancing construction, material, and manufacturing methods
• Optimize the concepts and designs with analytical and physical assessments, ensuring conformation to federal regulations governing assigned systems.
• Deliver world-class craftsmanship and fit/finish through the proper implementation of GD&T.
• Develop, study, and implement novel construction techniques and materials then drive them to production feasibility
• Enable effective communications with Studio, Packaging, Advanced Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supplier activities to deliver optimal design solutions
• Support presentations of concepts and status to senior management and internally to Company personnel

Requirements

• Bachelor's or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 8+ Years leading a hardware engineering team delivering structural components or systems
• 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and releasing one or more vehicle subsystem and adjoining parts including component manufacturing and assembly processes
• 5+ years of experience using 3D CAD software collaboratively (NX, Catia, 3DX, etc.)
• 3+ years of experience in a production release process in collaboration with manufacturing teams
• 3+ years of experience in a factory setting launching a new product
• 5+ years of experience applying and using GD&T

Benefits

• 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.