Hybrid Brake Application Design Engineer

at Ford Motor Company

• Job title: Brake Application Design Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Assembly
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Livonia, United States

About the role

• Variable Brake Engineer responsible for delivering brake systems and components at Ford. Involves managing designs and supplier performance for automotive applications.

Responsibilities

• The engineer leads component and system design and development, validating and signing-off all key brake performance and attribute requirements.
• The engineer manages supplier delivery and performance.
• The engineer serves as a leader and representative of brake engineering to interfacing organizations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (ME, EE or similar)
• 3 years of experience in chassis component system design and development in an automotive domain
• Graduate Degree in Engineering (ME, EE or similar) is preferable
• Experience in functional engineering desirable, preferably chassis or automotive-related work experience (Ford, OEM or supplier)
• Demonstrated proficiency in engineering disciplines preferred: DVP&R, DFMEA, 8D, Process Controls, Reliability, and System Engineering Fundamentals
• Project management skills - Capable of managing projects by looking both at the big picture objectives and at detail administration to achieve these objectives
• Strong leadership skills – inherent self-starter, self-motivated, with strong drive for results
• Strong oral/written communication skills to lead group projects, issue resolution, and management reviews
• Able to work in unfamiliar and unstructured situations and succeed
• Computer-literate. Proficiency in MS Office/Outlook: Excel; Word, PowerPoint, CAD (Catia / Team Center) exposure, etc.
• Recognized in prior work assignments for demonstrated performance
• Ability to travel and support Ford Motor Company final assembly plants and supplier sites, when required, during project delivery

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