Vehicle Integration Engineer driving customer-valued innovation in vehicle design at Ford. Collaborating cross-functionally and championing feature development for new Ford/Lincoln products.
Responsibilities
Be the Voice of the Customer for a new large scale, global product
Support the Vehicle Engineering Manager in their role as Chief Technical Officer on your program.
Lead cross-attribute and cross-functional engineering issue resolution
Understand customer-perceived vehicle attribute performance, and integrate attribute targets that are well-matched to the customer and the specific vehicle program, given the competitive landscape and Product Excellence Strategy
Champion development of features that differentiate and delight our customers. Ensure that the right program content is protected to achieve customer, corporate, and program requirements.
Champion completion of Vehicle Engineering deliverables for each vehicle program milestones and gateways, including senior management drives and reviews
Represent VE during prototype and pre-production builds
Lead subjective-drive evaluations, management experience events and identify customer-level and engineering issues. Ensure all major issues are communicated to the responsible functional areas and drive all issues to full resolution.
Requirements
B.S. degree in engineering with 3.0 above GPA
4-10 years of automotive experience in product development and experience of handling cross-functional issues.
Strong understanding of customer-perceived vehicle attributes – Familiarity with a wide range of vehicle attributes and systems, strong technical depth in VE attributes
Analytical skills to identify, diagnose and resolve issues
Experience in cross-functional leadership with great teamwork skills is highly desired
Highly motivated individual with a drive for results, leadership mentality and a self-starter attitude
Able to handle multiple tasks and prioritize accordingly
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and able to quickly create presentations to demonstrate key points
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
Possession of Valid Current US Driver’s License
Have passion for trucks and off-road vehicles; understand how vehicle systems work.
Prior VE experience is a plus
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.
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