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Manufacturing Engineer, Automation & Controls, BlueOval Battery Park Michigan

Ford Motor Company Marshall, MI On-site senior full-time

Salary

$65,100-$166,200 per year

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Description

Join Ford Motor Company's BlueOval Battery Park Michigan team as a Manufacturing Engineer, Automation & Controls. You will be part of a start-up team launching a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility from the ground up, playing a crucial role in the electrification movement and the production of next-generation vehicles.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Ensuring adherence to the Ford Production System (FPS) Key Unifying Processes (KUP) and compliance with Safety and Quality Operating System practices
  • Building and leading an agile team to deliver advanced technology
  • Creating a culture of trust, encouraging diversity of thought, and fostering leadership in others
  • Using Andon data to prioritize efforts to achieve 100% flow
  • Identifying and implementing Controls Best Practices
  • Troubleshooting and resolving production-related downtime
  • Setting up and maintaining industrial bar code scanners and printers
  • Running off equipment per Ford specifications to validate capability and robustness
  • Ensuring production systems meet objectives through Process Design and FMEAs

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree
  • 4+ years of controls engineering experience in an automated manufacturing environment
  • 2+ years of experience with networking and communication protocols
  • 2+ years of experience with PLC programming (Siemens/Allen-Bradley)

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree in engineering
  • Experience with Fanuc robots, ABB robots, and Universal robots
  • Knowledge of Industrial Electronics, PLC Logic, and Controls
  • Leadership behaviors and outstanding interpersonal, team building, and communication skills
  • Experience with Atlas Copco fastening systems
  • Knowledge of Mfg. 4.0 (Industry 4.0) key principles

Benefits:

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, and subsidized back-up child care
  • Family building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members
  • Tuition assistance
  • Paid time off for individual and team community service
  • A generous schedule of paid holidays

Salary range: $65,100-$166,200

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Skills

Required

  • PLC programming
  • controls engineering
  • networking protocols
  • Safety Operating System
  • Quality Operating System

Nice to have

  • Fanuc robots
  • ABB robots
  • Universal robots
  • Industrial Electronics
  • PLC Logic
  • Atlas Copco fastening systems
  • Mfg. 4.0

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