# Product Development Engineer - Commercial Accessories (Design & Release)

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Allen Park, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $86,600-$166,200
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

Ford Customization (FC) develops, engineers, releases, validates, and launches a broad portfolio of accessories that complement Ford and Lincoln vehicles. As a Product Development Engineer (PDE), you will lead assigned programs from initial concept through production launch and serve as the primary engineering technical lead.

Responsibilities:

- Lead engineering activities for assigned programs from concept through production launch, including commercial accessories.

- Lead new-product discussions, design and technical reviews, and weekly engineering status meetings.

- Establish priorities, monitor milestones, and ensure deliverables are completed on schedule.

- Partner with Program Managers and Product Planners on new product opportunities, feasibility, and product-line planning.

- Develop designs directly with suppliers, provide CAD and technical data, review supplier CAD, designs, assumptions, packaging studies, environmental considerations, and validation plans.

- Ensure designs meet safety, regulatory, functional, quality, durability, EMC, and vehicle integration requirements.

- Build supplier relationships, provide clear engineering direction, and monitor supplier performance and deliverables.

- Review Product Development Letters (PDLs) and base vehicle changes with Base Vehicle Design and Release Engineers.

- Coordinate and lead vehicle-level testing and validation with suppliers and Ford organizations.

- Evaluate accessory fit, function, appearance, installation, and performance.

- Review, validate, and approve accessory installation instructions and customer/service documentation.

- Review warranty and field data to identify trends and recurring issues.

- Maintain engineering records and documentation throughout the product development cycle.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited four-year college or university.

- Demonstrated experience in product development, engineering, design and release.

- Strong understanding of product development processes, engineering principles, vehicle systems, and manufacturing processes.

- Ability to lead engineering projects and coordinate multiple programs, suppliers, and deliverables simultaneously.

- Strong technical problem-solving and analytical skills with sound engineering judgment.

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.

## Skills

### Required
- product development
- engineering
- design and release
- vehicle systems
- manufacturing processes

### Nice to have
- WERS
- CAD systems
- vehicle modification centers
- supplier development
- automotive accessory development

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