# Fabrication & Aero Technician

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Allen Park, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $65,100-$109,300, $74,300-$124,500, $86,600-$144,900
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

At Ford Motor Company, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters. The Product Creation and Industrialization (PC&I) team brings together Ford's vehicle, electric, digital, and design teams with the global manufacturing system.

As a Fabrication & Aero Technician, you will report to the Prototype Operations Manager and support Advanced EV (ADVEV) development teams in two primary capacities:

- Support the Experimental Aerodynamics team in wind tunnel testing of new vehicle models.

- Support teams beyond Experimental Aerodynamics with the development and testing of next-generation electric vehicles.

Responsibilities:

- Adhere to safety procedures and training to ensure a healthy and safe work environment.

- Collaborate with an extended team to accomplish work objectives.

- Be open to changing priorities and flexible to changing assignments.

- Demonstrate a high level of responsibility and self-sufficiency.

- Use shop equipment to construct prototype parts, test articles, and test equipment.

- Fabricate and prepare parts for full-scale wind tunnel models.

- Perform basic automotive setup tasks.

- Assemble and debug test equipment, hardware, and instrumentation systems.

- Help transport test articles, tools, and supplies.

- Work with vendors to support prototyping and testing efforts.

- Lift a minimum of 50 lbs.

Qualifications:

- 5+ years of fabrication and hardware prototyping experience.

- Experience in mechanical prototyping and machining.

- Experience with shop/lab equipment installation and maintenance.

- Basic literacy with CAD programs.

- Familiarity with prepping CAD models for 3D printing and operating 3D printers, or ability to learn.

Benefits:

- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage

- 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

- Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays

## Skills

### Required
- fabrication
- hardware prototyping
- mechanical prototyping
- machining
- CAD programs
- 3D printing

### Nice to have
- welding
- general fabrication
- CNC prototype machining
- CAM software
- Autodesk Fusion 360
- Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE
- Adobe Illustrator
- CorelDRAW

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