Product Development Engineer-Chassis Architecture

At Ford Motor Company, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

As a member of the advanced chassis engineering team, you are responsible for the up-front system design work and decision-making inputs on all-new Ford & Lincoln products, including next-gen electrified architectures.

The D&R Engineer is responsible for managing product release CAD and BOM structures, including assembly positioning and mass attribute analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and track comprehensive program timing plans for advanced chassis architecture initiatives, ensuring alignment with overall vehicle program milestones and gateways.
• Proactively identify potential timing risks and implement mitigation strategies to keep programs on schedule.
• Lead cross-functional timing reviews, communicating status, issues, and recovery plans to relevant stakeholders and senior management.
• Drive adherence to program timing within the chassis engineering team.
• Manage and monitor the financial aspects of advanced chassis programs, including material cost, investment, and tracking against established targets.
• Collaborate with purchasing, finance, and engineering teams to identify cost reduction opportunities and ensure cost-efficient design and manufacturing solutions.
• Prepare and present regular financial reports, forecasts, and variance analyses to program leadership, highlighting risks and opportunities.
• Facilitate trade-off discussions to balance weight, cost, performance, and requirements within the chassis system.
• Serve as the primary chassis representative and support technical discussions in cross-functional vehicle architectural development forums, ensuring chassis requirements, constraints, and opportunities are effectively communicated and integrated.
• Develop and deliver clear, concise, and compelling presentations to various audiences, including engineering teams, program leadership, and executive management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science, mechanical engineering preferred.
• 2+ years of chassis experience in an automotive or related domain.
• 1+ years of CAD experience.

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.