Senior Manager, Closures

Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company's vision of a fully electric transportation future. The Senior Manager of Closures will be responsible for concept development and detailed design of body structures, closures, exteriors, and chassis systems through multiple stages of development.

Responsibilities:

• Create and develop structural system requirements and specifications while developing geometry and the engineering execution in conjunction with design, supply chain, and other core teams.
• Create vehicle-aligned component and system targets for function, cost, weight and investment.
• Develop 3D geometry and innovative designs concepts that solve challenging crash load cases while balancing construction, material, and manufacturing methods.
• Optimize the concepts and designs with analytical and physical assessments, ensuring conformation to federal regulations governing assigned systems.
• Deliver world-class craftsmanship and fit/finish through the proper implementation of GD&T.
• Develop, study, and implement novel construction techniques and materials then drive them to production feasibility.
• Enable effective communications with Studio, Packaging, Advanced Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supplier activities to deliver optimal design solutions.
• Support presentations of concepts and status to senior management and internally to Company personnel.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 8+ Years leading a hardware engineering team delivering structural components or systems.
• 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and releasing one or more vehicle subsystem and adjoining parts including component manufacturing and assembly processes.
• 5+ years of experience using 3D CAD software collaboratively (NX, Catia, 3DX, etc.).
• 3+ years of experience in a production release process in collaboration with manufacturing teams.
• 3+ years of experience in a factory setting launching a new product.
• 5+ years of experience applying and using GD&T.

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.