# Heat Treatment Manufacturing Engineer (Ohio)

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $86,600-$144,900 or $99,100-$166,200
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

At Ford Motor Company, a global leader in the automotive industry, you will have the opportunity to work on transforming the future of mobility. As a Heat Treatment Manufacturing Engineer, you will play a crucial role in specifying, procuring, qualifying, and implementing equipment and processes for heat treatment and metallurgical processing applied to gears and transmission/axle components.

## Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

- Specifying, procuring, and qualifying equipment/tooling for metallurgical processing (carburizing, vacuum, induction hardening, shot peening, laser welding, automation)

- Implementing qualified machines and processes into manufacturing systems at powertrain plants

- Driving continuous improvement and adoption of new technologies, materials, and methods in heat treatment

- Leading the equipment acquisition process end-to-end: technical specification (RFQ), supplier evaluation/selection, and Purchase Requisitions , in partnership with Purchasing

- Owning full equipment delivery: design, supplier runoff, shipment, installation, commissioning, and start-up (power-on) at production facilities

- Managing supplier/integrator contracts, ensuring adherence to technical specs, deadlines, and safety requirements

- Holding financial ownership of the project: cost estimates, checkbook control, and PO tracking within authorized budgets

- Developing and managing timing plans, identifying deviations and driving recovery actions

- Ensuring complete supplier documentation (manuals, drawings, spare parts lists, maintenance plans)

- Supporting process documentation (flow charts, PFMEA, DCP, process sheets, gauging instructions, control charts)

- Applying Failure Mode Avoidance tools (PFMEA, Control Plan, SCCAF, Error Proofing) to mitigate program risks

- Developing standardized engineering solutions, ensuring ergonomics, safety, productivity, and process compliance

- Supporting operating strategies (plant layout, spare parts, visual factory, scrap disposal) to improve quality and reduce cost

- Acting as main interface between engineering, suppliers (OEMs), plants, maintenance, and internal areas (purchasing, quality, safety, facilities)

- Partnering with cross-functional teams and product design to meet program cost, quality, and delivery targets

- Escalating technical/program issues with significant cost, schedule, or scope impact

- Coordinating manpower planning to ensure skilled trades availability for installation

- Preparing and presenting status reports and executive updates on cost, schedule, and quality indicators

- Frequent travel (~75%), mostly to Ohio (Cincinnati area), for installation and commissioning phases

## Qualifications

You will have:

- Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical, Materials, Mechanical, Industrial/Production Engineering, or related field

- 5+ years in manufacturing engineering, including metallurgical background

- High-volume, ferrous-based metallurgical processing experience (heat treatment, welding, surface treatments)

- Proven track record leading equipment acquisition, installation, and commissioning projects

- Experience in supplier/technical procurement (RFQ) and CAPEX budget/schedule control

- Experience in a manufacturing plant environment

- Technical Knowledge: Heat treatment processes, vacuum carburizing, gear machining and metrology knowledge, computer skills: AutoCAD, Word, Excel, Minitab, statistical tools

- Strong written/verbal communication for executive audiences

- Self-motivated, autonomous, with strong ownership of projects

- Excellent planning and organization; able to manage multiple work streams

- Analytical, data-driven, proactive problem solver

- Effective in cross-functional, multicultural teams

- Willing to travel during installation/commissioning phases

## Benefits

Ford Motor Company offers:

- 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

## Salary

The salary range for this position is $86,600-$144,900 or $99,100-$166,200 depending on the salary grade, with final determination based on candidate's skills and experience.

## Skills

### Required
- Metallurgical
- Materials
- Mechanical
- Industrial/Production Engineering
- Heat treatment processes
- vacuum carburizing
- gear machining
- metrology knowledge
- AutoCAD
- Word
- Excel
- Minitab

### Nice to have
- ISO 9001 / IATF 16949 familiarity
- Automotive or powertrain/battery manufacturing experience
- Materials Science (ferrous-based) or Mechanical Engineering background with metallurgical processing exposure

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