# Product Development Engineer - Exterior Lighting Vision Systems **Company**: Ford Motor Company **Location**: Dearborn, MI **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $68,300-$192,900 **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Automotive **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294 **Apply**: https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/67857?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_5b54f6df-171 ## Description At Ford Motor Company, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters. The Exterior Lighting Engineer is a multi-disciplinary technical authority responsible for the integrity, evolution, and in-house design ownership of lighting systems. As the department shifts toward Build-to-Print (BTP) models and AI-driven engineering, this role is the primary driver of Ford’s internal technical foundation. This position bridges the gap between mechanical, electrical, software, and optical engineering. ## Responsibilities ### Technical Standards, Requirements, and AI Driven Innovation - Leading the transition from supplier-led designs to Ford-owned "Build-to-Print" applications, including developing detailed internal CAD, optical models, and technical data packages. - Utilizing and developing Artificial Intelligence to automate administrative and data-heavy tasks, enabling more time for high-value In-House-Design. - Defining and maintaining the technical specifications and global design rules that govern all lighting programs to ensure consistency and performance. - Driving the research and development of next-generation lighting technologies to maintain a competitive advantage. ### Quality Engineering and Risk Mitigation - Leading the proactive identification of risks through the development and ownership of DFMEA and supporting PFMEA to ensure flawless manufacturing. - Serving as the lead investigator for complex system failures, including physical teardowns and forensic analysis of field returns. - Owning the technical "health" of the commodity, directly impacting quality metrics and warranty spend. ### Financial & Program Integrity - Identifying and executing technical cost-reduction strategies through BTP efficiencies, without compromising quality or regulatory compliance. - Leading the negotiation between Studio’s aesthetic vision, manufacturing feasibility, and purchasing targets. - Acting as the technical authority during early-stage feasibility to ensure that aesthetic vision and engineering requirements are aligned. ### What you'll do... - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver a robust system at vehicle level. - Create and present technical presentations for peer and management reviews. - Perform and/or review & sign off technical analyses of component/system functional and packaging studies. - Actively participate in the Technical Design Reviews. ## Qualifications ### You'll have... - Bachelor’s degree or higher in mechanical engineering or a related field. - 5+ years of experience in design, development, or launch of automotive lighting or similar components. - CAD Capable (such as CATIA, 3DX, Teamcenter) & familiarity with CAE tools and software. ### Even better, you may have... - Master's of Science in Engineering (Mechanical preferred). - 7+ years of experience. - Experience in design and release of Exterior Lighting. - Software literacy and mechatronics 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. ## Skills ### Required - CAD - CAE - Artificial Intelligence - DFMEA - PFMEA - MS Office ### Nice to have - Master's of Science in Engineering - Experience in design and release of Exterior Lighting - Software literacy and mechatronics experience - Strong understanding of statistical analysis --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/67857?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)