Description
At Ford Motor Company, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.
Join us in shaping the future of Ford Motor Company, as part of a global organization with exceptional colleagues in world-class facilities. As part of Ford Design, you’ll be at the cutting edge of Ford’s most strategically critical work, designing people and society’s needs into the heart of our next generation of products, services, and experiences.
As a Studio Design Engineer, you will work with many team members to make the design vision a reality. From developing initial engineering concepts for a new design concept, guiding, and integrating multiple engineering and manufacturing inputs into the A surface, providing alternative proposals that enable new ways of reconciling functional requirements and thematic intent, to building a suitable physical model that makes the concept and reality.
Responsibilities
- Lead Studio property set up, and integrity including content, data pedigree, ride height, manikin drop and overall suitability
- Lead completion of studies within Design Feasibility FC Process from FC0 to K6, including completion of the Design Development Checklists, Hardpoints Plan, and the integration of aligned plans into surface
- Lead the integration of A-surface with thematic, VA, functional, and attribute inputs whilst maintaining the emotive character and art in the surface
- Guide initial theme set-up, and development through or in advance of functional, supplier, or attribute inputs
- Develop and maintain Surface Scaffold files to enable Physical and Digital model development and theme overlay
- Provide concept alternatives and provocations to support the reconciliation of thematic intent with functional and program assumptions
- Lead the optimization and balancing of inputs to the studio, including consideration of 'what-might-be' to support the theme vision
- Manage data within, into, and out of the studio
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Automotive Equivalent or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
- 3+ years of proven experience in complete vehicle layout/package, including Body and Trim
- 1+ years of experience in Catia V5 or 3DX
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.
This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $109,100-$182,800.