# Studio Engineer

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $86,600-$166,200
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

We believe freedom of movement drives human progress. 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 alternatives 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

- 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.

## Skills

### Required
- Catia V5
- 3DX
- Mechanical Engineering
- Automotive