# Design and Release Engineer

**Company**: Ford
**Location**: Naucalpan de Juarez, MEX
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

The Design and Release Engineer is responsible for managing the complete lifecycle of vehicle accessories, including exterior, interior, and commercial parts and accessories. This role works closely with cross-functional teams, suppliers, manufacturing, sales, marketing, and program management to deliver high-quality accessory products that meet customer expectations, program timing, cost targets, and quality requirements.

## Responsibilities

- Design, develop, release, test, and validate vehicle accessories for production, dealer, aftermarket, and customization programs.

- Manage the lifecycle of exterior, interior, and commercial accessories from concept through launch and service support.

- Develop new accessory products and evaluate future product opportunities based on customer and market needs.

- Create and maintain bills of material (BOMs), engineering releases, and product documentation.

- Coordinate cost, feasibility, timing, validation, and launch activities for assigned products.

- Support compliance with engineering standards, DVP&R requirements, DFMEA/FMEA processes, and quality requirements.

- Collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to resolve design, manufacturing, quality, and launch issues.

- Support product evaluations, fit-ups, testing, and validation activities.

- Develop installation instructions and service documentation for dealer and customer use.

- Provide technical support to dealer service, sales, operations, manufacturing, and customer-facing teams.

- Participate in engineering reviews, program meetings, launch activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.

- Prepare and communicate project status, technical recommendations, and launch readiness updates to management and stakeholders.

## Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline.

- 5+ years of automotive product development experience, including design and release of vehicle components or accessories.

- 3+ years of experience designing and developing automotive exterior and interior components, including knowledge of manufacturing processes and production requirements.

- Knowledge of automotive product development processes (GPDS or equivalent).

- Experience managing multiple projects, suppliers, and cross-functional activities simultaneously.

- Strong project management, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with automotive engineering systems such as Teamcenter, TcVis Mockup, WERS, WOW, PDO, and iPDL.

- Experience with CAD systems, engineering drawings, schematics, and technical documentation.

- Understanding of vehicle accessories, vehicle systems, manufacturing, and assembly processes.

- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- automotive product development
- project management
- problem-solving
- organizational skills

### Nice to have
- Teamcenter
- TcVis Mockup
- WERS
- WOW
- PDO
- iPDL
- CAD systems
- engineering drawings
- schematics
- technical documentation

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