# Product Development Engineer **Company**: Ford Motor Company **Location**: Dearborn, MI **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: entry **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: Ford Salary Grade 6 - 8 **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/68535?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_887b266c-127 ## Description We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters. At Ford, the Vehicle Hardware Engineering teams are using Design Thinking & User Experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that will delight our customers. Our employees are laser-focused on bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. From autonomy and electrification to smart mobility technologies, our teams around the world are working together with excitement to make smart vehicles for a smart world. The Product Development Engineer supports physical testing, data collection, and facility operations within Ford's test laboratories (e.g., vibration, powertrain, engine dynamometer, wind tunnel, and related vehicle/component test environments). This role executes day-to-day test operations, collects and processes test data, maintains lab equipment and facilities, and helps ensure testing is completed safely, accurately, and on schedule. This is a hands-on, engineering role that does require a formal engineering degree. These positions will range from a Ford Salary Grade 6 - 8. ## Responsibilities - Set up, operate, and troubleshoot lab/test equipment and instrumentation (e.g., sensors, dynamometers, wind tunnels, cameras, and data acquisition systems) to execute daily test schedules safely and accurately - Collect, process, and analyze test data, transferring results into corporate databases and reporting anomalies, failures, or facility issues to engineers and lab leadership - Support test setup and equipment/fixture modifications in coordination with engineers and technical staff - Partner with requesting engineers, customers, and technicians to define test objectives, deliver accurate results/reports, and maintain documentation, procedures, and calibration records - Interface with internal and external customers to understand test objectives and communicate results and technical data clearly - Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment in compliance with Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) and quality standards ## Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or related Engineering discipline - 1+ years of relevant technical/lab experience (e.g., testing, instrumentation, purchasing/procurement support, or related hands-on technical work) - Working knowledge of data acquisition systems and statistical/quality tools (e.g., SPC) - Proficient in Microsoft Office; strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills - Ability to work independently and collaboratively across multiple stakeholders ## 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 - Mechanical Engineering - Electrical Engineering - data acquisition systems - statistical/quality tools - Microsoft Office ### Nice to have - Master's degree - automotive or lab-specific experience - test automation - CAD - analysis software - root-cause analysis - calibration - project management --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/68535?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)