# Vehicle Interior Validation and Failure Analysis Engineer

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Long Beach, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $121,098.00 - $207,288.84/yr
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress.

Join the Ford Product Development team as a Vehicle Interior Validation and Failure Analysis Engineer in Long Beach, California, with a hybrid work arrangement.

## Responsibilities

As a Vehicle Interior Validation and Failure Analysis Engineer, you will be responsible for Risk Assessment, Concept Validation, Prototyping, Benchmarking, Development, Test Management, and Detailed documentation of Interior components and systems through multiple stages of development.

Key responsibilities include:

- Conceptualizing, Evaluating, Coordinating, Testing, Root causing, Countermeasuring, and Validating Interior components and systems

- Domestic and International Travel Required up to 20%

## Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or a related field

- 3 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation

- 3 years of experience with each of the following skills:

- Designing, validating, and developing interior subsystems including Instrument Panel, Restraints, Center Console, and Cabin Trim components

- Using 3D CAD software collaboratively to support design and development including NX, Catia, and 3DX

- Utilizing a diverse array of structural and functional engineering materials including metals, polymers, composites, adhesives, fluids, glass, and ceramics

- Applying principles of material mechanics and metallurgical fundamentals

- Conducting failure analysis of non-metal and composite materials

- Analyzing stress, strain, cracking, fatigue, and associated failure modes

- 2 years of experience with each of the following skills:

- Conducting tests and validation with increasing responsibility, demonstrating a track record of technical achievement

- Supporting product launches in factory settings

## Benefits

- Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage

- Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care, 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
- 3D CAD software
- NX
- Catia
- 3DX
- material mechanics
- metallurgical fundamentals
- failure analysis
- stress analysis
- strain analysis
- cracking analysis
- fatigue analysis

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