Product Development Engineer-Interior/Exterior Hardware Integration

At Ford Motor Company, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters. The Product Development Engineer-Interior/Exterior Hardware Integration role involves serving as the primary point of contact for program teams seeking functional engineering assistance. You will provide comprehensive systems integration support within functional departments and facilitate priority alignment within the functional department and between program teams.

Responsibilities:

• Program Content Alignment: Support functional alignment with program assumptions, ensuring engineering design reviews and work streams are consistent with program timing.
• VHE Meeting Leadership: Establish VHE integration meeting cadence and manage the agenda, schedule SharePoint, and chair discussions.
• Integration Coaching: Provide guidance to Function Engineers on systems, tools, forms, and templates necessary to support the program.
• Target Management & Performance: Manage with the Function, commodity planning, development of complexity status, and part-level cost targets.
• Sourcing & Commodity Planning: Support Functional To4 on cost processes, from Key Commodity Planning to final sign-off of commodity targets with the supplier.
• Quality Planning & Management: Develop FMA planning for VHE commodities in alignment with Program content and driven by Functional team analysis.
• Milestone Support & Declaration: Support Engineering Milestone reviews with VEV SO and Program teams, representing the Functional areas.
• Data Integrity & System Alignment: Manage functional CAD to BOM alignment.
• Design Verification & Compliance: Manage total Design Verification (DV) planning and timing to support program Milestone deliverables.
• Change Control Management: Ensure timely updates of required information to maintain a robust BOM and guarantee build stability.
• Issue Resolution: Lead issue resolution, prioritizing clear Root Cause identification.
• Prototype Build Support: Manage assembly illustration sign-off metrics.
• Launch Support: Manage Engineering LQOS Metrics for all builds.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• 10+ years of experience in automotive Interiors preferred but will consider similar experience with Exteriors in addition to comprehensive knowledge of vehicle components and system functions.
• Strong fundamentals and working knowledge of GPDS engineering milestones & GPDS process.
• Experience in the Cost Setting Process and Functional Led Cost/Appearance Delivery Process a benefit.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Outstanding leadership skills with demonstrated ability to deliver results.

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