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Ford Motor Company

Product Development Technologist

Ford Motor Company
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hybrid mid full-time $74,300 - $124,500 Livonia

First indexed 8 May 2026

Description

We're looking for a Product Development Technologist to join our team. As a Product Development Technologist, you will lead and support current and future model production/design problem solving with cross-functional teams. Working with transmission, hybrid, and electric vehicle eDrive units and components, you will coordinate returns from the field/test locations, distribute them to the floor for teardown, write the necessary work orders, and manage storage of critical components.

Responsibilities include:

  • Coordinating the building of test samples along with completing the teardown of samples after test.
  • Coordinating part returns and managing their flow through the garage for troubleshooting.
  • Supporting all design verification testing, both systems and components, including writing test requests, coordinating sample builds, preparation, and delivery.
  • Coordinating root cause analysis, including writing teardown requests, coordinating post-test evaluations, and disposition of post-test hardware.
  • Supporting best-in-class benchmarking, creating part orders for new benchmarking studies, developing custom components to enable testing, and teardown reports.
  • Managing the list of teardowns.
  • Leading transmission, eDrive units, and eREV builds for validation development when design change improvements are made.
  • Supporting Part Ordering and shipments for troubleshooting, coordination with our plants where applicable.
  • Managing test units, status, storage, etc.
  • Key point of contact for transmission, eDrive Units, and eREV pedigree tracking for both low and high time in service evaluations.
  • Managing and ordering spare parts to support dyno testing.

Qualifications include:

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • 5 years of experience required in the automotive industry, Powertrain knowledge (transmission, axle, or driveline) is a plus.

As an established global company, we offer a range of benefits, including 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.

This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $74,300 to $124,500. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility, and competitive market value.

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