# Product Development Engineer - Core Latch Engineer

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $65,100-$109,300
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

We're looking for a Product Development Engineer - Core Latch Engineer to join our team. As a key member of our Product Development team, you will work with internal and external customers to develop competitive cost & weight efficient closer latches, and closer latching system designs.

Responsibilities:

- Work with internal and external customers to develop competitive cost & weight efficient closer latches, and closer latching system designs.

- Establish closer latching strategy, reduce latching complexity, develop and maintain latch requirements and design rules.

- Ensure that the latching system works seamlessly with the entire vehicle mechanical and electrical architecture.

- Lead root cause and resolution of latching issues during vehicle development and in field.

- Be responsible for latch product testing, latch deliverables during the development process.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering or a related field.

- 3+ years of professional experience in the Automotive or Aerospace industry (experience with hinged closures is preferred).

- Experience with latch and latch system design and development.

- Hands-on experience with “in-house” engineering, design, and release, as well as managing full-service supplier commodities, with on-time delivery at cost & quality targets.

- Design and Release/Product Development Engineer/ Closures Commodity Subject Matter Expert experience.

- Ability to work overtime & travel to support launches and issue resolution.

- CAD experience.

Preferred qualifications include:

- 2 years of professional experience in the Automotive or Aerospace industry.

- 3+ years of direct experience in vehicle closer latching systems (e.g. tailgates, liftgates, swing gates, side doors, cargo doors) a plus.

- Experience leading peers via Design reviews to resolve part to part interface issues and deliver a successful system.

- Experience solving current model quality issues and implementing corrective actions.

- Ability to utilize and demonstrate System engineering disciplines and Design for Manufacturing principles to proactively solve issues.

- Knowledge of automotive exterior components, including materials and manufacturing technologies, such as stamping, injection molding, extrusion, forging, casting, welding, riveting, etc.

- Experience with bolted joint structures

- Experience with Structural mechanics

- Experience with Systems engineering

- Experience with latching vehicle electronics integration.

- Experience with latching vehicle software integration.

- Working knowledge of FEA, DFMEA, Control Plan development, & Dimensional Variation Analysis

- Ability to operate within CATIA/3DX environment, Teamcenter Engineering, and Digital Buck

- CATIA/3DX ability to create simple parts, sections, and studies a plus

- Capability with Microsoft Suite of products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

If you're passionate about working on complex engineering projects and have a strong background in mechanical engineering and latch system design, we'd love to hear from you!

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Latch System Design
- CAD
- System Engineering
- Design for Manufacturing
- Automotive Exterior Components
- Bolted Joint Structures
- Structural Mechanics
- Systems Engineering
- Latching Vehicle Electronics Integration
- Latching Vehicle Software Integration
- FEA
- DFMEA
- Control Plan Development
- Dimensional Variation Analysis

### Nice to have
- Product Development
- Engineering Management
- Project Management
- Team Leadership
- Communication
- Problem-Solving
- Analysis
- Design
- Testing
- Validation

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