# Senior Chassis Design Engineer **Company**: Ford Motor Company **Location**: Long Beach, CA **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $138,800-$232,700 **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/70544?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_b2165e0f-510 ## Description As a Senior Chassis Engineer, you will drive the design, development, and execution of novel chassis components and sub-systems,including brakes, steering, wheels, tires, and suspension platforms. You will bridge first-principles engineering with advanced manufacturing techniques to optimize driving dynamics, efficiency, structural mass, and cost. Working across concept development, physical/virtual validation, and full-vehicle testing, you will play a central role in delivering best-in-class vehicle attributes for our next-generation vehicle portfolio. ## Responsibilities ### Advanced Concept Design & System Engineering - Design and develop novel chassis concepts (brakes, steering, suspension, wheels, and tires) that balance driving dynamics, vehicle mass, cost, efficiency, manufacturability, and serviceability. ### Requirements Definition & Attribute Optimization - Challenge legacy design requirements and define data-driven, first-principles specifications for system sizing, functional performance, and safety attributes. - Align system performance targets with regulatory standards, customer requirements, and vehicle dynamics. ### Feasibility, Analysis & Cross-Functional Validation - Evaluate and validate the manufacturing, assembly, and service feasibility of proposed designs in close collaboration with manufacturing, service, and launch teams. - Utilize advanced engineering analysis tools to simulate, stress-test, and iterate design proposals prior to physical build. ### Prototyping, Testing & Vehicle Dynamics Evaluation - Lead the design, build, and validation testing at the components, sub-systems, and full-vehicle level. - Conduct both subjective and objective evaluations of braking, steering, ride, and handling attributes across production vehicles, prototype test mules, and driver-in-the-loop simulators. - Analyze test data to troubleshoot root causes, iterate designs, and refine vehicle performance attributes. ## Qualifications - Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. - Experience: 3+ years of automotive engineering experience (or related mobility sector), with exposure to electric vehicle (EV) platforms preferred. - Technical Mastery: Solid foundation in core engineering principles (statics, dynamics, materials, thermal) and their practical application to complex vehicle systems and manufacturing processes. - CAD Capability: Strong proficiency in 3D CAD modeling (3DEXPERIENCE preferred). - Communication & Collaboration: Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills, with a track record of effective cross-functional partnership. ## 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 - Automotive Engineering - 3D CAD modeling - engineering analysis tools ### Nice to have - Electromechanical Design - Full Lifecycle Experience - Vehicle Dynamics Expertise - Design for Manufacturing & GD&T --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/70544?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)