# Design and Release Engineer-Cockpit and Trim

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $65,100 - $166,200
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

At Ford Motor Company, a global leader in the automotive industry, we are seeking a Design and Release Engineer - Cockpit and Trim to join our team.

As a Design and Release Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing and releasing cockpit and trim applications for various Ford vehicle programs throughout all phases of the product development process, including Studio, Design, Validation, and Launch.

Responsibilities:

- Design, develop, validate, and release automotive systems, subsystems, and components for suppliers for assigned programs.

- Monitor the development of Interior Systems for Ford vehicles according to company-specific benchmarks.

- Design parts to comply with Corporate and Local requirements for parts validation, considering Worldwide Customer Requirements (WCR), Engineering Specifications (ES), and Systems Design specifications (SDS), as well as Manufacturing and Assembly requirements.

- Translate customer, regulatory, and product requirements into engineering targets.

- Monitor suppliers and analyze customer feedback through Ford's systems.

- Support parts incorporation at the Assembly Plant.

- Assist suppliers and assembly departments with current production quality and manufacturing issues.

- Identify design improvements to increase quality and optimize cost and weight.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a similar field.

- At least 3 years of experience in automotive cockpit and trim applications.

- At least 3 years of experience in launch, root cause analysis for design/manufacturing issues, and quick implementation of corrective actions.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a similar field.

- Experience with Design Tools (CATIA/Teamcenter/Digital Buck/GD&T/RSS Studies/DFMEA).

- Proficiency in Analytical Tools (CAE/Moldflow).

- Experience with Complex Systems, Injection Molding, and Secondary Tooling.

- Ability to compile data into decision matrices, reports, and summaries for presentation to Program and Interior Management Teams.

- Strong oral and written communication skills, team-oriented, self-driven, highly motivated, and willing to accept new challenges.

- Demonstrated delivery of results.

- Experience designing and developing Interior Instrument Panel Systems, Console Systems, or related components.

Benefits:

- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage

- Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare, 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

- Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day

Salary:

- Salary grade 5: $65,100 - $109,300

- Salary grade 6: $74,300 - $124,500

- Salary grade 7: $86,600 - $144,900

- Salary grade 8: $99,100 - $166,200

Final determination of salary grade will be based on the candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility, and competitive market value.

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Design Tools
- Analytical Tools

### Nice to have
- CATIA
- Teamcenter
- Digital Buck
- GD&T
- RSS Studies
- DFMEA
- CAE
- Moldflow

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