# FEA Material Trial Engineer

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

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## Description

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented FEA & Material Engineer to join our team. Reporting directly to the Trial Specialist, this role is critical in providing comprehensive technical support and coordination for various material and process trials.

The successful candidate will be instrumental in evaluating trial proposals, assessing part suitability, and the effect of the trial on production. This role seeks a candidate with strong hands-on experience as well as FEA skills.

Responsibilities:

- Technical Support: Serve as a primary technical resource regarding running FEA’s and assessing the effects of material changes on parts.

- Trial Proposal Evaluation: Conduct thorough evaluations of trial proposals, specifically focusing on aspects such as stamping formability, strain, wrinkling, and process effects.

- Part Suitability Assessment: Critically assess parts for their suitability in proposed trials, ensuring alignment with trial objectives and minimizing potential risks.

- Trial Optimization & Planning: Work in teams to develop strategic plans and guide part selection to minimize the number of required trials while ensuring comprehensive data collection and validation.

- Cross-Functional Interface: Act as a key interface and technical liaison between Product Development (PD), Research & Innovation Center (RIC), Materials Engineering, Paint, and Supplier Technical Assistance (STA) teams to gather necessary technical support and insights.

Qualifications:

- Education: Associate's degree in Engineering (e.g., Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Manufacturing Engineering) or a related technical field.

- Experience: 3+ years of experience in an engineering role, preferably within an automotive manufacturing or R&D environment.

- Technical Acumen: Demonstrated understanding of manufacturing processes, material properties, and testing methodologies related to FEA, hemming, and joining.

- Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate complex technical data and proposals.

- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical information to diverse audiences.

- Interpersonal Skills: Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and build strong working relationships.

- Organizational Skills: Highly organized with strong project coordination and time management abilities.

- Travel: Ability to travel to various stamping facilities as required (monthly or bi-weekly).

Preferred Qualifications:

- Bachelor degree in Engineering (e.g., Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Manufacturing Engineering) or a related technical field.

- Experience with FEA tools for Stamping Formability assessments

- Experience with quality tools such as Argus

- Knowledge of Ford's product development and manufacturing processes.

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.

Salary:

This position is a salary grade 5 – 8 and ranges from $65,100-$166,100.

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.

## Skills

### Required
- FEA
- Material Engineering
- Stamping Formability
- Hemming
- Joining
- Manufacturing Processes
- Material Properties
- Testing Methodologies

### Nice to have
- FEA Tools
- Quality Tools
- Argus
- Ford's Product Development and Manufacturing Processes