Product Development Engineer-Body Interior Craftsmanship

At Ford Motor Company, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

The interior Craftsmanship Engineer will be responsible for elevating the craftsmanship of our vehicles, ensuring every Ford vehicle delivers an exceptional customer experience. You will play a critical role in driving design and process excellence, and ensuring our vehicles meet and exceed perceived quality expectations from concept to launch.

Responsibilities

• Drive vehicle design to world-class interior craftsmanship.
• Establish interior gap and flush targets for new vehicle programs.
• Communicate cutline and interface intent to Studio through section cuts and related design views.
• Apply design and process standards, lessons learned, and best practices for fit and finish excellence.
• Drive required ingredients and craftsmanship enablers at Program Start to meet vehicle craftsmanship targets.
• Coordinate benchmarking and analyzed data to drive decision-making on appearance-related issues.
• Conduct perceived quality reviews in the immersion lab and present to management on issues and work plans.
• Work with Manufacturing, Design & Release, Integration, Program Management, and Studio Engineering to drive recommended surface and cutline changes that meet fit-and-finish standards.
• Lead issue escalation, containment, and corrective action tracking for craftsmanship concerns.
• Identify issues and opportunities for improvement based on dimensional analyses, virtual and physical evaluations.
• Develop workplans and lead cross-functional teams to resolve system issues and ensure targets are met.
• Track perceived quality status to program deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related field) or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 3 years of experience in automotive quality, design, or manufacturing, with a focus on interior craftsmanship, fit and finish, or perceived quality.
• 1 year of CAD experience.

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

The salary range for this position is:

• 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