# Product Development Engineer-Steering

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $65,100-$109,300, $74,300-$124,500, $86,600-$144,900, $99,100-$166,200
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

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

The Steering Engineer is responsible for the Steering Column, Locks, Shift Lever, Intermediate Shaft, and Dash Boot across the full engineering lifecycle - from requirements and standards development through supplier technical management and design execution.

## Responsibilities

- Manage steering component suppliers, including technical development and RFQ support.

- Review, release and maintain 2D & 3D CAD models and program-specific Engineering Specifications.

- Support development and maintenance of foundational standards and processes (DFMEA/FUSA, SDS Requirements, Functional Specifications, Design Rules, Interface Drawings, Test Methods, SCAFF/SCCP).

- Review and sign off on supplier test reports and validation data.

- Deliver program timing, cost, weight and quality targets.

- Develop Failure Mode Avoidance (FMA) and Reliability documentation.

- Design, develop and package Upper Steering systems and components.

- Support execution of the Upper Steering Commodity Business Plan and new supplier/technology development.

- Resolve design, package, and quality issues; support Prevent Recurrence activities for FSA, Stop Ship, and High-Priority issues.

- Participate in Technical Design Reviews to ensure clean sign-off against requirements and design rules with disciplined DVP&Rs.

- Prepare and present project/technical milestone status reports.

- Develop and analyze complex dimensional stack-ups.

- Support vehicle CAE, NVH, Dynamics and Safety teams as needed.

- Perform vehicle build signoffs; support vehicle launches and issue resolution.

- Support Ford/supplier plant reviews (APQP, PFMEA, SCCAF, Control Plans).

- Work with the Plant Vehicle Team (PVT), Supplier Technical Assistance (STA) and suppliers to track and improve warranty performance.

- Identify and implement cost-saving ideas.

- Domestic and international travel to supplier/Ford manufacturing sites as needed (approximately 1–2 times per year per site).

## Qualifications

- BSME, BSEE, or similar engineering degree.

- 5+ years of automotive engineering experience in Steering Systems (Column, Intermediate Shaft, Dash Boot, Shift Lever, and/or Locks) or related.

- 1 year of Project leadership experience.

- 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.

## Skills

### Required
- Steering Systems
- CAD
- Project leadership
- Automotive engineering
- Failure Mode Avoidance
- Reliability documentation

### Nice to have
- MSME
- MSEE
- Core/foundation engineering experience
- Chassis
- Steering
- Safety-critical components
- Systems Engineering
- Statistical Data Analysis
- GD&T
- CATIA
- Supplier management

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