# Product Development Engineer - Hypoid Gear and Differential Assembly

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Livonia, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**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 Motor Company, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life.

### Responsibilities

- Lead Hypoid gear Design and Release activities for current and future axle applications

- Lead Differential Assembly Design and Release activities for current and future axle applications

- Including leading design and responsibility for all components within the differential assembly

- Support Sterling Axle Plant on current model axle hypoids and differentials

- Own ring gear to differential joint (bolted or laser welded)

- Own eLocker differentials and components

- Create and maintain FMA Documents

- Create and complete DVP’s

- Run analytical and physical testing, including failure analysis and root cause investigation as needed

- Lead component or subsystem team meetings with systems, manufacturing, STA and other component engineers

- Lead ‘Team of 4’ cross functional meetings between PD and Purchasing to source components

- Lead program milestone deliverables for new program gateway sign-offs (SSSOS)

- Order/deliver working prototypes for new programs & projects to support preproduction builds and testing

- Completed PPAP / Production implementation on new programs or changes to existing parts

- Create and maintain significant/critical characteristic document (SCCAF) with supplier or internal powertrain plant

- Manage supplier delivery and Ford milestones through Job #1

- Implement TVM actions for current and future model designs

- Delivery Quality Actions for current model differentials

- Support Full-Service Suppliers as needed

- Review warranty returns, durability vehicles and DVP testing in person at ATNPC or Sterling Axle Plant

### 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

- 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
- Hypoid gear design
- Differential Assembly Design
- FMA Documents
- DVP’s
- analytical and physical testing
- failure analysis
- root cause investigation

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