# Product Development Engineer-Seat Complete

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**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.

As a Product Development Engineer-Seat Complete, you will be at the forefront of designing, developing, releasing, and launching complete seat systems and components, playing a pivotal part in the Global Product Development System (GPDS) from concept to Job 1.

## Responsibilities

- Design, develop, release, and launch seat systems or components through Ford's Global Product Development System (GPDS), from PRE-PSC to J1.

- Manage Quality, Weight, Cost, and Timing for assigned parts throughout the product lifecycle.

- Actively participate in and lead program-related meetings, including To4, Seat Complete, EMMs, TDRMs, supplier meetings, and purchasing meetings, as required.

- Develop and execute Seat system/component level Design Verification Plans (DVP), support vehicle/system level DVP, and ensure full compliance with all System Design Specifications (SDS) and Federal Regulations.

- Create and maintain a detailed timing/Gantt chart (PDP) for assigned parts and projects to track progress and milestones.

- Document and maintain a list of recurrence prevention actions, lessons learned, and required design rules, cascading this knowledge to the Core team for continuous improvement.

- Coordinate effectively with various internal and external stakeholders to ensure design intent meets all requirements.

- Lead the integration of seating components into the overall seat system, ensuring seamless functionality and performance.

- The Product Development Engineer is responsible for managing product release CAD and BOM structures, including assembly positioning and mass attribute analysis.

- The Product Development Engineer is expected to understand and effectively utilize product check-in/check-out processes, version control, data release, and change management within Ford’s PLM ecosystem.

- The Product Development Engineer will perform feasibility analyses using CAD tools.

## Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.

- 2+ years of experience with complete seat systems and/or components in an automotive domain or similar.

- 1 year of CAD experience.

## Benefits

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

- 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

- Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays

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## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechatronics
- Electrical Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- CAD

### Nice to have
- Master's degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical, Industrial Engineering
- Experience in product development and parts verification/validation
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
- 2D/3D CAD

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