Thermal System Attribute Engineer

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress.

Join the Ford Product Development team as a Thermal System Attribute Engineer.

Responsibilities

Analyze test data to ensure vehicles exhibit expected behavior and pass requirements. Responsibilities include:

• Overall vehicle thermal system sign-off, including Wind Tunnel Testing and Road Development
• Collaborating with propulsion teams to develop key calibration parameters for Climate Control
• Working with Dual Automatic Temperature Control team on calibration development
• Ensuring components and sub-systems meet requirements for expected climate performance
• Troubleshooting performance issues and proposing solutions
• Understanding and applying Thermal/Cabin System CAE tools
• Coordinating vehicle testing to support Program Timing Milestones
• Planning and executing Vehicle Wind Tunnel testing and Supplier data analysis
• Planning and executing Vehicle Road Trip testing
• Implementing climate control comfort strategies in programs
• Domestic travel required up to 20%

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field
• 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation
• 3 years of experience with thermal systems hardware, data visualization, and collaborating with design engineers
• 2 years of experience translating design requirements into functional specifications
• 1 year of experience working with automotive climate system components and communicating technical topics to non-technical business partners
• 6 months of experience with data acquisition systems, developing detailed vehicle test plans, Wind Tunnel and Dynamometer Testing, and analyzing thermal and climate system test data

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care
• 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
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time