# Hardware Integration Engineer

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Competitive salary and benefits package
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, 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. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!

## Responsibilities

**In this position...**

- Identify opportunity areas for optimization and part reduction.

- Drive cost reduction, weight minimization, quality improvements.

- Coordinate with Core Teams on system optimization opportunities and manage change.

- Drive SET Adherence to Systems Engineering Operating Principles.

- Champion trade-off decisions to balance within the VHE Function.

**What you'll do...**

- Lead Systems level sign-off for the assigned SET Zone

- Collaborate/work with team members and external partners on packaging, weight, cost, labor, timing, and integration from a systems perspective according to assigned vehicle area and content.

- Support functional sign-off and compatibility reviews to deliver all Program Milestones on-time with completed metrics.

- Drive cross-functional issue resolution (including program, finance, quality, attribute, manufacturing, STA, studio, color & materials sign off, suppliers etc.). Support escalation when needed.

- Manage total cost, content and other attributes & metrics within the SET Zone

- Identify opportunity areas for optimization, part reduction.

- Drive cost reduction, weight minimization, quality improvements

- Lead the overall optimization of the system.

- Coordinate with Core Teams on system optimization opportunities and manage change.

- Drive SET Adherence to Systems Engineering Operating Principles

- Support functional sign-off and compatibility reviews to deliver all Program Milestones on-time with completed metrics.

- Champion trade-off decisions to balance within the VHE Function

- Drive cross-functional issue resolution (including program, finance, quality, attribute, manufacturing, STA, studio, color and materials sign off, suppliers etc.). Support escalation when needed.

## Qualifications

**You'll have...**

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering required.

- 3+ years of experience in automotive systems design/engineering.

- Must have the knowledge of Systems Engineering Fundamental and Design Thinking

**Even better, you may have...**

- Demonstrates critical thinking, courage, humility, decisiveness, flexibility, knowledge, vision, communications.

- Ability to work in dynamic, fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

- Demonstrated ability to show initiative.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (open, clear, and inclusive)

- Excellent leadership skills with demonstrated ability to deliver results.

- Demonstrated organizational & delegation skills with proper follow-up.

- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple issues effectively and efficiently.

- Demonstrated ability to prioritize workload managing immediate and future needs.

- Ability to build strong effective relationships with cross functional teams (Program, Studio, Purchasing, Finance, Engineering).

- Strong technical capability and problem-solving skills.

- Fluent in English Speaking and Writing.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

## Skills

### Required
- Systems Engineering
- Design Thinking
- Autonomy
- Electrification
- Smart Mobility Technologies

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