Description
We're looking for a Product Development Engineer to join our team at Ford Motor Company. As a Product Development Engineer, you will design and release dynamic sealing systems that meet or exceed cost, quality, weight, and delivery targets. You will lead and support the effort to resolve issues with interfacing components, lead design reviews with sealing suppliers, and create engineering documentation.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Developing ESOW (Engineering Statement of Work), EC (Engineering Concepts), and participating in the Sourcing Process (SOBA, ED&T review, piece price, tooling cost review, and CPA)
- Leading and supporting the effort to resolve issues with interfacing components
- Leading design reviews with sealing suppliers to ensure System Design Specifications are created and met
- Creating engineering documentation (DFMEA, SCCAF, attestation scorecard sign-off process)
- Signing off eCAD drawings with related GDT (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing)
- Signing off on DVP&R tests, confirming compliance with System Design Specifications and materials M9P9 spec
- Ensuring AVBOM, cost targets, and design gaps have clearly defined roadmaps that are validated by PTC to meet program objectives
- Releasing parts in AVBOM, Change Control, and WERS throughout the product life cycle
- Achieving DPA count to glidepath with 0 open at UPV2 through FDJ (final data judgment/pencils down)
- Achieving P-Release on time
- Completing FDJ/FEC/PEC with no open majors
- Delivering DCV, TT, PP, MPI, and MP2 build events, on time
- Auditing and updating BOM (Bill of Material) with correct part levels and usage, for prototype builds and maintaining it post Job 1
- Supporting current production issues, cost reduction, and quality improvement initiatives
- Having strong working knowledge in significant and critical characteristics (SC/CCs) associated with dynamic seal product requirements and manufacturing processes
- Having excellent communication and organizational skills, being competent, proficient, and result-oriented
- Possessing strong skills in problem-solving and root cause analyses
- Being proactive and courageous to escalate emerging issues swiftly to Management's attention
- Launch support and some travel are required
You will have:
- Minimum Requirements:
+ Required Education: Applications/Design/Manufacturing Engineering in the Weather Sealing Industry + Proficient with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Internet, Catia v6/3DX/Team Center + 5+ years of experience minimum, with elastomers (rubber/plastic), material specification and selection, weather sealing systems, vehicle integration, thorough understanding of build variation process + In-depth experience in product design, theoretical analytical skills to establish optimized sealing energy and manufacturing processes related to weather seals, extrusion, and injection molding
- Even better, if you have:
+ Bachelor's of Science Degree/Bachelor's of Science Mechanical Engineering + Ability to work independently, with little supervision in a highly complex product development environment + Ability to work with and manage daily activities of the supply base + Ability to work with Ford Program Management, Cost Estimating, Engineering, Materials, Manufacturing, Quality, and Purchasing to ensure program milestones and cost targets are met + Ability to work under compressed timing constraints + Ability to work within a fast-paced environment and deliver results, in a swift and timely manner
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
- 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.
This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $99,100-$166,200. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility, and competitive market value.