# Product Development Engineer - Upper Body Structures

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Allen Park, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $65,100 - $166,200
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

We are seeking a Product Development Engineer - Upper Body Structures to join our team at Ford Motor Company. As a Professional position, you will utilize your engineering education and experience to design and release Upper Body structures. The D&R engineer is responsible for designing, developing, releasing, and validating parts with an emphasis on lightweight materials and designs.

**Responsibilities**

- Lead design engineering activities from pre-program through launch

- Understand structural design to meet vehicle attributes including FMVSS, NVH, and Safety

- Lead Purchasing, Finance, and Cost Estimating in supplier selection to achieve program targets

- Develop component designs that meet customer requirements and Vehicle Operations manufacturing requirements

- Interface with engineers of surrounding components and systems (seats, electrical, etc.)

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Master’s preferred)

- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written

- 2 years of experience as structures D&R Engineer or relevant coursework for new graduates

- Working knowledge of Catia V5/V6 and/or 3DX CAD is preferred

- Recent product development experience with Ford body commodities a plus

- Experience applying DMAIC and DFSS principles, reviewing and signing off on component drawings and gaging practices, applying 8D, fishbone, and DOE problem-solving methodology, creating Boundary Diagrams, P-Diagrams, DFMEA & SCCAFs, reviewing CAE models and CAD drawings, leading design reviews based on Failure Mode Avoidance, maintaining DVP&R and signing off on DV tests – including FMVSS requirements, and executing threaded fastener joint designs and tests

- Knowledge of Ford software systems: AIMS, WERS, FEDE, and Integrator

**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

- 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

**Salary**

- Salary grade 5 to 8: $65,100 - $166,200 per year

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Catia V5/V6
- 3DX CAD
- DMAIC
- DFSS
- 8D
- Fishbone
- DOE
- Microsoft Office

### Nice to have
- Ford body commodities
- AIMS
- WERS
- FEDE
- Integrator

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