Senior Geartrain Design and Analysis Engineer

Ford's Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company's vision of a fully electric transportation future.

As a Senior Geartrain Design & Analysis Engineer, you will be responsible for design and development of components within Ford's next generation EV drivetrains.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize geartrain components and features such as teeth, webbing, differential housings, shafts, and bearings for durability, efficiency, NVH, mass, cost, and robustness.
• Generate and update/maintain 3D and 2D CAD of designs, considering best practices for GD&T, clear and consistent notes, identification of critical and significant characteristics, etc.
• Review and update requirements, DFMEA's, process control plans and other documentation as required during the course of hardware design and development.
• Evaluate data and understand the correlation between predicted and measured results, collaborating with test engineers and reviewing data with subject matter experts.
• Support and/or conduct testing and test setup including data acquisition systems and fixture design.
• Interact with vendors, manufacturing representatives and other industrialization personnel to ensure high quality products arrive where they are needed in time to support the scheduled activities.
• Propose and implement continuous improvements to designs and/or processes.
• Contribute to design reviews, test plans, and requirement reviews to further advance the powertrain system cross functionally.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation and reports related to design and test work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 7+ years of experience designing, developing, and validating geartrain hardware.
• Experience optimizing geartrain systems utilizing CAE tools such as ANSYS, FEMFAT, Romax, LDP, Kissoft, GT-Suite, MATLAB or equivalent applications.
• Experience with instrumentation and data acquisition in a lab environment.
• Strong sense of ownership, analytical skills and problem-solving skills with a basis in first principles understanding along with the skill set required to effectively communicate.
• An eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment where you are part of a high performing team.
• A system approach to design and development with the desire and curiosity to strive for exceptional delivery execution and continuous improvement.

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.