Chassis Engineer: Advanced Brakes & Suspension (Hybrid)

Ford; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental & vision coverage

Family care days

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking an Associate Chassis Engineer in California, Long Beach, to drive design, development, and validation of chassis components and sub-systems including brakes, steering, wheels, tires, and suspension.

You will bridge first-principles engineering with advanced manufacturing to optimize driving dynamics, efficiency, mass, and cost across concept development, validation, and full-vehicle testing.

Qualifications

• Experience in chassis design and validation using first-principles engineering.
• Ability to lead data-driven specifications for system sizing and safety attributes.
• Proven cross-functional collaboration across manufacturing, service, and launch teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop novel chassis concepts balancing performance, mass, cost and manufacturability.
• Define data-driven specifications aligned with standards and customer requirements.
• Validate feasibility through cross-functional collaboration and analysis tools.
• Lead prototyping, testing, and vehicle dynamics evaluation from components to full vehicle.

Skills

Chassis design

FEM analysis

Vehicle dynamics

Cross-functional

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking an Associate Chassis Engineer in California, Long Beach, to drive design, development, and validation of chassis components and sub-systems including brakes, steering, wheels, tires, and suspension.

You will bridge first-principles engineering with advanced manufacturing to optimize driving dynamics, efficiency, mass, and cost across concept development, validation, and full-vehicle testing.