Closures Systems Engineer

Ford; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave and family support

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid holidays and time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Mechanisms Engineer to lead design, development, and release of automotive closures mechanisms for EV platforms. You will collaborate with the studio and engineering teams to translate design concepts into manufacturable, validated solutions.

The role requires strong CAD skills (CATIA V5/6, 3DX), experience in product development lifecycle, and cross-functional communication. Hybrid onsite work four days per week is offered with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in automotive product development
• Experience with CAD tools (CATIA V5/6, 3DX)
• Experience using Confluence and JIRA
• Knowledge of the product development lifecycle from design to industrialization
• Familiarity with materials, processes, and technologies for electromechanical automotive systems
• Willingness to explore inventive mechanisms for current and future closures systems
• Proven ability to drive progress across multiple projects and locations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Own design, development, and release of mechanisms for closures applications
• Lead investigation and implementation of new designs for future products on Universal Electric Vehicle platform
• Collaborate with studio team to realize design vision and engineering function
• Use analyses and simulations to verify product function and quality
• Iterate concepts using fundamentals in statics, materials, dynamics, and mechatronics
• Develop and build proof-of-concept prototypes to validate virtual concepts with physical tests
• Own design documentation including parts and assemblies for sourcing, manufacturing, and service teams
• Serve as design responsible individual through all design, tooling, testing, and build phases
• Collaborate with suppliers and vendors to support industrialization
• Scrutinize and optimize project costs with supply chain teams
• Manage bills of materials and maintain accurate records

Skills

Automotive product dev

CATIA V5/6

3DX CAD

Confluence & JIRA

Product dev process

Mechatronics

Cross-functional collab

Python/MATLAB modeling

Strong communication

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

3DX CAD

Job 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 Creation and Industrialization (PC&I) brings together Ford’s vehicle, electric, digital and design teams with our global manufacturing system. Working as one end-to-end organization, we turn ideas into high-quality vehicles, software and experiences across gas, hybrid and electric, designed around what customers need.

In this position... As a Mechanisms Engineer, you’ll use your technical expertise to wholistically drive complex mechanism design problems to completion. You’ll work amongst the team to scope work, plan requirements, identify risks, estimate budgets, and clearly communicate ongoing progress of the sealing system.

You will be working on a small high performing team that will have a high interaction and collaboration quotient to deliver fully integrated EV vehicle sealing systems that achieve aspirational targets associated with cost, weight, efficiency, and exceed operational tolerances required to deliver the ambitious project scope. Engineering trade-offs are minimized by the development of solutions and innovations to minimize settling for an inferior product or solution. This team will be highly technical in nature and will come from engineering and data centric team environments that have had to deliver the holistic end to end engineering life cycle from ideation through design, engineering, test and ensuring efficient industrialization. This environment is not for everyone but will enrich the best talent with the opportunity to perform some of the best work of their careers.

What you'll do...

• Ownership over the design, development, and release of mechanisms related to closures applications, or similar
• Lead the investigation, creation, and implementation of new designs to support future products on the Universal Electric Vehicle platform
• Collaborate directly with the studio team to realize concepts that deliver both the design vision and the engineering function
• Leverage engineering analyses and simulations to prove out product function & quality, from cradle to grave
• Iterate concepts & designs rapidly using strong fundamentals in statics, mechanics of materials, dynamics, and mechatronics
• Develop and build proof-of-concept prototypes to validate the virtual using the physical
• Own design & technical documentation, including part and assembly drawings, to support sourcing, manufacturing, and service teams
• Serve as design responsible individual through all design, tooling, testing, and build phases
• Collaborate with suppliers, vendors, and contractors to support industrialization
• Scrutinize and optimize project costs, prioritizing design effectiveness and safety, in conjunction with supply chain colleagues
• Manage bills of material and maintain accurate records.

You’ll have...

• 6+ years of experience in an automotive product development environment
• Experience with Catia V5/6, 3DX or other similar CAD packages
• Experience with Confluence and JIRA applications
• Detailed knowledge of the product development process from design, development, validation and industrialization
• Knowledge of the materials, processes, and technologies used to deliverelectromechanical systems for automotive applications
• Willingness to explore inventive mechanisms applicable to current & future closures systems
• Proven experience driving progress on multiple projects across multiple locations and timelines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• An eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment where you are part of a high-performing team
• A system approach with the desire and curiosity to stride for exceptional delivery execution and continuous improvement

Even better, you may have...

• Ability to develop, generate, and assess kinematic & dynamics models for mechanism creation (Python, MATLAB, etc.)
• Ability to post-process CAE data (META, Altair Hyperview etc.).
• Evidence of deploying automotive mechanisms at scale and at quality

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

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 7 and ranges from $118,700-$198,500.

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $138,800-$232,700. 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.

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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