Ford Racing Additive Engineer

Ford-Motor-Company; Allen Park (MI); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave & family care programs

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off & holidays

Job summary

Ford Racing is expanding its Additive Manufacturing team to accelerate adoption of AM across racing and production programs. You will coach design and release engineers, guide AM readiness, and coordinate with external partners to deliver cutting-edge components.

The role involves collaboration with design, release, and architecture teams, and requires a strong practical background in AM and automotive product development. This is a hybrid US-based position with travel limited at first.

Qualifications

• Deep Practical Additive Manufacturing experience.
• Design for Additive Manufacturing.
• Build set-up including orientation, support development, and slicing decisions.
• Build execution including machine set-up and part production.
• Quality confirmation through post-build scans or measurements.
• Practical Design and Release experience for automotive components.

Responsibilities

• Coach D&R engineers to determine if AM is suitable and guide design for AM.
• Work with D&R engineers and Architecture team to target systems for AM in upfront stages.
• Coordinate efforts with program and functional teams for externally led projects.
• Communicate program requirements (functional, timing, financials) to external partners.
• Travel limited initially to site visits; more travel possible if desired.

Skills

Design for AM

Build setup & slicing

Build execution

Quality assurance

Design & Release

Self-starter

Driven to win

Entrepreneurial mindset

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Job description

Racing is where our story began.

In 1901, Henry Ford climbed into a car he built himself—'Sweepstakes'—and beat America's most famous driver. He wasn't a racer, but he had to win. He did. Ford Motor Company was born from that victory.

That fighting spirit lives on in Ford Racing today. We're the engineers, strategists, and competitors who bring Ford's track-tested edge into every vehicle we build. Every track, every stage, every proving ground—that's where we prove ourselves.

The result: one of the world's most iconic brands, legendary nameplates, and a team unmatched in the industry.

Our mantra: Race to win, engineer to lead.

If you're a competitor, innovator, or performance obsessive, Ford Racing is where you belong. Help us write the next chapter.

In this position...

• Ford Racing is growing our Additive Manufacturing (AM) team to become a center of excellence within the company with goals of proliferating Additive throughout Ford Racing motorsports and production vehicle products.
• This small team will have the responsibility to identify areas where Additive Manufacturing can help Ford Racing develop efficient, cutting edge, and exciting products.
• This position will be directly involved with the pinnacle products in Ford’s portfolio and will have significant visibility with Ford senior leaders and potentially with new or existing outside partners.

What you'll do...

• Facilitate Ford Racing Internally-Led Projects
  • Near term, work with Design and Release (D&R) engineers and development engineers to identify areas where Additive Manufacturing can help our in-flight programs by speeding up evaluation of design iterations or avoidance of capital spend for production tools. You will serve as the coach to the D&R engineers to determine if their application is suitable for Additive Technologies, develop the design to be compatible with AM, work with the manufacturing facility to design and execute the build, and guide the product through execution and industrialization.
  • Near term, work with D&R engineers and Architecture team to target specific systems, sub-systems, or components for Additive technologies in the up-front stage of future programs.
• Represent Ford Racing In Externally (Non Ford Racing) Led Projects
  • Coordinate efforts with appropriate program and functional teams as required.
  • Communicate program requirements (functional, timing, financials) to the external partners to ensure a path to success.
• Travel - Limited in beginning to site visits for benchmarking. Opportunities for more optional travel may exist if desired (supplier or partner visits, etc). All Ford facilities are currently in Southeast Michigan.

You’ll have...

• Bachelors in Engineering
• Deep Practical Additive Manufacturing experience including:
• Design for Additive Manufacturing
• Build set-up including orientation, support development, and slicing decisions
• Build execution including machine set-up and part production,
• Quality confirmation through various post-build scans or measurements
• Practical Design and Release experience for automotive components. Must have basic understanding of the product development process and able to work intelligently with engineers
• Self starter, highly motivated for success
• Passion for winning that will not accept excuses for failure
• Entrepreneurial mindset, able to make decisions based on overall value analysis

Even better, you may have...

• Masters of Engineering and/or Masters of Engineering Management and/or Masters of Manufacturing Engineering
• Enthusiast background, with passion for enthusiast products or motorsports.

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, we encourage you to apply!

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 $86,600-$144,900.

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.

Visa sponsorship is not 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.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

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