Launch Manufacturing Engineer

Ford Global Career Site; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Performance bonuses

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a VOME Manufacturing Engineer to provide leadership across new-model launches. You will help implement tooling, processes, control plans, and documentation while supporting and improving performance of existing plant equipment.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering and 1+ years in automotive manufacturing engineering, with experience in tooling, processes, and facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field is required.
• At least 1+ years of experience in automotive manufacturing engineering.
• At least 1+ years of experience with automotive assembly tooling, processes, and facilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing engineering for new-model launches and support existing plant equipment.
• Develop tooling, processes, control plans, and documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver cost estimates and improve quality.
• Evaluate manufacturability and ensure designs meet manufacturing standards.
• Create and maintain process sheets and updated layouts as processes evolve.
• Lead resolution of feasibility issues and ensure lessons learned are applied.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Tooling development

Process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

MS Office proficiency

3D CAD review (Teamcenter/CATIA)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Teamcenter

VisMockup

CATIA

Python

Job description

As a VOME Manufacturing Engineer in MPT, you’ll provide manufacturing engineering leadership throughout new-model launches. You’ll help implement tooling, processes, control plans, and documentation, while supporting and improving the performance of existing plant equipment.

Responsibilities

What you’ll do

• Deliver Manufacturing Quality Operating System requirements for Vehicle Systems.
• Collaborate with Product Development to develop facility and tooling cost estimates, improve quality, and reduce labor requirements.
• Use virtual tools to evaluate the manufacturability of new-model designs for assembly operations, ensuring product designs meet FAE standard manufacturing requirements.
• Evaluate Significant and Critical Characteristics identified by Product Engineers and develop Failure Mode Avoidance plans and documentation for new-model programs.
• Create, modify, and maintain process sheets, and provide updated cycle-line layouts as manufacturing processes develop.
• Lead the identification, resolution, and closure of Final Assembly Engineering (FAE) feasibility issues.
• Review lessons learned from new-model launches and implement actions to prevent recurrence in future programs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Program Implementation Teams, Product Development, Supplier Technical Assistance, Material Planning & Logistics, and New Model Programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field, a foreign-equivalent degree, or an equivalent combination or relevant experience.
• At least 1 + years of experience in automotive manufacturing engineering.
• At least 1 + years of experience with automotive assembly tooling, processes, and facilities.

Preferred qualifications

You may be a strong fit if you also have:

• Experience working at a manufacturing site or in vehicle operations.
• Familiarity with error-proofing.
• Strong project management skills and a results-oriented mindset.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Demonstrated 3D CAD review skills using Teamcenter, VisMockup, CATIA, or equivalent tools.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• An understanding of PFMEA and failure mode avoidance principles.
• Experience with Ford systems such as FEDE, WERS, GSPAS/APT, Teamcenter, Python, E2KS/Auros, and CPARS/Aurora.
• The ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• A record of working independently with minimal direct supervision.
• Flexibility to support launch deliverables.
• Experience using DMAIC principles to solve problems.
• Willingness to travel up to 50%.

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
• 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
• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day

This position is a salary grade 6-7 and ranges from $74,300-$144,900.

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.

About Us

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

About the Team

We build world-class vehicles in our plants around the world, constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. It’s our people who really make the difference. We encourage all of our employees to think outside the box to help us find better and more efficient ways to manufacture our vehicles.

Job Info

• Job Identification 73450
• Job Category Manufacturing
• Posting Date 11/02/2026, 09:38 PM
• Degree Level Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations 20901 Oakwood Blvd, Dearborn, MI, 48124, US (Hybrid)