Manufacturing Program Engineer

Ford; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid parental leave

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off and holidays

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer Lead to provide leadership across a new model development program from concept to final assembly. The role emphasizes lean manufacturing, tooling development, and seamless integration with design and release activities.

The position requires travel to North American assembly plants, strong communication skills, and the ability to deliver high-quality instructions and process improvements in a dynamic plant environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or an equivalent manufacturing engineering.
• Willingness to travel and support launch activities at NA plants.
• Travel up to 40-50% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Provide manufacturing engineering leadership throughout a new model development program.
• Develop tooling and facilities based on product and process.
• Apply lean manufacturing principles.
• Lead virtual manufacturing assembly builds.
• Drive resolution of manufacturing issues.
• Interface with Design and Release activities.
• Develop assembly process instructions and VPS process sheets.
• Lead tooling specification purchase, installation, start-up and commissioning.
• Track open tooling and process issues to closure and meet exit criteria.
• Prepare management presentations.
• Drive quality, cost and labor improvements.
• Support new model launches; extensive travel and plant-based work during launches.

Skills

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

Virtual manufacturing tools

Tooling and facilities

Job description

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

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles the world expects from us. Within our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. That means we’re continually seeking diligent, determined performers who think outside the box to help us find better and more efficient ways to manufacture our vehicles.

What you’ll do…

In this key role, you will provide manufacturing engineering leadership throughout a new model development program – from initial concept through final assembly. This will involve the application of lean manufacturing principles to ensure the highest quality, most efficient processes and products possible. You will:

• Provide manufacturing engineering leadership throughout a new model development program, beginning at initial concept through launch at the final assembly facility.
• Development of tooling and facilities based on product and process.
• Apply lean manufacturing principles.
• Lead virtual manufacturing assembly builds.
• Drive resolution of manufacturing issues.
• Interface with Design and Release activities.
• Develop formal assembly process instructions and enter the process sheets into VPS system.
• Lead assembly tooling specification purchase, installation, start-up, and commissioning at the assembly site.
• Track all open tooling and process issues and drive to closure including meeting all exit criteria deliverables - cycle time, throughput, workstation readiness, etc.
• Prepare management presentations.
• Drive quality, cost and labor improvements.
• Support new model launches. During launches, the position will require extensive travel, standing, and walking in a plant environment.
• Deliver dimensionally in-spec parts for their respective system. Understand component data and a system impact.
• Deliver cycle line layouts and work with the assembly plants to have a complete operator/equipment workstation ready for launch.
• Operate in stressful situations within timing constraints
• Work with minimal direct supervision

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or an equivalent manufacturing engineering
• Willingness to travel and support launch activities at our North American Assembly plants (USA, Canada & Mexico)
• Travel is required including co-location at a North American Assembly plant for 9 or more months depending on scale of vehicle launch.
• 1 or more years of Microsoft Office experience to include Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
• Up to 40-50% travel required

Preferred Requirements:

• Solid background with virtual manufacturing tools
• Experience with tooling, process, quality, and or facility equipment in a production environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Working knowledge of statistics (control charts, data collecting, etc.)

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 5-8 and ranges from $63,480-162,120..,

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. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.