Mechatronics Driveline & Transmission Subsystem Engineer

Socket.dev; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision coverage

Parental leave

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company seeks a Mechatronics Subsystem Integration Engineer in Dearborn, MI, to bridge Electronics, Mechanical Hardware, Features, and Software across vehicle programs. You will own specific fuel subsystem boundaries, transfer functions, and interfaces to ensure system performance throughout development and production.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams, drive ICDs and diagrams, and align Agile software sprints with mechanical timelines for timely program milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent is required.
• 5+ years’ experience delivering products, systems, Design and Release, or features from conception to launch.
• 3+ years of experience cross-functional teamwork across engineering domains.
• 3+ years of experience in cross-functional team environments.

Responsibilities

• Define electro-mechanical requirements and interfaces.
• Define subsystem electrical architectures (hardware, software, and electrotechnical requirements).
• Enable true software-hardware co-development and synchronized workflows.
• Lead subsystem execution to ensure subsystem performance on the assembly line.
• Test and validate electro-mechanical subsystems and improve first-time quality.
• Interface with Feature, System, VHE, and CVS teams for system-level feasibility.
• Develop ICDs, Subsystem Boundary Diagrams, and CDS for assigned domains.
• Lead vehicle build issue triage and data-driven containment plans.

Skills

Systems engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Mechanical-electrical interfaces

JIRA

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent

Master’s degree in Mechatronics/Systems Engineering/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

JIRA

FEDE

JAMA

MATLAB/Simulink

Mathcad

Job description

Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are., Do you want to drive business strategy and define products for software and digital experiences? Enterprise Connectivity Business Operations team translates those strategic choices into tangible business propositions. We represent the voice of the customer as we build distinctive, always-on connected vehicle technologies and services that transform the ownership experience., Digital Product Design (DPD) at Ford is committed to envisioning and creating simple, thoughtful, enjoyable, and compelling product experiences that our customers need and love. We work in close partnership with product and engineering to deliver best-in-class interactions experiences that meet the needs of people today, and in the future. Our team is comprised of a dynamic group of product designers, researchers, visual designers, industrial designers, modelers, and project managers.

In this position...

You will be part of a newly formed team that will execute cross-domain Mechatronics Subsystem integration across all vehicle programs. You will be laser-focused on bridging the gap between Electronics, Mechanical Hardware (VHE), Features, Controls & Software (CVS) and others, acting as the central integration lead to ensure flawless physical-to-electrical execution.
While the Mechatronics Core Team works in the background to design enterprise standards, mathematical models, and templates,. This role will focus on owning specific mechatronic subsystems (fuel systems) and intercepting feature intent before component design begins. The team will manage the physical-to-electrical transfer functions, ensuring that system performance meets subsystem requirements such as the physical realities of mechanical hardware (torque, thermal limits, kinematics).

Responsibilities

What you’ll do...

• You will demonstrate a passion for changing Ford’s approach to systems engineering—shifting from isolated component delivery to holistic, synchronized mechatronic subsystem execution.

Why This Role is Critical…

• Define electro-mechanical requirements and interfaces
• Define subsystem electrical Architectures (that include hardware software and electrotechnical requirements and system performance specification
• Enables true software-hardware co-development
• Drives Ford’s transition to subsystem-based engineering execution
• Test and validate electro- mechanical subsystems
• Improves first-time quality at launch
• Lead Subsystem-Level Execution: Take the standardized templates, math models, and engineering frameworks developed by the Mechatronics Core team and apply them to your specific vehicle program to ensure the subsystem performs flawlessly on the assembly line.
• Drive the new working interaction model by ingesting Feature level or system level requests and decomposing them into synchronized mechanical, electrical, and software requirements.
• Interface with Feature, System, VHE (Hardware), and CVS (Software) teams ensuring system-level performance and timing are physically achievable before code is written or parts are tooled.
• Coordinate cross-functionally to take Core templates and develop program-specific Subsystem Boundary Diagrams, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), and Subsystem Electrical Block Diagrams for your assigned domain.
• Be part of the solution to deliver exceptional experiences by leading active vehicle build issue triage (Breadboard, HIL, and plant floor). You will investigate data logs, identify root causes, and define real-time containment plans for complex cross-domain failures.
• Partner with software and hardware teams to perfectly align Agile software sprints (Jira) with Waterfall mechanical hardware timelines (GPDS), ensuring code is ready when physical parts arrive.
• Hold the standard with partnering D&R teams to subsystem timelines, risk mitigation plans, and integration readiness to ensure on-time and on-target delivery prior to key program milestones (e.g., FDJ).
• Drive the cross-skill team delivery with the use of design guardrails—preventing direct Feature-to-Electronic DR handoffs and ensuring strict traceability from feature intent down to component execution.
• Develop complete plans for Subsystem-level Verification and Sign-off across current and future vehicle programs.

Key Deliverables:

• Subsystem Boundary Diagrams (program-specific)
• Component Desing specification (CDS) with validated signals and constraints
• Physical-to-electrical transfer function models
• Integration readiness reviews aligned to GPDS milestones
• Root cause + containment plans for cross-domain issues
• Subsystem verification & sign-off plans

Qualifications

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years’ experience delivering products, systems, Design and Release, or features from conception to launch.
• 3+ years of experience demonstrating positive teamwork ethics and the ability to collaborate across competing engineering domains.
• 3+ years of experience demonstrated capability of working in a cross-functional team environment.

Even better, you may have...

• Master’s degree in Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• Experience bridging the gap between physical hardware limitations and software controls (Mechatronics).
• 3+ years’ automotive fuel subsystems experience.
• Experience with Ford Global Product Development System (GPDS) deliverables and timing.
• Proficiency in JIRA, FEDE and JAMA, with technical experience using VSEM, Boundary Diagrams, and Component Desing specification (CDS).
• Experience with in-vehicle architectures, network communications (CAN, LIN, Ethernet), and their constraints/complexity.
• Experience with Component Design and Release (D&R), program management and planning, business strategy, and product coordination.
• Hands-on experience with physical-to-electrical modeling tools (e.g., MATLAB/Simulink, Mathcad).
• Prior experience acting as a Systems Engineer, Subsystem Lead, or Integration/Test Engineer on a major vehicle program.
• Demonstrated mindset of Continuous Improvement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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 range of salary grades 7-8 and ranges from $86,600- $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.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid #VehicleHardwareEngineering #LI-KD1