Mechatronics Fuel Subsystem Engineer - Propulsion

Socket.dev; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a highly capable Systems Engineer to integrate mechatronic subsystems across vehicle programs in a hybrid on-site role in Dearborn, MI. You will define interfaces, architectures and verification plans while coordinating with software, hardware, and release teams to ensure timely, robust subsystem delivery.

The position emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, rigorous requirements, and hands-on problem solving to achieve first-time quality at launch.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years delivering products/systems from conception to launch.
• 5 years collaborating across engineering domains.
• 3+ years in cross-functional team environments.
• 2+ years automotive propulsion subsystems experience.

Responsibilities

• Define electro-mechanical requirements and interfaces.
• Define subsystem electrical architectures with hardware, software, and system performance specs.
• Drive subsystem-based engineering execution across programs.
• Test and validate electro-mechanical subsystems.
• Lead cross-functional coordination and ensure traceability from feature to parts.

Skills

Systems engineering

Cross-functional teamwork

Electrical & software

JIRA experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

GPDS

JAMA

MATLAB/Simulink

CAN/LIN/Ethernet

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. We're in the midst of the biggest change the automotive industry has ever seen. Just as cars changed the world over the last century, new technologies such as self-driving cars, electric powertrains, and connected vehicles will radically reshape how we live, work, and play in the next hundred years. As a member of the Experience Design (XD) Team, you'll be at the heart of creating that future. Every day, Ford's vehicles, and services support millions of people around the world. You'll craft every touchpoint our customers encounter, designing people and society's needs into the heart of our next generation of out-of-vehicle products, services, and experiences. Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

Responsibilities

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).

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 Design 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.
• 5 years of experience demonstrating positive teamwork ethics and the ability to collaborate across competing engineering domains.
• 3+ years of ability to work in a cross-functional team environment.
• 2+ years’ of automotive propulsion subsystems experience.

Even better, you may have...

• Master’s degree in Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years’ automotive propulsion subsystems experience.
• Experience bridging the gap between physical hardware limitations and software controls (Mechatronics).
• 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 Design 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.

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 range of salary grades 7-8 and ranges from $84,480-162,120.

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.

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

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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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.