Staff Design Industrialization Engineer - Thermals

Ford Motor Company; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 127,100 - 239,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate medical, dental, vision coverage

Flexible family care days

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a qualified candidate for a leadership role in Long Beach, California, focusing on electric vehicle production. This position requires a strong engineering background with a minimum of 8 years of automotive manufacturing experience.

The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing supplier processes and quality negotiations, ensuring product manufacturability and cost optimization while leading a multidisciplinary team. Benefits include medical coverage, flexible family care days, and tuition assistance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in automotive or high volume manufacturing.
• Previous experience as a design and quality engineer.
• Understanding of QMS and SPC.

Responsibilities

• Own processes and documentation during production transition.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities using DFM tools.
• Define supplier quality goals during negotiations.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Automotive manufacturing

Proficiency in CATIA

Lean Six Sigma

Supplier quality management

Collaboration

Education

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

Minitab

GD&T

Job description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

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.

What you’ll do

• Own processes, communication, and documentation during transition to high volume production
• Develop correct specs for successful RFQ's using reliability goals and FMEA's
• Evaluate supplier capabilities using Product DFM & Process DFM tools
• Define supplier quality goals during DFM negotiations and prototype phases for pre-production activities
• Ensure 100% DFM prior sourcing for new complex technologies. Capture CAPEX and tooling. Capture BOD/BOM/BOP, and continue to evolve for industrialization readiness, providing a single source of truth for industrialization execution for PPAP QOE delivery
• Conduct supplier visits to ensure accuracy of information
• Support design team in generating and checking 2‑D drawings and component specifications
• Define internal specification development procedures
• Perform design for manufacturing review of components and systems
• Validate quoted costs vs. reality of production, and eliminate supplier waste for optimized cost
• Help define and drive program schedule based on supplier lead‑times
• Ensure engineering design work and supplier milestones are met
• Directly contribute to hiring and building out of engineering and quality teams

You’ll have

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 8+ years of experience in automotive or related high volume manufacturing field
• Proficiency in CATIA
• Experience with PPAP, Lean Six Sigma, and Minitab
• Strong engineering and quality skills to support supplier process and quality negotiations
• Previous experience as a design and quality engineer
• Ability to provide feedback on supplier processes to ensure manufacturability and cost optimization
• Ability to hire and recruit engineering and supply chain team member
• Leading people, assertiveness and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams
• Experience in supplier quality management and production management
• Familiarity with GD&T and DFM
• Understanding of QMS and SPC

Benefits

• 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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $127,100–$239,900. 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 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.