Staff Mechanical Design Engineer

Ford; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Prescription coverage

Parental leave

Back-up childcare

Fertility benefits

Vehicle discount

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Community service leave

Paid holidays

Additional vacation

Job summary

Ford in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Staff Mechanical Engineer to lead an ME team and drive development of electromechanical features for advanced EVs. You will shape architectures, prototype new hardware, and coordinate with design studios, marketing, and suppliers.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, system integration, and rapid prototyping. Hybrid onsite four days a week with competitive salary and strong growth opportunities in a fast-paced, consumer electronics–oriented automotive

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in ME or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Minimum of 4 years of hands-on industry experience
• Experience in design, characterization, and validation of consumer electronics, vehicle systems, input devices and/or HMI.
• Experience leading or managing a small ME team
• Background in prototyping, full scale mockups and looks like/feels like demonstrations.
• Strong analytical skills regarding mechanical engineering theory.
• Relevant internship experience, school projects and passion projects that show a passion for product development

Responsibilities

• Lead ME team – Set direction and monitor progress of 2-3 junior mechanical engineers working on production‑intent product line.
• Concept Design – Work with design studio/product/marketing to create new products in our portfolio to bring new electromechanical/digital experiences to the automotive space.
• Product Development – Drive development from concept through prototyping, engineering development builds, validation, production release, and sustaining/field failure analysis.
• Bring up and validation – Bring up designs done in-house and at JDM/OEM. Test designs for reliability and validity. Implement changes to address issues found.
• Rapid Prototyping – Create quick, simple designs to execute design vision of the studio team using off the shelf parts or quick-fabricated parts. Understand tradeoffs being made for velocity and mitigate risks that impact team progress.
• System Integration – Work with other engineering teams to integrate designs into our vehicles.

Skills

Leadership

Mechanical design

Prototyping

System integration

Electronics

Data analysis

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor of Science in ME

Job description

Advanced EV’s Design Concept Engineering team is looking for a Staff Mechanical Engineer to join our fast-paced development, working on cutting‑edge features with complex hardware, sensors and software. You will be responsible for developing product architectures and technology concepts, particularly in the areas of electronics systems. This includes development of early prototypes and new technologies leading into scalable mass production. This work focuses on product‑differentiating, customer‑facing designs for new products features and development. A good candidate would have a strong background in consumer electronics or user‑focused automotive electronics. Experience with working with overseas CMs and production processes are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead ME team – Set direction and monitor progress of 2-3 junior mechanical engineers working on production‑intent product line.
• Concept Design – Work with design studio/product/marketing to create new products in our portfolio to bring new electromechanical/digital experiences to the automotive space.
• Product Development – Drive development from concept through prototyping, engineering development builds, validation, production release, and sustaining/field failure analysis.
• Bring up and validation – Bring up designs done in-house and at JDM/OEM. Test designs for reliability and validity. Implement changes to address issues found.
• Rapid Prototyping – Create quick, simple designs to execute design vision of the studio team using off the shelf parts or quick-fabricated parts. Understand tradeoffs being made for velocity and mitigate risks that impact team progress.
• System Integration – Work with other engineering teams to integrate designs into our vehicles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in ME or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Minimum of 4 years of hands‑on industry experience
• Experience in design, characterization, and validation of consumer electronics, vehicle systems, input devices and/or HMI.
• Experience leading or managing a small ME team
• Background in prototyping, full scale mockups and looks like/feels like demonstrations.
• Strong analytical skills regarding mechanical engineering theory.
• Relevant internship experience, school projects and passion projects that show a passion for product development

This position is a leadership level 6 and ranges from $150,200-$283,500. 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.

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.

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

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This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.