Closures Systems Engineer

Ford • Long Beach, CA

9h • $118,700 - $232,700 • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford’s Product Creation and Industrialization organization brings together vehicle, electric, digital, design, and global manufacturing teams to develop vehicles, software, and customer experiences. In this role, the engineer will drive complex mechanism design problems from planning through completion, contributing to fully integrated electric-vehicle sealing systems that meet ambitious cost, weight, efficiency, and operational-tolerance targets. The work takes place on a small, highly collaborative, technically focused team responsible for the end-to-end engineering lifecycle, from ideation and design through testing and industrialization.

The position owns the design, development, and release of mechanisms for closures applications or similar systems. The engineer will develop and evaluate designs for future products on Ford’s Universal Electric Vehicle platform, work with the studio team to balance design vision and engineering function, validate product performance through analyses, simulations, and prototypes, and serve as the design-responsible individual across design, tooling, testing, and build phases. The role also involves maintaining technical documentation and bills of material, coordinating with suppliers and internal teams, and optimizing project costs while prioritizing design effectiveness and safety.

This is a hybrid position requiring onsite work four or more days per week. The stated salary ranges are $118,700–$198,500 for salary grade 7 and $138,800–$232,700 for salary grade 8. Final grade and salary depend on candidate skills and experience, role scope, responsibility, and market value. Visa sponsorship is available. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States, with employment eligibility verified at hire.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of experience in an automotive product development environment.
• Experience with Catia V5/6, 3DX, or similar CAD packages.
• Experience with Confluence and JIRA applications.
• Detailed knowledge of the product development process, including design, development, validation, and industrialization.
• Knowledge of materials, processes, and technologies used to deliver electromechanical systems for automotive applications.
• Willingness to explore inventive mechanisms for current and future closures systems.
• Proven ability to drive progress on multiple projects across multiple locations and timelines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability and eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic, high-performing team.
• A systems approach, curiosity, and desire to deliver exceptional execution and continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to develop, generate, and assess kinematic and dynamics models for mechanism creation using Python, MATLAB, or similar tools.
• Ability to post-process CAE data using tools such as META or Altair HyperView.
• Evidence of deploying automotive mechanisms at scale and at quality.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, development, and release of mechanisms related to closures applications or similar.
• Lead investigation, creation, and implementation of new designs for future products on the Universal Electric Vehicle platform.
• Collaborate with the studio team to develop concepts that deliver both design vision and engineering function.
• Use engineering analyses and simulations to validate product function and quality throughout the product lifecycle.
• Iterate concepts and designs using fundamentals in statics, mechanics of materials, dynamics, and mechatronics.
• Develop and build proof-of-concept prototypes to validate virtual designs physically.
• Own design and technical documentation, including part and assembly drawings, to support sourcing, manufacturing, and service teams.
• Serve as the design-responsible individual through design, tooling, testing, and build phases.
• Collaborate with suppliers, vendors, and contractors to support industrialization.
• Scrutinize and optimize project costs, prioritizing design effectiveness and safety with supply chain colleagues.
• Manage bills of material and maintain accurate records.
• Scope work, plan requirements, identify risks, estimate budgets, and communicate progress on the sealing system.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
• Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed