Durability Engineer

Ford•Dearborn, MI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Durability Engineer We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves? Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more! In this position... Be part of a Ford team responsible delivering vehicles that are “Built Ford Tough.” You will champion a team that works cross-functionally with all teams to deliver vehicles that are robust to our customers’ use. You will track and report overall program durability health/readiness from concept to launch and beyond. Using the health data, you will be responsible for ensuring milestone reporting requirement are met, organize cross-functional teams to drive issue resolution and hold teams accountable to deliver against the requirements. In addition, you will complete tasks that support the durability attribute related to design loads cascading and loads analysis.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
5+ years Road Loads, Durability CAE, Durability Attribute, or Vehicle Attribute experience

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Experience with material strength and fatigue
Experience in interpreting tested data
Familiarity with architectural tools (C123, CSE, etc)
Programming Skills (e.g. MATLAB, Python, etc.)
Experience using SimCenter (LMS) TestLab, nCode and Reliasoft
Familiarity with capabilities of MSC ADAMS, NASTRAN, ABAQUS, or OPTISTRUCT
Possess a growth mindset and desire to work in fast-paced and highly technical environment
Highly motivated and proactive, with exceptional attention to detail
Strong problem-solving skills coupled with strong communication and teamwork skills

Responsibilities

Act as single point of contact for program Durability
Pre-Durability Planning - Lessons learned, spare parts, competitive benchmarking
Drive the development and cascade durability targets. Develop design loads as part of a team to cascade in early phases of the program and support load analysis studies during CAE design phases and verification phase.
Develop/ maintain Vehicle Level Durability Verification Plan
Interface w/ proving grounds and labs for tracking, raising and resolving issues.
Champion Durability Milestone assessments (Program Design Reviews, and Milestone)
Develop and maintain a program durability health chart.
Provide durability program readiness for OK to buy Matrix.
Champion Program durability issue resolution/closure
Interface with various functional and test teams to ensure test (method) aligns with vehicle level requirements, and issues are captured, raised and resolved.
Lead regular Director level Durability risk assessments.
Ensure all teams deliver according to product development timing.

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.

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