EDS Industrialization Design and Release Engineer

Ford • Dearborn, MI

14d • Hybrid

About The Position

Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the Dearborn office. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from Dearborn, MI. Lead 3D wire harness routing using Catia and Siemens NX for space, serviceability, and design. Translate system requirements into logical and physical schematics, ensuring representing circuits, signal flow, and component interconnections. Optimize design and partner with CAE to run circuit analysis simulations, identifying performance, thermal, and EMC issues. Develop design strategies to optimize manufacturability, assembly efficiency, and serviceability to reduce costs. Develop critical program-specific documentation including boundary diagrams and DFMEA for traceability, risk, and compliance. Lead development of manufacturing prints with Full-Service Supplier Partner. Define and manage wire harness family complexity, optimizing part numbers to streamline efficiency. Utilize common design principles and component standardization across vehicle programs. Create clear installation illustrations to facilitate efficient installation and maintenance. Establish and maintain a robust design version control system, maintaining a clear audit trail. Conduct thorough design reviews with Systems Engineering, Manufacturing or Quality, providing feedback to ensure designs meet requirements. Manage APQP for electrical components and wire harnesses to ensure suppliers meet requirements. Review pre-production and prototype vehicles to resolve electrical design issues and prevent recalls or warranty costs. Represent electrical design and industrialization team at vehicle prototype build events, provide on-site support, resolve design issues, and track in JIRA. Lead investigation and resolution of warranty issues, using AWS data to identify root causes and implement corrective actions. Lead cost analysis of EDS components to reduce costs and optimize manufacturing. Define pinouts/terminal sizing for in-line connectors. Provide technical support in selecting fuse sizes, wire gauges and types, ensuring overcurrent protection and minimizing voltage drop. Configure power distribution and grounding. Assign and define electrical circuit options for vehicle configurations. Lead electrical compatibility reviews of EDS designs and sign off wire harness prints. Manage logical design data in Catia and Teamcenter to ensure data integrity, traceability, and security. Domestic and International Travel Required up to 20%.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering, or related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
• 3 years of experience with each of the following skills is required:
• Review 3D CAD for design validation of electrical wiring and components.
• Review CAE reports to ensure proper system functions Design for Manufacturing (DFM) & Design for Assembly (DFA).
• Identify and solve root cause of complex electrical system vehicle level concerns during prototype build phases.
• Review vehicle wiring schematics for accuracy.
• Verify wiring harness reliability with exposure to heat, cold, corrosion, moisture and other environmental factors.
• Perform wire harness complexity analysis to ensure all buildable combinations are covered.
• Implement wire harness updates based on campaign prevent reviews.
• Develop and implement cost reduction ideas.

Responsibilities

• Lead 3D wire harness routing using Catia and Siemens NX for space, serviceability, and design.
• Translate system requirements into logical and physical schematics, ensuring representing circuits, signal flow, and component interconnections.
• Optimize design and partner with CAE to run circuit analysis simulations, identifying performance, thermal, and EMC issues.
• Develop design strategies to optimize manufacturability, assembly efficiency, and serviceability to reduce costs.
• Develop critical program-specific documentation including boundary diagrams and DFMEA for traceability, risk, and compliance.
• Lead development of manufacturing prints with Full-Service Supplier Partner.
• Define and manage wire harness family complexity, optimizing part numbers to streamline efficiency.
• Utilize common design principles and component standardization across vehicle programs.
• Create clear installation illustrations to facilitate efficient installation and maintenance.
• Establish and maintain a robust design version control system, maintaining a clear audit trail.
• Conduct thorough design reviews with Systems Engineering, Manufacturing or Quality, providing feedback to ensure designs meet requirements.
• Manage APQP for electrical components and wire harnesses to ensure suppliers meet requirements.
• Review pre-production and prototype vehicles to resolve electrical design issues and prevent recalls or warranty costs.
• Represent electrical design and industrialization team at vehicle prototype build events, provide on-site support, resolve design issues, and track in JIRA.
• Lead investigation and resolution of warranty issues, using AWS data to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Lead cost analysis of EDS components to reduce costs and optimize manufacturing.
• Define pinouts/terminal sizing for in-line connectors.
• Provide technical support in selecting fuse sizes, wire gauges and types, ensuring overcurrent protection and minimizing voltage drop.
• Configure power distribution and grounding.
• Assign and define electrical circuit options for vehicle configurations.
• Lead electrical compatibility reviews of EDS designs and sign off wire harness prints.
• Manage logical design data in Catia and Teamcenter to ensure data integrity, traceability, and security.

Benefits

• 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 the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including: Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level