Manufacturing Engineer - Platform Electrical

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

83d • Hybrid

About The Position

At the Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow's transportation. As part of our Manufacturing team, you'll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles the world expects from Ford Motor Company. Within our plants around the world, we're constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. That means we're continually seeking diligent, determined performers who think outside the box to help us find better and more efficient ways to manufacture our vehicles. This pivotal, highly visible role sits within our Global Manufacturing Engineering Architecture and Program Delivery department and helps shape future model programs to be leaders in the industry. The Architecture Team acts on early insights with the Product Development Team to optimize all aspects of new model production. As part of this team, you will interact directly with leadership to deliver the following as it relates to the three major Manufacturing functions of Body Construction Engineering, Global Paint Engineering, and Final Assembly Engineering for the electrical system of a vehicle including both hardware and software.

Responsibilities

• Drive Design For Assembly into new model vehicle hardware and software development by regularly collaborating with the Product Development team to generate facility & tooling impact, improve quality, and reduce labor requirements
• Enforce a pre-occurrence mindset as the manufacturing point of view to align with Product Development on architectural software strategy for effective and efficient testing of driver/passenger functionality to execute on future product lines
• Initiate and collaborate with Manufacturing Core Teams on the development of the hardware build sequence and individual part installation processes defining build sequence i.e. Bill of Process to support quality software launches in-plant
• Quantify hardware and software manufacturing and facility impact to launch new model programs including facility, tooling, and labor for all manufacturing functions
• Use virtual tools, such as TeamCenter, and Vismockup to evaluate the feasibility of new model designs for assembly operations
• Develop new methods and/or tools to verify software interactions in the virtual environment prior to physical system existence
• Remotely assess existing facility layouts to analyze assembly processes using Vault and AutoCAD for planning future work
• Assess all product designs/concepts for adherence to our Global Manufacturing Requirements and revise and/or generate and document new GMR's as required
• Evaluate 'Lessons Learned' from New Model launches and implement Prevent Reoccurrence Actions into future programs
• Evaluate and assess competitive vehicle information i.e. benchmarking relative to manufacturing and processing of end item parts, sub-assemblies, and fastening/joining to determine incorporation on future product and develop next-generation ideas
• Collaborate in a multi-functional team of Program Delivery teams, Product Development, Marketing, Program Planning, Supplier Technical Assistance, Material Planning & Logistics, New Model Programs, etc. in early product planning workshops
• Travel to our North American assembly plants for site reviews as required

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees