Manufacturing Engineer- Industrial Engineering

Ford Motor Company • Dearborn, MI

2h • $63,480 - $162,120 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Manufacturing Engineer will support forward-model and capacity studies for milestones, including direct and indirect labor, within Ford Powertrain Operations. The position focuses primarily on Transmissions and Power Unit programs, supporting Powertrain facilities in North America and potentially Assembly, Machining, and other Powertrain plants. The engineer will contribute to labor optimization, line layout planning, capacity readiness, program launches, and industrial engineering documentation, collaborating with plant teams and related engineering functions. Limited travel may be required around launches.

This is a hybrid position. Candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub may be required to work onsite four or more days per week.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or an equivalent field of study.
• At least 2–3 years of Industrial Engineering or manufacturing operations experience.
• Open to limited travel.
• Knowledge of time studies, workstation setup, and line balancing.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, and AI tools, with strong data analysis, reporting, and professional presentation capabilities.

Nice To Haves

• Plant Industrial Engineering and manufacturing process operations experience.
• Capacity and operating-pattern knowledge, such as familiarity with a Capacity Strategy document.
• Knowledge of Machining META, Dotmaps, GSPAS, and indirect labor.
• Experience with MODAPTS.
• Experience working in a team environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Lead new-model labor optimization to achieve labor targets through benchmarking, target setting, tracking process changes, and replicating improvements across programs and plants.
• Support cycle-line layout planning and virtual build events with future-model operator allocations and time studies; work with plants on physical build events and program launches.
• Minimize or offset labor impacts through Kaizen, plant tasks and projects, and identification of design and process opportunities.
• Support Transmissions and Power Unit requests related to labor SAR items.
• Assist with operator allocations, cycle-line layouts, plant rebalances, line-speed changes, time studies, throughput issues, and launch support.
• Maintain and deliver Launch Charts, Machining META, Dotmaps, and GSPAS accurately.
• Maintain and deliver required industrial engineering documentation, including Labor Glidepath, GSPAS/Plant Headcount Matrix Program 1-Pager, Plant Line Speed, and APT Assessment.
• Complete and evaluate time studies using MODAPTS as the work-standards measurement tool.
• Collaborate with staff industrial engineers, manufacturing engineering, material handling, ergonomics, and plant personnel.
• Align with plants on reported capacity, including operating pattern and labor, and support the get-ready capacity statement.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized back-up child care.
• 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: Mid Level