Product Design Engineer

Ford • Allen Park, MI

2d • $63,480 - $166,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford’s Marketing, Sales & Service organization is seeking a Product Design Engineer to manage the product lifecycle of exterior bed/box protection accessories, including spray-in and drop-in bed liners, bed mats, splash guards, and other exterior ornamentation. The role may also cover other exterior or interior accessories and will champion processes for Global Programs. Project management skills are important to success in the position.

The engineer designs, develops, releases, tests, and validates products for production, Mod-Center, and dealer accessory programs. The work includes maintaining existing products and bills of materials across vehicle platforms, supporting engineering compliance and sign-offs, coordinating with internal teams and suppliers, and developing dealer installation instructions. The role also coordinates fit-up validation and cost, feasibility, and timing activities. The position is hybrid, with a requirement to work onsite four or more days per week.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• At least 2 years of product design experience.
• Familiarity with plastic manufacturing processes, secondary assembly, and manufacturing.

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing vehicle accessories or production products.
• Understanding of automotive networks and tools, including WERS, Team Center, TcVis Mockup, and 3DX.
• Experience with CAD, physical schematics, and illustrated process illustrations.
• Technical aptitude and a desire to learn.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple suppliers and commodities and multitask.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, release, and test exterior bed/box protection products for production (in plant and/or Mod-Center) and dealer accessory programs.
• Design, develop, release, and validate other potential exterior or interior products as requested by Marketing.
• Investigate and develop ideas for new product offerings.
• Maintain existing bed/box protection solutions and accessories across platforms, including creating and maintaining bills of materials for each commodity and vehicle line.
• Support compliance with Ford requirements, DVP&Rs, FMEAs, and required sign-offs.
• Support Dealer Service questions concerning bed/box protection accessories.
• Interface with planning, program management, vehicle programs, and other teams.
• Support program PMT and Engineering meetings for bed/box protection products.
• Work with suppliers and/or the FEDE Core team on bed/box protection documents, design rules, requirements, and foundation documents, including boundary diagrams, interface listings, P-diagrams, DFMEAs, robustness checklists, and SCCAF.
• Perform and document model-year carryover assessments for bed/box protection products using Team Center, TcVis Mockup, WERS, WOW, PDO, iPDL, CATIA, and 3DX.
• Develop and coordinate dealer installation instruction sheets for Genuine Ford Accessories using Team Center, TcVis Mockup, and PowerPoint.
• Coordinate instruction-sheet validation fit-up with local team members; support and order fitment parts in GPIRS_J and track orders through the GPRIS_J payment process.
• Coordinate and complete cost, feasibility, and timing activities for bed/box protection programs across platforms, including CAD package studies, initial Excel bills of material, and preliminary illustrated bills of material.
• Interface with PD Body Exterior Engineering for feasibility analysis and necessary provisions.

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: Mid Level