Product Development Technologist

Ford • Livonia, MI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.
In this position...
You will lead and support current and future model production / design problem solving with cross-functional teams. Working with transmission, hybrid, and electric vehicle eDrive units and components. Responsibilities include coordinating returns from the field/test locations, distributing them to the floor for teardown writing the necessary work orders, and managing storage of critical components.
The Technical Test Leader is responsible for coordinating the building of test samples along with completing the teardown of samples after test.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 5 years of experience required in the automotive industry
• Powertrain knowledge (transmission, axle, or driveline) is a plus.
• Candidate must be a good communicator and well organized since this role is really focused around supporting the investigative work being done by the engineers on the team.
• Must be a self-starter with knowledge of the vehicle components such that all the work in our troubleshooting efforts is managed through the shop floor where applicable and good records are kept.
• There will be some overlap with the transmission and driveline systems groups as well in support of shipping, receiving and other work coordination with the various groups at ATNPC.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate part returns and manage their flow through the garage for troubleshooting.
• Support all design verification testing, both systems and components including writing test requests, coordinating sample builds, preparation and delivery.
• Coordinate root cause analysis, including writing teardown requests, coordinating post-test evaluations and disposition of post-test hardware.
• Support best in class benchmarking. Creating part orders for new benchmarking studies, developing custom components to enable testing and teardown reports.
• Manage the list of teardowns
• Lead transmission, edrive units, and eREV builds for validation development when design change improvements are made.
• Support Part Ordering and shipments for troubleshooting. Coordination with our plants where applicable
• Manage test units, status, storage, etc.
• Key point of contact for transmission, eDrive Units and eREV pedigree tracking for both low and high time in service evaluations.
• Managing the fleet of the departments test vehicles.
• Managing and ordering spare parts to support dyno testing

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED