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Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more!

This team prefers candidates able to work onsite from our Dearborn, MI office

Job Description for water manage attribute engineer.

Vehicle engineering position with growth potential for a highly motivated individual. A career opportunity on the vehicle integration attribute team that is responsible to meet critical requirements and deliver best-in-class vehicles to customers. Position includes identifying issue early with digital and/or physical tests, and leading cross function teams to resolve cross system issues.

Position Duties:

• Lead vehicle program team to meet water management (WM) requirements such as water wading, car wash, water run-off, under hood water management and so on

• Conduct CAD checks to ensure early design meet the water management requirements

• Conduct vehicle level tests to sign off vehicle programs during vehicle prototype phase.

• Lead cross functional team to resolve issues identified during CAD checks or physical tests

• Present attribute status at vehicle program milestones

• Identify root cause and resolve water related quality issues

• Understand customer's expectation, document lesson learned, improve process and revise requirements as needed

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering required; Master’s degree preferred.

• 2-5 years in automotive engineering, including internships.

• Passion and Knowledge: Strong enthusiasm for cars and/or trucks, with a solid understanding of their systems.

• Leadership and Independence: Proven leadership abilities, capable of working independently and managing complex issues.

• Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to quickly create presentations that highlight key points.

• Experience in cross-functional leadership, project management, and systems engineering is a plus

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

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 childcare 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

https://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2024-benefits-and-comp-GSR-sal-plan-1.pdf

This position is a range of salary grades 6-8 .

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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Requisition ID : 34037