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Ford Motor

Exterior Lighting Engineer

Ford Motor, Dearborn, Michigan, United States, 48120

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Overview

Description In this position, the Ford Exterior Lighting Engineer role spans a variety of engineering fields including mechanical, electrical, software and optics. This position involves responsibilities including definition of requirements, product design, tooling, validation testing and launching in an assembly plant during the development of Exterior Lighting products throughout a vehicle’s lifecycle. This role requires an engineer to lead and drive a cross functional team that includes lighting suppliers, optics, software, studio, purchasing, manufacturing and quality functions. Our ideal candidate desires to build their career as an engineer within exterior lighting and must demonstrate clear communication and project management skills with a passion for hard work, challenges and robust solutions.

Responsibilities

Systems Engineering for Exterior Lighting

Generate and execute technical solutions for Exterior Lighting components to support new vehicle programs

Perform complex engineering evaluation analysis

Work cross-functionally to implement cost savings, product improvements, and to support prototype and production build activities

Balance attributes such as cost, weight, complexity and timing

Production release of Exterior Lighting systems, subsystems, components and features

Core requirement and technology development

Communicate information to and from internal and external organizations

Lead team meetings (suppliers, designers, engineers, manufacturing, supplier quality, etc.)

Travel as required (including international)

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Optical or Software Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience

2 years of related automotive and/or lighting applications experience (inclusive of professional co-op and internship positions)

Ability to travel domestically and internationally

Even better you may have

Masters Degree or other Advanced Degree

Familiarity with the engineering design of exterior lighting components

Familiarity with Design For Six Sigma process

Experience with DFMEA (Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis), GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing) and ISO standards

Knowledge of plastic materials, plastic injection molding, optics, basic electrical/electronic circuitry, software, lamp manufacturing processes, tooling, fixture design and product validation

Knowledge of global lighting regulations

Benefits and additional information

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

For more information on salary and benefits

Position is a range of salary grades 6-8

Ford will not be offering a relocation package for this position. Candidates must reside within commuting distance of Dearborn, MI or relocate independently without financial assistance

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status

This position is hybrid. Candidates near a Ford hub location may be onsite four or more days per week

Note: 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.

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