Job Description

Product Design Engineer

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrows transportation.

Better vehicle solutions demand greater insight, imagination and creativity. Thats where Ford Smart Mobility comes in. We are investing in emerging technologies and agile businesses to advance innovations in micro-transit, commercial solutions for fleet customers, enhanced vehicle ownership experience and more. Were also developing the Transportation Mobility Cloud to host mobility-related solutions. If you have a passion for taking transportation where its never been before, consider joining our visionary team.

What youll be able to do:

* Take high level input on the target customer experience and use cases and drive
them into the feasibility process (e.g. POC, FMA, data collection capabilities, cost, timing etc.).
* Lead cross-functional discussions to gather business requirements and technical expertise (e.g. FCSD business rules, IT architecture, Modem /ECG and SYNC feasibility, etc.) and translate them into tangible requirements and feature implementation plan to drive Feature Development.
* Write specification to define customer use cases, user experience, performance measures, functional requirements, sequence diagrams and system interfaces between key components to deliver connected vehicle products and features
* Manage and coordinate the feature implementation requirements and timing across cross-functional teams (such as IT, SDN etc. and internal subsystems team DNRs) required to deliver new feature capabilities.
* Manage the messaging for CAN related signals, Diagnostic requests, FTCP/data collection required to deliver connected vehicle features.
* Work collaboratively with existing feature and component teams to ensure
existing work stream deliverables are not impacted by new designs (e.g. CCS, ECG etc.).
* Conduct cost-benefit assessment and present design/architecture options in TDRs to stake holders and gain cross functional alignment.
* Drive design change requirements for feature enhancements and quality improvements.
* Help with technical knowledge in vehicle architectures, communication protocols (e.g. CAN, FTCP), diagnostics, embedded device messaging and interoperability of embedded components (e.g. TCU, ECG and other ECUs), in the development of CV features.
* Help in developing POC and DFMEA.
* Support product/feature validation and failure root cause analysis.

The minimum requirements we seek:

* Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering
* 2+ years of Systems Engineer / Requirement Authoring Experience

Our preferred requirements:

* Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering

What youll receive in return:

As part of the Ford family, youll enjoy excellent compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings and stock investment plans, incentive compensation and much more. Youll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.

If you have what it takes to help us redefine the future of mobility, wed love to have you join us.

Visa sponsorship may be available for this position.

By choice, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. 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.