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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!

In this position... 
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!

Come join the fast-paced, technical Transmission Components Team! We are responsible for providing exciting customer experience vehicles like the Maverick, Mach3, Mustang, Bronco, F150, Raptor, and Super Duty product lines!

We are looking for a transmission and driveline component design and release engineer for our bearing/bushing team in Product Development (BEV/HYBRID/ICE). As a part of our components team, you will be directly responsible for both the future model year development as well as the current model year improvements of Ford Motor Company's 10R and Hybrid Transmission Systems. The primary job function will be component development, optimization, and issue resolution for the current production and future model projects.  We are looking for a motivated engineer who is capable of immediate participation and design ownership of component responsibilities.  We need someone with a persistent engineering curiosity to learn and solve complex problems.

 
  BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent engineering degree Recent college grads included Proven track record of delivering complex projects Self-Starter capable of establishing processes and delivering results  Team player able to work well across functions Strong oral and written communications skills, with ability to present to higher levels of management Ability/willingness to learn about new technology Must be in Livonia Michigan 3 days a week or more depending on specific testing/hardware needs.

Even better, you may have...

Master's degree in Engineering. Emotor, Hybrid, FHEV/PHEV experience Product design/release experience Approved to travel globally (passport) Solid knowledge of Ford GPDS and program management process, including key delivery dates along with the ability to develop plans for global markets

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 of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• 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, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD
This position is a range of salary grades SG5-SG8 .

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. 
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What you'll do…

Design and release bearings and bushing component designs for new axle and transmission programs (ICE, Hybrid, and BEV) Verify sizing and duty cycle usage for new programs Support market testing & sourcing w/ purchasing team Responsible for supporting program deliverables Review and Interpret part layouts and stack analysis Lead Development of robustness improvement actions for existing in-production axle and transmission programs (ICE, Hybrid, and BEV) Verify sizing, capability, and upgrade requirements Responsible for supporting program deliverables Identify and resolve quality/warranty issues and develop TVM (cost save) actions for bearings and bushings Develop relationships with suppliers, system’s engineers, and interfacing component teams Lead suppliers through validation of components (testing) Lead failure mode root cause investigations Complete design assessments including FMA documentation, design rules, print updates, etc. Must be in Livonia Michigan 3-5 days a week depending on specific testing/hardware needs