Ford Motor Company

Advanced Conveyors Engineer

Ford Motor Company • $74K — $144K *
Dearborn, MI 48126Hybrid
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent work experience
  • 3-5 years of experience in Manufacturing
  • Strong written and communication skills
  • Proficient in AutoCAD and Teamcenter
  • Experience with conveyance systems or tooling preferred
  • Automotive experience in final assembly preferred

Responsibilities

  • Design efficient conveyance systems and layouts using AutoCAD
  • Conduct feasibility studies and simulations to evaluate designs and assess risks
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define specifications and integrate systems
  • Optimize existing layouts and processes to enhance throughput and reduce costs
  • Ensure designs comply with industry standards and safety regulations
  • Provide technical guidance throughout project lifecycle from concept to installation
  • Lead field reviews and alignment meetings with plant teams

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave
  • Subsidized child care and family building benefits
  • Employee vehicle discount programs
  • Tuition assistance for continued education
  • Paid time off for community service
  • Generous paid holidays including a week off between Christmas and New Year's
  • Option to purchase additional vacation time
Full Job Description
Job Description

This role focuses on conducting in-depth feasibility studies and risk assessments for new and improved conveyor solutions, ensuring they meet rigorous standards for efficiency, safety, and lean manufacturing principles.

In this Position...

As a Manufacturing Engineer specializing in conveyor and facilities feasibility, you will play a key role in shaping the future of advanced manufacturing by designing innovative conveyor systems that bring final assembly operations to life. Partnering with manufacturing leaders, product engineers, plant teams, and suppliers, you will solve complex production challenges and transform ideas into scalable, high-impact solutions. Leveraging AutoCAD and advanced engineering methodologies, you will develop efficient conveyance systems and facility layouts that optimize throughput, enhance ergonomics, and improve operational performance. This is an exciting opportunity to influence how products move through the factory of the future while driving innovation, efficiency, and world-class manufacturing excellence.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Designing efficient conveyance systems and layouts in AutoCAD
  • Performing detailed feasibility studies, simulations, and analyses to evaluate proposed designs and process changes, including assessing technical viability, cost-effectiveness, and potential risks.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including manufacturing, product engineers, the plant teams and suppliers, to define technical specifications and integrate conveyor systems seamlessly into the final assembly line.
  • Optimizing existing conveyor layouts and processes to enhance throughput, improve ergonomics, and reduce operational costs.
  • Ensuring all conveyor system designs and implementations comply with relevant industry standards, safety regulations, and internal specifications.
  • Providing technical expertise and guidance throughout the project lifecycle, from concept generation to installation and prove-out of new systems.
  • Adding costs into GMOD for forward model programs for conveyance and facilities
  • Ensure tier 1 suppliers are compliant to GVOSS with conveyance and tooling designs
  • Lead onsite activities such as field reviews and plant alignment meetings


Qualifications

You'll Have...
  • Bachelors / Masters degree, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent work experience.
  • Min 3-5 years of experience in Manufacturing.
  • Strong written and communication skills
  • AutoCAD and Teamcenter proficiency


Even Better, you may have...
  • Automotive experience, final assembly preferred
  • Conveyance systems or tooling experience preferred
    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.
    This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $74,300-$124,500.
    This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $86,600-$144,900.
    Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
    For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR
    This position is hybrid (onsite four days per week) for candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location or remote for non-local candidates. #LI-Hybrid #LI-Remote
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About Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company manufactures or distributes automobiles in addition to offering financial services. The company sells to dealerships for retail sales, and for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments. Ford’s vehicle portfolio includes automobiles, buses, tractors, and trucks. Retail financing includes retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles, and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail customers, government entities, daily rental car companies, and fleet customers. Finance receivables in the non-consumer portfolio include products offered to automotive dealers. Ford’s environmental initiatives include compressed natural gas, flexible fuel vehicles, electric drive vehicles, Hydrogen, PC power management, and so on. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

Ford Motor Company Careers

Join the dynamic team at Ford Motor Company, a global leader in automotive innovation and manufacturing. At Ford, we are committed to driving human progress by providing outstanding vehicles and mobility solutions. This is an exciting time to become part of our inclusive team, where job opportunities abound and growth is not just a possibility, but a promise.

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At Ford Motor Company, you will collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. Our professionals are at the forefront of automotive technology, leading projects that redefine transportation and sustainability. With a culture rooted in continuous improvement and respect for all, Ford offers a workplace where leadership, diversity training, and innovation are part of everyday life.

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Engage in work that makes a difference. Ford Motor Company is pioneering developments in electrification, autonomous vehicles, and smart mobility solutions. Our team of over 190,000 employees worldwide is dedicated to crafting experiences that improve the way the world moves.

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Working at Ford means more than just having a job; it means being part of a global family. Our culture promotes teamwork, integrity, and respect—values that underpin everything we do. We believe in nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment where every employee can thrive.

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Ford Motor Company is not just a great place to work; it’s a place to build a lasting career. Our employees enjoy competitive benefits, comprehensive health care, and retirement plans that rank among the best in the industry. We support career advancement through extensive training programs and hands-on experience in the latest automotive technologies.

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Learn more about Ford Motor Company
Size
183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
NASDAQ
F
* Ladders Estimates

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