Ford Motor Company

Ford Racing Features & HMI Engineer

Ford Motor Company • $86K — $166K *
Allen Park, MI 48101Hybrid
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical engineering, Computer Engineering or related field
  • 2-5 years of experience with vehicle electrical systems and features
  • Strong learning agility and systems thinking
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Emotional resilience to negotiate cross-functional trade-offs
  • High interest in performance vehicles
  • Experience in systems engineering and features development, software integration, calibration, and mechatronics

Responsibilities

  • Execute a Systems Engineering approach to design new features based on customer needs
  • Lead feature development from conception to production and manage upgrade plans
  • Develop comprehensive feature specifications and verification plans
  • Identify cost and quality improvement opportunities in existing systems
  • Collaborate with program teams and engineers for balanced solutions
  • Build relationships with cross-functional teams to explore new technologies
  • Analyze complex systems and implement innovative solutions

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave
  • Family building benefits including adoption and fertility treatments
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family
  • Tuition assistance and paid time off for community service
  • Generous paid holidays and additional vacation purchasing options
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...
  • You will help lead our next generation Features & HMI developments on our journey to Own Off-Road and win on the Track


Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Execute a Systems Engineering approach to new feature design to meet customer needs
  • Lead the development of new features at the systems engineering level from early feature development to production and manage feature upgrade and migration plan
  • Develop feature specifications, feature Failure Mode Avoidance documentation, feature verification plan, etc.
  • Review existing system designs to find new opportunities for cost or quality improvement
  • Interact with program teams, core engineers and functional areas to create balanced solutions to competing requirements
  • Develop relationships with cross functional teams and supply base to learn about the latest technologies and possible implementation
  • Analyze complex cross-functional systems and implement innovative solutions
  • Lead trade-off discussions with cross-functional teams
  • Communicate complex systems, issues and resolutions in a clear and concise manner
  • Utilize connected data & data analytics to develop a deep understanding of the customer


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical engineering, Computer Engineering or related degree
  • 2-5 years of experience with vehicle electrical systems and/or features
  • Strong learning agility
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams
  • Strong systems thinking and analytical skills
  • Excellent communication skills both verbally and written, with the ability to quickly understand and articulate complex issues
  • Emotional resilience to negotiate cross functional trade-offs
  • High Bandwidth individuals with interest in performance vehicles
  • Multi-faceted skill sets with a focus on systems engineering, features development experience, rapid prototyping, software and/or electronics integration, calibration (brake controls or powertrain), mechatronics
  • Interest in performance vehicles and related hobbies

Even better, you may have...
  • Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering
  • 5+ years of related experience in an automotive engineering role
  • In-depth knowledge of Quality Documents (DFMEA, LFMA, and boundary diagrams)
  • Functional knowledge electrical module design, networking, wiring, power distribution, chassis systems, lighting systems, etc.
  • Electrical Systems Engineering experience including understanding of systems engineering V model
  • Electrical D&R experience
  • Electrical testing experience
  • Experience with both Track-capable and Off-Road Features & HMI systems
  • Tier 2+ Drivers training

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 7 and ranges from $86,600-$144,900.

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $99,100-$166,200.

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

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

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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.

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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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